STA-395 Spring 2001
About the course:
This course will primarily consist of discussion by faculty members,
visitors and advanced graduate students on their current research interests.
An effort will be made to group the lectures by subject area, with
introductory lectures being given if the area is likely to be unfamiliar
to many of the students in the course. The course will serve to make
students aware of the research topics that are of interest of Duke Statistics
faculty members, fill "gaps" in formal course offerings, and/or provide
concentrated review in a subject area. Feedback will be sought to ensure
that enough introductory material is presented for the research talks to
be understandable.
Lectures will also be given on statistical case studies (old or new)
with the process of interacting with non-statisticians, in problem
formulation, analysis, and conclusion, being highlighted.
Requirements:
Basic elements of probability and statistics at a graduate level.
The mathematical requirements are knowledge of calculus and basic
properties of linear algebra.
Homework: Students registered for credit (1 to 3)
will have to write an equal number
of (relatively brief) reports
or deliver an equivalent number of lectures
in the course (or any combination thereof).
Contents and topics of the reports will be discussed with
the instructor of the course.
Jim Berger
January, 2001