| Module code | STK 121 |
| Qualification | Undergraduate |
| Faculty | Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences |
| Module content | Students can only get credit for one of the following two modules: STK 120 or STK 121. Multivariate statistics: Analysis of variance, categorical data analysis, distribution-free methods, curve fitting, regression and correlation, the analysis of time series and indices. Statistical and economic applications of quantitative techniques: Systems of linear equations: drafting, matrices, solving, application. Optimisation: linear functions (two and more independent variables), non-linear functions (one and two independent variables). Marginal and total functions. Stochastic and deterministic variables in statistical and economic context: producers' and consumers' surplus, distribution functions, probability distributions, probability density functions. Identification, use, evaluation, interpretation of statistical computer packages and statistical techniques. |
| Module credits | 13.00 |
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| Service modules | Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences |
| Prerequisites | STK 133 and STK 143 or WST 133 and WST 143 or STK 113 GS and STK 123 GS |
| Contact time | 3 lectures per week, 1 tutorial per week, 1 practical per week |
| Language of tuition | Both Afr and Eng |
| Academic organisation | Statistics |
| Period of presentation | Semester 1 |
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