Mathematical Statistics for Actuarial Science

Graduate

This course will fulfill the requirements of the Validation by Educational Equivalent (VEE) for Mathematical Statistics of the Society of Actuaries. This calculus-based course will cover random sampling, statistical inference, sampling distributions, estimation, maximum likelihood, confidence intervals for unknown parameters, the Neyman-Pearson lemma, significance and power, likelihood ratio test, contingency tables, and goodness-of-fit. This course is restricted to students in the Master of Actuarial Science program. (Prerequisite: ACSC- 8010.) (3 lecture hours.)