Statistics 515 - Statistics I
Fall
2023
01
3.00
Wei Zhu
M W 2:30PM 3:45PM
UMass Amherst
82629
Lederle Grad Res. Ctr rm A201
weizhu@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.
35 seats reserved for Math, Compsci, and Informatics majors
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