Distributions of sample quantities, distributions of sums of random variables, distributions of order statistics. Methods of statistical inference. Properties of tests including power function, bias. Interval estimation by inversion of test statistics, use of pivotal quantities. Application to regression.
All students participate in presentation of material each semester.
Recommended for all students majoring in statistics in their senior year. Emphasis on written and oral presentation of statistical summaries, reports and projects. Statistics major or minor and 9 credits approved statistics courses numbered 240 or above. An individual project done under faculty supervision involving the investigation and statistical analysis of a real problem encountered in university research or an industrial setting. Following courses available during Summer 2000 term.