This table gives a tentative timetable for the course. Everything in it, including the dates of homeworks and exams, is subject to change.
| Tuesday | Þursday | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuesday | Þursday | |
| Wk01 |
Jan 26
Chapter 11: Bayesian Statistics
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Jan 28
Chapter 11: Bayesian Statistics 11.2.1: Prior and Posterior Distributions |
| Wk02 |
Feb 2
Chapter 11: Bayesian Statistics 11.2.2: Bayesian Point Estimation; Problem Set 1 (Sec. 11.1-11.2.1) due |
Feb 4
Chapter 11: Bayesian Statistics 11.2.3: Bayesian Plausible Intervals |
| Wk03 |
Feb 9
Chapter 11: Bayesian Statistics 11.3: Prior Distributions for Bayesian Analyses; Problem Set 2 (Sec. 11.2.2-11.2.3) due |
Feb 11
Chapter 11: Bayesian Statistics 11.2.4-11.2.5: Bayesian Hypothesis Testing |
| Wk04 |
Feb 16
No Class (Snow Day) |
Feb 18
Chapter 6: Maximum Likelihood Methods 6.1: Maximum Likelihood Estimation; Problem Set 3 (Sec. 11.2.4-11.3) due |
| Wk05 |
Feb 23
Chapter 6: Maximum Likelihood Methods 6.2: Fisher Information and the Cramér-Rao Bound |
Feb 25
Chapter 6: Maximum Likelihood Methods 6.3: Maximum Likelihood Testing; Problem Set 4 (Sec. 6.1-6.2) due |
| Wk06 |
Mar 1
Review for Prelim Exam 1 |
Mar 3
FIRST PRELIM EXAM
|
| Wk07 |
Mar 8
Chapter 6: Maximum Likelihood Methods 6.4: Multi-dimensional parameter estimation |
Mar 10
Chapter 6: Maximum Likelihood Methods 6.5: Multi-dimensional hypothesis testing; Problem Set 5 (Sec. 6.3-6.4) due |
| Wk08 |
Mar 15
7.1-7.2: Sufficiency and the Factorization Theorem (Guest lecture by Dr. Marengo) |
Mar 17
7.3: The Rao-Blackwell Theorem; Problem Set 6 (Sec. 6.5) due (Guest lecture by Dr. Marengo) |
|
Mar 22
No Class (Spring Break) |
Mar 24
No Class (Spring Break) |
|
| Wk09 |
Mar 29
7.4: Completeness; Problem Set 7 (Sec. 7.1-7.3) due |
Mar 31
7.5: The Exponential Class of Distributions |
| Wk10 |
Apr 5
7.6: Functions of a Parameter; Problem Set 8 (Sec. 7.4-7.5) due |
Apr 7
Review for Prelim Exam 2 |
| Wk11 |
Apr 12
SECOND PRELIM EXAM
|
Apr 14
7.7: Sufficiency with Multiple Parameters |
| Wk12 |
Apr 19
7.8: Minimal Sufficiency and Ancilliary Statistics; Problem Set 9 (Sec. 7.6-7.7) due |
Apr 21
7.9: Sufficiency, Completeness and Independence |
| Wk13 |
Apr 26
Chapter 8: Optimal Tests of Hypotheses 8.1: Most Powerful Tests; Problem Set 10 (Sec. 7.8-7.9) due |
Apr 28
Chapter 8: Optimal Tests of Hypotheses 8.2: Uniformly Most Powerful Tests |
| Wk14 |
May 3
Chapter 8: Optimal Tests of Hypotheses 8.3: Likelihood Ratio Tests; Problem Set 11 (Sec. 8.1-8.2) due |
May 5
Chapter 8: Optimal Tests of Hypotheses Bayesian tests of composite hypotheses |
| Wk15 |
May 10
Cumulative Review; Problem Set 12 (Sec. 8.3) due |
May 12
Review for Final Exam |
Last Modified: 2016 April 12
Dr. John T. Whelan / john.whelan@astro.rit.edu / Professor, School of Mathematical Sciences & Center for Computational Relativity and Gravitation, Rochester Institute of TechnologyThe contents of this communication are the sole responsibility of Prof. John T. Whelan and do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of RIT, SMS, or CCRG.
