Lecture: Wed and Fri 8:30am-9:45am, Old Chem 116
Lab: Thu 3:05pm-4:20pm or 4:40pm-5:55pm, Old Chem 101
Instructor: Li Ma
DeGroot and Shervish, Probability and Statistics, 4th edition, ISBN-10: 0321500466.
| Week | Topics | Readings |
| 1 | Course overview, Inference using Bayes theorem | Ch1-6, 7.1-7.2 |
| 2 | Inference using Bayes theorem, Conjugate families | Ch7.3-7.4 |
| 3 | Point estimation, likelihood | Ch7.4-7.5 |
| 4 | Maximum likelihood estimation, Quiz 1 | Ch7.5, 8.1, 8.7 |
| 5 | Properties of MLE, Sampling distributions of estimators | Ch7.6, 8.2 |
| 6 | Sampling distributions of estimators cont'ed, Quiz 2 | Ch8.3, 8.4 |
| 7 | Central limit theorem, Fisher's approximation | Ch8.4, 8.5 |
| 8 | Interval estimation, Midterm | Ch8.4, 8.8 |
| 9 | Testing simple hypotheses, NP paradigm/lemma | Ch9.1,9.2 |
| 10 | Testing composite hypotheses, UMP test | Ch9.3-9.5 |
| 11 | Generalized LR test, t-tests, Quiz 3 | Ch9.5-9.6 |
| 12 | Two sample comparison, p-values | Ch10.1-10.4 |
| 13 | Testing goodness-of-fit, Categorical data, Quiz 4 | Ch10.4, 11.1 |
| 14 | Tests on contingency tables, linear regression | Ch11.2-11.3 |