Overview
Key facts
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg's Statistics for Research and Design short course can also be done as a full course for non-degree purposes, in which case occasional students will have to do a formalised research project in the second semester as part of the course requirements.
Programme Structure
Courses include:
- Descriptive techniques.
- Confidence intervals and hypothesis tests.
- Sample size determinations.
- Sampling techniques.
- Test for categorical data.
- Nonparametric tests.
- Hypothesis tests for more than two groups (Analysis of variance).
- Hypothesis tests for two or more factors (Multifactor ANOVA).
- Principles of experimental design.
- Factorial and fractional factorial designs.
- Other types of designs.
- Correlation.
- Simple linear regression.
- Multiple regression.
Key information
Duration
- Part-time
- 12 months
Start dates & application deadlines
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Language
Delivered
Disciplines
Design Educational Research StatisticsAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Student insurance
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- Additional medical costs (i.e. dental)
- Repatriation, if something happens to you or your family
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- Home contents and baggage
- Accidents
- Legal aid
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Other requirements
General requirements
An undergraduate degree.
Tuition Fee
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International
13990 ZAR/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 13990 ZAR for the full programme during 12 months. -
National
13990 ZAR/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 13990 ZAR for the full programme during 12 months.
Living costs for Johannesburg
The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.