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This table gives a tentative timetable for the course. Everything in it, including the dates of homeworks and exams, is subject to change.

Chapter, section and problem numbers are from Hogg, McKean & Craig, Introduction to Mathematical Statistics, Seventh Edition (Pearson, 2013). ISBN 978-0-321-79543-4

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Wk01 Aug 25

Chapter 1: Probability and Distributions

1.1-1.5: Review of Probability Theory

Aug 27

Chapter 1: Probability and Distributions

1.6-1.7: Random Variables

Wk02 Sep 1

Chapter 1: Probability and Distributions

1.8-1.9: Expectation Values; Problem Set 1 (Sec. 1.1-1.7) due

Sep 3

Chapter 1: Probability and Distributions

1.10: Inequalities of Note

Wk03 Sep 8

Chapter 2: Multivariate Distributions

2.1: Joint Probability Distributions; Problem Set 2 (Sec. 1.8-1.10) due

Sep 10

Chapter 2: Multivariate Distributions

2.2: Transformations

Wk04 Sep 15

Chapter 2: Multivariate Distributions

2.3: Conditional Distributions; Problem Set 3 (Sec. 2.1-2.2) due

Sep 17

Chapter 2: Multivariate Distributions

2.4-2.5: Correlations and Independence

Wk05 Sep 22

Chapter 2: Multivariate Distributions

2.6: Several Random Variables; Problem Set 4 (Sec. 2.3-2.5) due

Sep 24

Chapter 2: Multivariate Distributions

2.7: Tranformations of Several Random Variables

Wk06 Sep 29

Review for Prelim Exam 1

Oct 1

FIRST PRELIM EXAM

(Sec 1.1-2.5)

Wk07 Oct 6

Chapter 3: Some Special Distributions

3.1: Binomal Distribution

Oct 8

Chapter 3: Some Special Distributions

3.2: Poisson Distribution; Problem Set 5 (Sec. 2.6-2.7) due

Wk08 Oct 13

No Class

(Monday Schedule)

Oct 15

Chapter 3: Some Special Distributions

3.3: Gamma and Related Distributions

Wk09 Oct 20

Chapter 3: Some Special Distributions

3.4: Normal Distribution; Problem Set 6 (Sec. 3.1-3.2) due

Oct 22

Chapter 3: Some Special Distributions

3.5: Multivariate Normal Distribution

Wk10 Oct 27

Chapter 3: Some Special Distributions

3.5: Multivariate Normal Distribution (cont'd); Problem Set 7 (Sec. 3.3-3.4) due

Oct 29

Chapter 3: Some Special Distributions

3.6: t- and F-distributions; Student's Theorem

Wk11 Nov 3

Chapter 4: Some Elementary Statistical Inferences

4.1: Sampling and Statistics Problem Set 8 (Sec. 3.5-3.6) due

Nov 5

Review for Prelim Exam 2

Wk12 Nov 10

SECOND PRELIM EXAM

(Sec 2.6-3.6)

Nov 12

Chapter 4: Some Elementary Statistical Inferences

4.2: Confidence Intervalsh

Wk13 Nov 17

Chapter 4: Some Elementary Statistical Inferences

4.4: Order Statistics; Problem Set 9 (Sec. 4.1-4.2) due

Nov 19

Chapter 4: Some Elementary Statistical Inferences

4.5-4.6: Hypothesis Testing

Wk14 Nov 24

Chapter 4: Some Elementary Statistical Inferences

4.7: Chi-Square Tests Problem Set 10 (Sec. 4.4-4.6) due

Nov 26

No Class

(Thanksgiving)

Wk15 Dec 1

Chapter 5: Consistency and Limiting Distributions

5.1: Convergence in Probability

Dec 3

Chapter 5: Consistency and Limiting Distributions

5.2: Convergence in Distribution; Problem Set 11 (Sec. 4.7-5.1) due

Wk16 Dec 8

Chapter 5: Consistency and Limiting Distributions

5.3: Central Limit Theorem

Dec 10

Review for Final Exam; Problem Set 12 (Sec. 5.2-5.3) due


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