Module code | WST 221 |
Qualification | Undergraduate |
Faculty | Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences |
Module content | Stochastic convergence: Asymptotic normal distributions, convergence in probability. Statistics and sampling distributions: Chi-squared distribution. Distribution of the sample mean and sample variance for random samples from a normal population. T-distribution. F-distribution. Beta distribution. Point estimation: Method of moments. Maximum likelihood estimation. Unbiased estimators. Uniform minimum variance unbiased estimators. Cramer-Rao inequality. Efficiency. Consistency. Asymptotic relative efficiency. |
Module credits | 24.00 |
Programmes | |
Service modules | Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences |
Prerequisites | WST 211 GS |
Contact time | 2 practicals per week, 4 lectures per week |
Language of tuition | Module is presented in English |
Department | Statistics |
Period of presentation | Semester 2 |
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