Statistics 430 - Mathematical Statistics

Spring
2015
01
4.00
Amy Wagaman
MWF 01:00PM-01:50PM; T 09:00AM-09:50AM
Amherst College
STAT-430-01-1415S
WEBS 102; MERR 131
awagaman@amherst.edu
STAT-430-01,MATH-430-01

(Offered as STAT 430 and MATH 430.) This course examines the theory behind common statistical inference procedures including estimation and hypothesis testing. Beginning with exposure to Bayesian inference, the course will cover Maximum Likelihood Estimators, sufficient statistics, sampling distributions, joint distributions, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing and test selection, non-parametric procedures, and linear models. Four class hours per week.


Requisite: STAT 360 or consent of the instructor. Spring semester.  Professor Wagaman.

Permission is required for interchange registration during the add/drop period only.