Intermediate Statistical Theory

3 credits · Undergraduate

This course provides an intermediate level coverage of statistical theory to provide a framework for valid inferences from sample data. The methods developed are based on the likelihood function and are discussed from the frequentist, likelihood, and Bayesian approaches. The problems of point estimation, interval estimation and hypothesis testing and the related topics of sampling distributions, sufficiency, and Fisher Information are discussed. PREREQUISITES: STAT 3360.03 CROSSLISTED: MATH 3460.03 FORMATS: Lecture