Mathematics 363

Introduction to Statistical Methods

Fall 2009

Course Syllabus

Week	Dates	Topic		References
1	25Aug – 27Aug	Introduction Displaying Data		New York Times: R’s power
2	1Sep – 3Sep	Describing Distributions with Numbers	Assignment 1	Hans Rosling’s TED lecture
3	8Sep – 10Sep	Correlation and Regression Producing Data		The Census Bureau The Women's Health Initiative
4	15Sep – 17Sep	Basics of Probability	Assignment 2	H1N1 Detection Guidelines Quick H1N1 Tests
5	22Sep – 24Sep	Random Variables and Distribution Functions
6	29Sep – 1Oct	Expected Values
7	6Oct – 8Oct	Examples of Mass Functions and Densities	Assignment 3
8	13Oct – 15Oct	The Law of Large Numbers
9	20Oct – 22Oct	The Central Limit Theorem	Exam 1
10	27Oct – 29Oct	Introduction to Estimation Methods of Moments		Notes on Normal Approximation
11	3Nov – 5Nov	Unbiased Estimation Maximum Likelihood Estimation	Assignment 4
12	10 Nov – 12Nov	Simple Hypotheses Composite Hypotheses
13	17Nov – 19Nov	Likelihood Ratio Tests
14	24Nov	t Procedures	Assignment 5	Confidence Intervals and Tests of Significance
15	1Dec – 3Dec	Goodness of Fit	Exam 2
16	9Dec	Analysis of Variance	Assignment 6
17	17Dec		Final Exam

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