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Catalog 2019-2020 
    
Catalog 2019-2020 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

STAT 421 - Statistical Theory II


Theory focused framework for statistical inference: evaluation of point estimators (bias, variance, mean square error, relative efficiency, consistency), methods of point estimation (method of moments, maximum likelihood estimation), sufficiency (Fisher-Neyman Factorization Theorem), uniform minimum variance unbiased estimators, interval estimation (confidence intervals from normal samples and large samples), and theory underlying hypothesis testing.

Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: STAT 420  with a C- or better)
Typically Offered: Spring term only

Units: 4