Mathematics and statistics
Overview
Develop your skills in mathematics, statistics or numeracy with online tutorials, advice sheets, and one-to-one support.
One-to-one support on Frenchay Campus
espressoMaths (eM)
espressoMaths started in September 2008 and is run, and funded, by the College of Arts, Technology and Environment (CATE) Mathematics and Statistics subject area for all members of the University community. If you need help with a particular mathematical or statistical problem, then just pop along to espressoMaths and have a chat with the staff member on duty, who will be able to provide you with free, user-friendly advice. Please note that the expected interaction time is about ten minutes.
Statistical data analyses
If your query relates to statistical data analyses, to make the most of your session please follow the pre-visit guidance.
espressoMaths pre-visit guidance (PDF)
espressoMaths TB1 schedule
The following TB1 schedule is running from 7 October 2024 to 13 December 2024:
- Monday 10:00-12:00, Mathematics, OneZone
- Tuesday 10:00-12:00, Mathematics, Room 2Z004
- Wednesday 10:00-12:00, Statistics, OneZone
- Thursday 10:00-12:00, Statistics, Room 2X203
- Friday 10:00-12:00, Mathematics, OneZone.
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Please fill in our questionnaire after each visit to the drop-by station.
Mathematics
- HELM (Helping Engineers Learn Mathematics) workbooks: Covers basic and advanced maths and stats topics.
- Just the maths: Printable PDF notes on maths and stats topics.
- Khan Academy: Videos and interactive tests to help you progress from pre-university maths to advanced levels.
- MathDoctorBob: A large collection of short videos on a variety of mathematics topics from basic to advanced.
- mathcentre: Teach-yourself booklets, online exercises and revision booklets to help level 0 and 1 students with pre-university mathematics.
- Maths E.G.: A collection of maths questions spanning topics from GCSE to undergraduate level 2.
- Maths Screencasts: Open University videos to help you with maths topics.
- mathtutor: Guides and tutorials on the following topics (mostly for level 0 and level 1 students): arithmetic, algebra, functions and sequences, geometry and vectors, trigonometry, differentiation, integration.
Statistics
- HELM (Helping Engineers Learn Mathematics) workbooks: Covers basic and advanced maths and stats topics.
- Hyperstat Online Statistics Textbook: Online textbook covering a range of statistics topics.
- Just the maths: Printable PDF notes on maths and stats topics.
- Khan Academy: probability and statistics. Videos and interactive tests to help you develop your statistics skills.
- Statstutor: Statistics support, including videos, tutorials, quizzes and fact-sheets.
- Stat trek: teach yourself statistics. A range of tutorials and tools covering: probability, probability distributions, descriptive statistics, hypothesis testing, survey sampling, regression, experiments.
Numeracy
- Drug Dosage Calculations: A guide from the School of Nursing at the University of Nottingham.
- Khan Academy: Videos and interactive tests to help you progress from pre-university maths to advanced levels.
- MathDoctorBob: A large collection of short videos on a variety of mathematics topics from basic to advanced.
- mathcentre: Teach-yourself booklets, online exercises and revision booklets to help level 0 and 1 students with pre-university mathematics.
- mathtutor: Guides and tutorials on basic arithmetic.
- Maths E.G.: A collection of maths questions spanning topics from GCSE to undergraduate level 2.
- Numeracy resources for Nursing and allied programmes: A reading list to help with numeracy skills, particularly relating to clinical and drug calculations.
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