ST 554: Mathematical Statistics I

Fall 2017



Schedule


Part 1

Class Date Day Topic Reading (Pre-Class) Notes from class
1 Aug 24 Thu Intro; Sets and Counting 1.1-1.4 Math Pre-Req worksheet
2 Aug 29 Tue Counting; Naive Prob; Axioms 1.4-1.7, 1.8
3 Aug 31 Thu Conditional Probability I 2.1-2.4, 2.10 Quiz 1
4 Sept 5 Tue Conditional Probability II 2.5-2.7, 2.10
5 Sept 7 Thu Conditional Probability III 2.8, 2.9-2.10
6 Sept 12 Tue Discrete RV I 3.1-3.6 Quiz 2
7 Sept 14 Thu Discrete RV II 3.7-3.9; 3.10-3.11
8 Sept 19 Tue Expectation I 4.1-4.4; 4.11 Quiz 3
9 Sept 21 Thu Expectation II 4.5-4.8; 4.10-4.11 Chapter 4 Extra Notes
10 Sept 26 Tue Review for Exam 1 1, 2, 3, 4 Quiz 4
11 Sept 28 Thu Exam 1 (HW 1-4)

Part 2

Class Date Day Topic Reading (Pre-Class) Notes from class
12 Oct 3 Tue Continuous Data
13 Oct 5 Thu Continuous RV I 5.1-5.3; 5.9
14 Oct 10 Tue Continuous RV II 5.4-5.6; 5.8-5.9
15 Oct 12 Thu Continuous RV III 5.6-5.7; 5.8-5.9 Quiz 5
16 Oct 17 Tue Moments 6.1-6.6; 6.8-6.9
17 Oct 19 Thu Joint Distributions I 7.1-7.2; 7.7 Quiz 6
18 Oct 24 Tue Joint Distributions II 7.3-7.5; 7.7
Oct 26 Thu No Class: Fall Break
19 Oct 31 Tue Joint Distributions III 7.6-7.7
20 Nov 2 Thu Transformations I 8.1-8.2 Quiz 7
21 Nov 7 Tue Transformations II 8.3-8.5
22 Nov 9 Thu Transformations III 8.6-8.8
23 Nov 14 Tue Review for Exam 2 5, 6, 7, 8 Quiz 8
24 Nov 16 Thu Exam 2 (HW 5-8)
25 Nov 21 Tue Recap of Parts 1 and 2

Part 3

Class Date Day Topic Reading (Pre-Class) Notes from class
Nov 23 Thu No Class: Thanksgiving Break
26 Nov 28 Tue Conditional Expectation I 9.1-9.3; 9.8
27 Nov 30 Thu Conditional Expectation II 9.5-9.7; 9.8
28 Dec 5 Tue Limit Theorems 10.2-10.4 Quiz 9
29 Dec 7 Thu Review for Final Exam
Dec 14 Thu Final Exam (8am - 10:30am)

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