STAT 430: Probability/Mathematical Statistics II

MWF 11:00 - 11:50, E202 Engineering

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Course Goals

After the course, you should be able to:

understand the core concepts of statistical estimation theory,
connect the methods you are using in other statistics classes with the theory.

Topics: Theories and applications of estimation, testing, and confidence intervals, methods of estimation, linear models, categorical data.

Textbook: Wackerly/Mendenhall/Scheaffer: Mathematical Statistics with Applications, 7th ed. Duxbury Press (2007), ISBN: 978-0495110811. Price: $183.75 ($137.75 used).

Class prerequisites: STAT420.

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Grading

Homeworks (8-10)	35%
Midterm I		15%	(February 27, in class)
Midterm II		20%	(April 10, in class)
Final (comprehensive)		25%	(May 12, 7:00-9:30am, in class)
Exams	60%
Class participation	5%