MAST90072 Data and Decision Making (University of Melbourne): rated 3.3/5 overall across 3 reviews collected on UniMelb Wall.
MAST90072 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: 数据与制作
Type: Graduate coursework subject
Subject area: Mathematics and Statistics
Faculty: Faculty of Science
Level: Graduate coursework Level 9
Handbook year: 2026
The basis for decision making in biotechnology is often the analysis of data. For these decisions to be reliable data must be correctly collected and analysed.
MAST90072 has 3 scored reviews: overall 3.3/5 · usefulness 3.0 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 1 StudentVIP review (average 3.0 stars); 2 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 3.4/5).
On Reddit: "Don't worry about it at all. Everything you need to know is covered in the lectures and you certainly don't have to be a maths whizz to do well - there is a focus around understanding why you do something and not how (i.e. no difficult formulas) - very few calculation questions,…"
On Reddit: "The handbook is wrong, we were told at the beginning of semester the due dates of the assignments, with the project being due on the 13th of June. The last of the three smaller assignments was due during swotvac which had to be pushed back because that is against university poli…"
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Q: Is MAST90072 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 3 reviews: usefulness 3.0/5, overall 3.3/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches MAST90072, and when is it offered?
A: MAST90072 is taught by the Faculty of Science. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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