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Title links lead to book details on the IFoA Library catalogue. From there, IFoA members and students can 'Request' the book from the IFoA Library Service, subject to availability. Members can also follow the ‘Access eBook’ links below after logging in through the member portal.
Non-members who have registered for this exam can find more information about how to use these resources below.
CS1 core reading for the current year is the key study reference for this exam and is available from the IFoA e-shop.
Titles are listed alphabetically
- Effective statistical learning methods for actuaries: I. [Generalised Linear Models] GLMs and extensions. - Denuit, M., Hainaut, D. and Trufin, J. - Springer, 2019. ISBN 9783030258207
Access eBook (Ebsco) | Access eBook (ProQuest) after member login - Generalized linear models. 2nd ed. McCullagh, P. and Nelder, J.A. Chapman & Hall/CRC Press, 1989. ISBN 0412317605. This title is referenced in IFoA CS1 Core Reading.
Access eBook after member login - John E. Freund's Mathematical statistics with applications. 8th ed. Miller, I. and Miller, M.; [Freund, J. E.] Prentice Hall International, 2013. ISBN 9780321904409
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[Library holds earlier editions: 7th ed., 2004; 6th ed., 1999] - Literate programming. Knuth, D.E. Stanford CA: Centre for the Study of Language and Information, 1992. ISBN 978093073803. This title is referenced in IFoA CS1 Core Reading.
- R programming for actuarial science. McQuire, P.; Kume, A. Chichester: John Wiley, 2023. Please note: Library services currently have no print book for this title.
Access eBook after member login - Regression modelling with actuarial and financial implications. Frees, E.W. Cambridge University Press, 2010. ISBN 9780521760119
Access eBook after member login - Report writing for data science in R. Peng, R. Victoria (Canada): Lean Publishing, 2015. ISBN 978132973364. This title is referenced in IFoA CS1 Core Reading.
- Statistical foundations of actuarial learning and its applications. - Wüthrich, M.V. and Merz, M. - Springer, 2022. ISBN 9783031124099
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Non-member information
After registering for your next scheduled exam, non-members can apply to the Library Service for temporary access to the ebook titles listed above.
Access is only available for a limited time and ends the day after the next IFoA CS1 examination date.
CS1 Core Reading for the current year is the key study reference for this exam and is available from the IFoA e-shop.
Students may also work with study guides and course materials for this exam from an IFoA recognised tuition provider.