AMS 205 - MATHEMATICAL STATISTICS

Fall 2006

URL: www.soe.ucsc.edu/classes/ams205/Fall06/

• General Description: This is an introduction of mathematical statistics aimed at graduate students with a background of calculus and some elementary knowledge of probability and statistics. The first half of the class consists of a review of Probability Theory, with some level of formality, but without using measure theory. The second part of the class will cover topics of classic statistical inference for point and interval estimation and hypothesis testing.
• Textbook:
• Statistical Inference, Second Edition. George Casella and Roger Berger, Duxbury
• Grading: There will be one midterm (35%, Tues., Oct. 31), two quizes (15%, Thus., Oct. 12 and 15%, Tues., Nov. 14) and a final exam (35%, Mon., Dec 04, 12:00-3:00). Exams and quizes will be based on the homework.
• Homework: There will be regularly spaced homework which will not be graded. The solutions will be discussed in class. Homework will give a very close indication of the material that will be covered in exams and quizes.

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