Time & Location: MWF 11:00-11:50 in Abercrombie Lab A121
Required Text: The Theory of Statistics and Its Applications, by Dennis Cox.
Instructor: Dennis D. Cox
Office: 2095 Duncan Hall (DH)
phone: 6007 (longphone: +1-713-348-6007)
cell-phone: 713-480-2296 (send text but ID yourself)
email: dcox@rice.edu
Office Hours:
Monday 14:00-15:00,
Tuesday 13:00-14:00,
and by appointment.
Grader: Chunshan Liu
email: cl74@rice.edu
Office hours: by Appointment
Description: Statistical models from a measure theoretic perspective:
densities as Radon-Nikodym derivative, independence and product measures,
exponential families, group families; Calculation of distributions: transformations,
generating functions, conditional distributions; Basic large sample theory;
Fundamentals of statistical inference: types of statistics, basic decision
theory, Bayesian methods; Point Estimation. In the following semester we
will treat hypothesis testing, set estimation, and generalized regression
problems.
Syllabus:
Chapters 1-5;
Additional topics -- Time permitting.
Grading:
50% Homework.
25% Midterm: Given in class Oct. 12.
25% Final Midterm: Last Class Day.
Links
1. Breiman Paper discussed in first lecture.
2. Homeworks
4. Handout on the Borel Paradox
5. Chapter 3
6. Chapter 4
7. Chapter 5
8. Second Exam
Any student with a disability requiring accommodations in this course is encouraged to contact Dr. Cox after class or during office hours. Additionally, students should contact Disability Support Services in the Ley Student Center.
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