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The Mission of the Department of Statistical Sciences
The
Department of Statistical Sciences at the University of Cape Town is
responsible within the University for the development of the Statistical
Sciences which are, inter alia, the disciplines variously known as
Statistics (and all subdisciplines such as Biostatistics, Biometrics,
Econometrics, Technometrics), Operations Research, Management Science,
Quantitative Methods, Decision Science and Quality Management, and for
the application of the Statistical Sciences in all areas of human
endeavour.
In carrying out this mission, the Department will:
- ensure, through its teaching activities, the development of
top-quality professionals in the Statistical Sciences;
- assist the University in ensuring that graduates in other
disciplines acquire quantitative and decision-making skills;
- develop research programmes which contribute to the Statistical
Sciences and to the development of South Africa, and which maintain a
balance between theory and applications;
- provide, to all researchers in the University, a service whereby
they can be assisted in the design of surveys and experiments and the
analysis of the resulting data;
- foster, in the wider community, the rational use of data wherever
decisions are taken on the basis of such data.
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