STAT221-13S1 (C) Semester One 2013

Monte Carlo Methods

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 18 February 2013
End Date: Sunday, 23 June 2013
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 3 March 2013
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 19 May 2013

Description

This course is about the generation of random numbers and their uses, including computer simulations to mimic and contrast random real-world phenomena. It will provide an intuitive and practical understanding of the basic methods in computational statistics, and show how to implement statistical algorithms to manipulate, visualise and comprehend various aspects of real-world data.

Prerequisites

1) MATH103 or MATH199 or EMTH119; or 2) (STAT101 or STAT111 or STAT112) and (MATH102 or EMTH118 or MATH108 or MATH109).

Restrictions

STAT218

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Internal Assessment 40%
Final Examination 60%

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $647.00

International fee $3,325.00

* 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 STAT221 Occurrences

  • STAT221-13S1 (C) Semester One 2013