STAT313-24S1 (C) Semester One 2024

Computational Statistics

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 19 February 2024
End Date: Sunday, 23 June 2024
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 3 March 2024
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 12 May 2024

Description

This course is an introduction to nonparametric statistical methods based on empirical distribution functions, kernel smoothing, bootstrap, and resampling. We will study these methods by looking at their theoretical properties and their performance in practical data analysis

We will learn how to estimate or test hypothesis about distribution functions, densities, and regression functions without assuming prior knowledge about the form of these functions. While the estimate of a standard linear regression model is always a linear regression function, the result of nonparametric regression can be any smooth function that provides a good fit to the data. Nonparametric methods often give better results for large samples but are computationally more demanding and have different data requirements than the standard methods. We will look into theoretical properties of nonparametric methods and learn how to apply these methods using R.

Prerequisites

15 points from 200 level MATH or EMTH, STAT210-299 or DATA203

Timetable 2024

Students must attend one activity from each section.

Lecture A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Tuesday 12:00 - 13:00 Jack Erskine 241
19 Feb - 31 Mar
22 Apr - 2 Jun
Lecture B
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Monday 16:00 - 17:00 Jack Erskine 446
19 Feb - 31 Mar
22 Apr - 2 Jun
Computer Lab A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Wednesday 14:00 - 15:00 Jack Erskine 442 Computer Lab
19 Feb - 31 Mar
22 Apr - 2 Jun

Course Coordinator

Fabian Dunker

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $847.00

International fee $4,988.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Mathematics and Statistics .

All STAT313 Occurrences

  • STAT313-24S1 (C) Semester One 2024