st8 stats content
I was perhaps rather optimistic (apologies), but I think it might be worth clarifying - there 3 chapters (total 200+ pages) which includes some stats, but I would not say there are anything like 200+ pages of material which is stats. (Sorry to be pedantic, but I think Ian said the former, which decrement interpreted to mean the latter, but the two are rather different!)
There are 3 (out of 21) chapters I can think of which contain statsy calculations - these are the ones Ian refers to: Credibility, GLMs, and Multivariate Models.
The GLM and Multivariate Model chapters are huge, and contain maybe 50-60 pages of maths between them, of which maybe half is statsy. I am assuming (as I guess quite alot of candidates will) that this stuff is unlikely to be examined, but of course that is a bit of a risk.
The Credibility chapter does make quite alot of use of stats, but I don't think its too tricky.
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