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Departmental Profile

The statistical sciences are defined to include the traditional concept of statistics (as well as all subdisciplines, such as biostatistics, econometrics, technometrics, etc.) and the newer disciplines such as operations research, management science, decision analysis, and quality management. The Department is located in both the Faculties of Science and Commerce. The statistical sciences are the ultimate service discipline, and the Department believes that the best statistical theory is motivated by data analytic problems in other disciplines. It therefore actively seeks interaction with researchers whose orientation is quantitative.

Departmental Statistics

Permanent and long-term contract staff

Professors	7
Associate Professors	1
Senior Lecturers	4
Lecturers	7
Emeritus Professor	1
Emeritus Associate Professor	1
Research Officers	2
Administrative and Clerical Staff	5
TOTAL	28

Students

Doctoral	15
Masters	23
Post graduate service courses	128
Honours	32
Undergraduate	4986
Total	5233

Research Fields and Staff

Permanent staff

Professor Tim Dunne

Head of Department; generalized linear models; statistical methods in education and psychology

Professor Les Underhill

Director, Avian Demography Unit; Director, South African Bird Ringing Unit (SAFRING); multivariate analysis; multidimensional scaling and related graphical display methods; ecological applications of statistics

Professor Graham Barr

Econometrics
Professor Dave Bradfield

Financial modeling

Professor Renkuan Guo

Reliability and quality; imprecise spatial analysis

Professor Linda Haines

Optimal design; biostatistics; econometric modeling

Professor Theodor Stewart

Decision analysis; bayesian analysis; resource allocation and management

Emeritus Professor Cas Troskie

Multivariate regression

Emeritus Associate Professor June Juritz

Linear mixed models; experimental design

Associate Professor Christien Thiart

GIS and spatial modeling; mixed linear models

Dr Francesca Little

Senior Lecturer; statistical methods in medicine and biology

Dr Juwa Nyirenda

Senior Lecturer; operations research, management studies

Dr Leanne Scott

Senior Lecturer; decision analysis; statistical methods in the social sciences and local government; operations research in developing countries

Mr Karl Stielau

Senior Lecturer; sampling, ecological statistics and probability models

Ms Cally Ardlington

Lecturer; risk vulnerability and poverty; informal economy

Mr Allan Clark

Lecturer; multivariate analysis; econometric modeling

Dr Birgit Erni

Lecturer; spatial modeling; mixed linear models ADU

Mr Ian Durbach

Lecturer; Decision analysis

Mr Freedom Gumedze

Lecturer; biostatistics; mixed linear models
Mr Dominique Katshunga

Lecturer; multivariate analysis; financial modeling

Mrs Lida Zacna

Lecturer; educational applications

Dr Alison Joubert

Scientific Officer; decision modeling; resource allocation and management

Mr Greg Distiller

Scientific Officer; statistical consulting

Contact Details
Postal address: Department of Statistical Sciences, University of Cape Town, Private Bag X3, Rondebosch, 7701

Telephone: [phone]

Fax: [phone]

E-mail: [e-mail]

Web: http://www.uct.ac.za/depts/stats/

Avian Demography Unit

Research Report 2006

(Including the South African Bird Ringing Unit (SAFRING))

Director: Professor Les Underhill

Unit Profile

The mission of the Avian Demography Unit (ADU) is to contribute to the understanding of bird populations, especially bird population dynamics, and thus make a contribution to the conservation of avian biodiversity. The ADU achieves these goals in two ways. Firstly, through a large complement of postgraduate students and postdoctoral fellows who undertake research projects at the interface between biology and statistics. Secondly, through a variety of projects in which para-ornithologists throughout southern Africa can participate. These projects range from identifying bird species, through undertaking census surveys, to make detailed observations on breeding productivity. The ADU collates the data, and undertakes curation, data analysis, statistical modelling, publication and dissemination of results. The ADU has a strategic partnership with BirdLife South Africa, which in turn is the local partner for BirdLife International, the largest global bird conservation NGO.

Unit Statistics

Permanent and long-term contract staff

Professors	1
Permanent Staff	3
Research Staff	10
Technical Support Staff	7
Administrative and Clerical Staff	2
TOTAL	23

Honorary staff

Honorary Associate Professor	1
Honorary Research Associates	8
TOTAL	9

Students

Doctoral	8
Masters	5
Post Doc	3
TOTAL	16

Research Fields and Staff