About Us

Statistical Consultation

The Statistical Consultation Services (SCS) of the Potchefstroom Campus of North-West University has been in existence since 1980. 

SCS provides assistance to:

  • North-West University post graduate students and personnel.

  • Other universities’ post graduate students and personnel.

  •  Any private sector clients (persons and institutions not affiliated with any university).

*SCS only provides assistance with quantitative aspects of research.

Note:

SCS recommends that clients should consult with SCS during planning stages of a research project, and not only after data has been collected.

Also, if it is a student project, then the supervisor / promoter must accompany the student during the first consultation.

 

Please see image below for an outline of the services that SCS offers:

SCS Consultation Services 2024

Fees and Payment Structure:

SCS makes use of 5 different payment categories, depending on the type of client:

A - Postgraduate students from NWU

B - Students from other universities

C - NWU Departments with outside funding

D - Private Sector Clients

E - NWU Staff

See image below for the Fees and Tariffs applicable to NWU Staff and Students:

SCS NWU Fees 2024​

*For the complete list of our Fees for the other categories, please go to the FEES AND PAYMENT STRUCTURES tab at the top of the page.

Short Courses:

Several accredited short courses in Statistics are also available.

  • They 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.

 

**A short course on the use of SPSS will be hosted in October 2024 for NWU staff and postgraduate students:

 

Computer-Aided Quantitative Analysis- SPSS Training

Date: 22 - 24 October 2024

Time: 10:00 - 15:00 CAT

Venue: To be confirmed

*Registration is required

Please contact Tumelo Tlhoolebe (Tumelo.Tlhoolebe@nwu.ac.za / +27 (0)18 389 2184) for more information.