# Introduction to Statistics (L1025)

**Source**: https://www.sussex.ac.uk/study/modules/undergraduate/2026/100956-introduction-to-statistics
**Parent**: https://www.sussex.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/courses/banking-and-digital-finance-bsc-hons

**15 credits, Level 4**

**Spring teaching**

On this module, you’ll explore statistical techniques used in economics and apply them through various tasks.

You’ll get to:

- summarise and plot data
- learn basic probability theory
- conduct hypothesis testing
- analyse correlations as well as bivariate and multiple regression.

### Teaching

69%: **Lecture**\
 31%: **Seminar**\

### Assessment

40%: **Coursework** (Group submission (written))\
 60%: **Examination** (Unseen examination)\

### Contact hours and workload

This module is approximately 150 hours of work. This breaks down into about 33 hours of contact time and about 117 hours of independent study. The University may make minor variations to the contact hours for operational reasons, including timetabling requirements.

We regularly review our modules to incorporate student feedback, staff expertise, as well as the latest research and teaching methodology. We’re planning to run these
modules in the academic year 2026/27. However, there may be changes to these modules in response to feedback, staff availability, student demand or updates to
our curriculum.

**We’ll make sure to let you know of any material changes to modules at the earliest opportunity.**

### Courses

This module is offered on the following courses:

- [Banking and Digital Finance (with a professional placement year) BSc](https://www.sussex.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/courses/banking-and-digital-finance-with-a-professional-placement-year-bsc-hons)
- [Banking and Digital Finance BSc](https://www.sussex.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/courses/banking-and-digital-finance-bsc-hons)
- [Business Analytics (with a professional placement year) BSc](https://www.sussex.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/courses/business-analytics-with-a-professional-placement-year-bsc-hons)
- [Business Analytics BSc](https://www.sussex.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/courses/business-analytics-bsc-hons)
- [Economics (with a professional placement year) BA](https://www.sussex.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/courses/economics-with-a-professional-placement-year-ba-hons)
- [Economics (with a professional placement year) BSc](https://www.sussex.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/courses/economics-with-a-professional-placement-year-bsc-hons)
- [Economics BA](https://www.sussex.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/courses/economics-ba-hons)
- [Economics BSc](https://www.sussex.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/courses/economics-bsc-hons)
- [Economics and Finance (with a professional placement year) BSc](https://www.sussex.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/courses/economics-and-finance-with-a-professional-placement-year-bsc-hons)
- [Economics and Finance BSc](https://www.sussex.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/courses/economics-and-finance-bsc-hons)
- [Finance and Business (with a professional placement year) BSc](https://www.sussex.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/courses/finance-and-business-with-a-professional-placement-year-bsc-hons)
- [Finance and Business BSc](https://www.sussex.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/courses/finance-and-business-bsc-hons)