MAST30025 Linear Statistical Models (University of Melbourne): rated 3.5/5 overall, difficulty 2.0/5 (higher is harder), would-recommend 5.0/5 across 34 reviews collected on UniMelb Wall.
MAST30025 is a University of Melbourne course taught by the Faculty of Science in Mathematics and Statistics. This page brings together its handbook details and what UniMelb students say about it.
Review data updated 2026-10-24.
Chinese title: 统计模型
Type: Undergraduate subject
Subject area: Mathematics and Statistics
Faculty: Faculty of Science
Level: Undergraduate Level 3
Handbook year: 2026
Linear models are central to the theory and practice of modern statistics. They are used to model a response as a linear combination of explanatory variables and are the most widely used statistical models in practice.
MAST30025 has 34 scored reviews: overall 3.5/5 · usefulness 4.3 · difficulty 2.0 · would-recommend 5.0 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 1 review by UniMelb students on UniMelb Wall (5.0/5 overall); the Actuarial Students' Society Subject Review 2025 course guide; 6 StudentVIP reviews (average 5.0 stars); 26 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 3.1/5).
Actuarial Students' Society Subject Review 2025: "MAST30025 Linear Statistical Models is a highly theoretical subject that benefits ACTL30008 Actuarial Analytics and Data I highly when taken concurrently. This is due to MAST30025 Linear Statistical Models covering several highly theoretical aspects of ACTL30008 Actuarial Analytics and Data I, incl…"
On Reddit: "I've done Complex Analysis, Linear Stat Models, Prob for Inference and Stochastic Modelling. Complex is generally doable, depends on the lecturer. Stochastic / Lin Stat Models harder but fine if you study. Prob for Inference is by far the hardest and you will need to study a lot…"
On Reddit: "It's okay, there's no jump in difficulty between prob/stats and LSM like there is between first year and prob, in fact imo it's probably on the easier side for a third year math/stat subject? It definitely helps that the content is very structured, connected and interesting comp…"
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Q: Is MAST30025 hard?
A: Students rate MAST30025's difficulty 2.0/5 on average (higher is harder), which makes it moderately difficult.
Q: Is MAST30025 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 34 reviews: would-recommend 5.0/5, usefulness 4.3/5, overall 3.5/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches MAST30025, and when is it offered?
A: MAST30025 is taught by the Faculty of Science. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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