STAT 513

Statistical Inference
4.0 credits

Course Description

Review of random variables; transformations, conditional expectation, moment generating functions, convergence, limit theorems, estimation; Cramer-Rao lower bound, maximum likelihood estimation, sufficiency, ancillarity, completeness. Rao-Blackwell theorem. Hypothesis testing: Neyman-Pearson lemma, monotone likelihood ratio, likelihood-ratio tests, large-sample theory. Contingency tables, confidence intervals, invariance. Decision theory. Course overlaps with: BIOST 522 and BIOST 523. Prerequisite: STAT 512. Offered: W.

Current Time Schedule

Winter, 2025

SLN/Section Time Location Instructor
20772 A
Open

W F 11:30AM - 12:50PM

CMU 120

Fang Han

OFFERED JOINTLY WITH STAT 513B.

 

 

22135 AA
Open

M 11:30AM - 12:20PM

SMI 304

Daniel Suen

OFFERED JOINTLY WITH STAT 513BA.

 

 

22137 AB
Open

M 11:30AM - 12:20PM

SMI 105

Wenhao Pan

OFFERED JOINTED WITH STAT 513BB.

 

 

20773 B
Open

W F 11:30AM - 12:50PM

CMU 120

Fang Han

OFFERED JOINTLY WITH STAT 513A GRADS ONLY, STAT MS FEE-BASED STUDENTS ONLY

 

 

22136 BA
Open

M 11:30AM - 12:20PM

SMI 304

Daniel Suen

 

 

22138 BB
Open

M 11:30AM - 12:20PM

SMI 105

Wenhao Pan