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Multivariate techniques 720


 
Module code MET 720
Qualification Postgraduate
Faculty Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences
Module content

Point and Interval estimation. Sampling distributions, central limit theorem, simulations and Bootstrap. Bayesian inference, posterior distribution. Hypotheses testing using confidence intervals, ratio tests, simulated null distributions and power function. A student cannot get credit for this module with a WST undergraduate major.
Module credits 15.00
NQF Level 08
Service modules Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
Prerequisites Admission to either BScHons Statistics and Data Science or BComHons Statistics and Data Science.
Contact time 1 lecture per week
Language of tuition Module is presented in English
Department Statistics
Period of presentation Semester 1 or Semester 2
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