STA2020 Applied Statistics (STA2020)

This document contains the full lecture notes for the STA2020S course at the University of Cape Town (UCT) as of 2022. The notes cover all the modules covered in the course.

This is a complete and comprehensive summary of the analysis of variance (ANOVA) section of the STA2020 - Applied Statistics course. It contains everything you need to know to fully understand and do well in this section. Ideal for test/exam preparation! The sub-sections covered are an introduction to ANOVA, completely randomised design, randomised blocks design, multiple comparisons, factorial design and the ANOVA assumptions.

This is a complete and comprehensive summary of the regression section section of the STA2020 - Applied Statistics course. It contains everything you need to know to fully understand and do well in this section. Ideal for test/exam preparation! The sub-sections covered are an introduction to statistical inference, hypothesis testing, correlation analysis, simple linear regression, multiple linear regression, model building and logistic regression.

This is a complete and comprehensive summary of the time series section of the STA2020 - Applied Statistics course. It contains everything you need to know to fully understand and do well in this section. Ideal for test/exam preparation! The sub-sections covered are autocorrelation, stationarity, components of a non-stationary time series, moving average smoothing, classical decomposition, simple forecasting methods, transformations, diagnostic checks for residuals, forecasting accuracy, pre...