Statistics 515 - Statistics I

Spring
2022
05
3.00
Yalin Rao

M W F 10:10AM 11:00AM

UMass Amherst
35795
Lederle Grad Res. Ctr rm A201
yalin@schoolph.umass.edu
First semester of a two-semester sequence. Emphasis given to probability theory necessary for application to and understanding of statistical inference. Probability models, sample spaces, conditional probability, independence. Random variables, expectation, variance, and various discrete and continuous probability distributions. Sampling distributions, the Central Limit Theorem and normal approximations. Multivariate calculus introduced as needed.

MATH 132 w/ C Note: Math 233 is strongly recommended for this course.

Note: 35 seats reserved for Math, BME and Compsci majors

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