STT 862 Theory of Probability and
Statistics II, Spring 2006
Instructor:
Yijun Zuo
Office: A440 Wells Hall
Tel: 517-432-5413, Email:
Office Hours:
MW 10:00am-11:00am A440 WH
Class Time:
MWF 9:10am-10:00am C207 WH
Textbook:
Mathematical Statistics and Data Analysis
(by John A. Rice, Duxbury Press, 2nd Edition)
Prerequisite:
MTH 314, MTH 421 or concurrently, STT 861
Grading:
Exams 60% (03/03 Exam I, 100 points, 05/03 Final Exam, 200 points)
Homework 40% (about 8 sets of assignments)
4.0(>=90%), 3.5(85%-89%), 3.0(80%-84%), 2.5(75%-79%), 2.0(<75%)
Assignments:
Assignments will be due at the beginning of the lecture on the days indicated
Late homework is not accepted
Important Dates:
1/9/06 First day of Classes
1/13/06 Close of Adds
1/16/06 MLK Day, No Classes
2/3/06 End of 100% Refund
3/1/06 Middle of the semester
3/6 thru 3/10 Spring Break
4/28/06 Last day of Classes
5/3/06 Final exam day
Topics:
1. Efficiency, CRLB, and UMVUE
2. Sufficiency and
Completeness
3. Tests of Hypotheses and Goodness of Fit (Exam I on 3/3)
4. Summary Statistics
5. Two
Sample Problem and Nonparametric Methods
6. Analysis of Variance
7. Linear Models
8. Categorical Data Analysis (if time permits) (Final Exam on 5/3)
The instructor reserves the
right to make any changes deemed academically necessary