Required textbook: deGroot and Schervish, “Probability and Statistics”.
Grading: Best of two midterms 45%, homework 5%, final 50%.
Midterm 1 will be on February 17 and Midterm 2 will be on March 30.
Final exam material
1. Book sections
| Section | Homework | Lecture problems | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.1 | 3, 10, 14, 16 | 1, 6, 11, 15 | |
| 9.5 | 5,8,15 | 1,12,16 | |
| 9.6 | 1,9 | 2,8 | |
| 9.7 | 1,15,18 | 5,6,17 | |
| 11.1 | 7,11 | 1,4 |
2. Extra credit projects
| Author | Title | Related link | Haley | Data analysis of Google distance | Charles | Evaluation of the Normalized Google Distance | Wolfram Alpha for sample $S$, population $S$ | Daren | The number of segments on a Culsia rosea seed capsule |
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What’s in each section
9.5 ($t$-test)
9.6 (Comparing means of two normals using $t$-test; no unequal variances this year)
9.7 ($F$-distributions)
11.1 (Least squares estimation)
Delta method doesn’t work for n=1: example for February 8
Likelihood function for Cauchy distribution (with theta=0): example for February 3
Likelihood function for exponential distribution: example for February 3
Midterm 1 material
| Section | Homework | Lecture problems |
|---|---|---|
| 7.1 | 6 | 3 |
| 7.2 | 10, 3 | 6, 11 |
| 7.3 | 6, 10, 9, 22, 12 | 13, 4, 5, 16, 15 |
| 7.4 | 1, 12, 15 | 8, 10, 13 |
| 7.5 | 3, 13 | 2, 9 |
Midterm 2 material
| Section | Homework | Lecture problems |
|---|---|---|
| 7.6 | 1, 11, 12, 17, 23 | 2, 7, 10, 19, 20 |
| 8.1 | 9 | 7 |
| 8.2 | 5, 2 | 9, 4 |
| 8.3 | 4 | 8 |
| 8.4 | 4 | 1 |
| 8.5 | 8, 9 | 3, 7 |
| 8.7 | 8, 7, 9 | 5, 3, 13 |