The Statistical Consultation Services of the Potchefstroom Campus of North-West University (SCS) has been in existence since 1980. SCS provides assistance to:
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North-West University post graduate students and personnel.
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Other universities’ post graduate students and personnel.
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Any private sector clients (persons and institutions not affiliated with any university).
SCS renders the following services:
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Assistance with the planning of research projects. This may include statistical planning of clinical trials and surveys by means of experimental and random sampling designs.
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The review and sign-off of ethics applications.
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Questionnaire review in terms of face validity.
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Guidance with regards to data collection.
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Statistical analysis and data mining by means of suitable computer packages, including SPSS and STATISTICA.
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Assistance with the interpretation of processed results.
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Assistance with regards to publications.
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Review of the final report or article.
Note: SCS recommends that clients should consult with SCS during planning stages of a research project, and not only after data are collected. Also, if it is a student project, then the supervisor / promoter must accompany the student during the first consultation.
Several accredited short courses in Statistics are also available. Short courses consist of both a theoretical and a practical component. The practical component is performed in statistical computer software packages such as STATISTICA, SPSS and R.
Short courses can also be tailor-made for companies to satisfy their individual training needs in terms of content, statistical analysis software, course length etc. These could also be presented in-house if more than fifteen delegates attend.
