Module code | VMT 710 |
Qualification | Postgraduate |
Faculty | Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences |
Module content | A selection of: Nonparametric stochastic processes. Power and asymptotic power of distribution-free procedures. Theory and simulation. Asymptotic relative efficiency. Linear rank tests: Definition, properties and applications. Equal in distribution technique. Counting and ranking statistics. Introduction to one and two sample U-statistics. Permutation and distribution-free rank-like statistics. Multi-sample distribution-free tests, rank correlation and regression. Some nonparametric bootstrap and smoothing methods. |
Module credits | 15.00 |
Programmes | |
Service modules | Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences |
Prerequisites | WST 311, WST 312, WST 321 and WST 322 |
Contact time | 1 lecture per week |
Language of tuition | English |
Academic organisation | Statistics |
Period of presentation | Semester 1 |
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