Elements of Mathematical Statistics and Probability Theory (Spring 2020)
Stat 345, UNM, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, 2020
Class Time (DSH 225): MWF 9 - 9.50 am (Zoom meeting id on learn)
Office Hours (SMLC 319): F 3.30 pm Anastasiia (Zoom id on learn)
Discussion/Tutoring (DSH 326): W 2.30 pm Hasan, F 2 pm Jared (Zoom ids on learn)
Syllabus
Piazza link: piazza.com/unm/spring2020/stat345
Recorded Kaltura class videos, Zoom meetings ids, HWs submission : UNM Learn
Tentative Course Schedule
Week | Chapters | Additional comments |
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1, Jan 20 - Jan 24 | Introduction. Counting | lecture 1 lecture 2 homework 1 (due Feb 5th) |
2, Jan 27 - Jan 31 | Probability rules. Conditional Probability | lectures 3 and 4 basic_R_code birthday_problem_R_code matching_problem_R_code same_R_code_in_txt_file lecture 5 (until Bayes’) |
3, Feb 3 - Feb 7 | Bayes’ theorem. Independence. Random Variables and Distributions | lecture 6 (after Bayes’) lecture 7 lecture 8 |
4, Feb 10 - Feb 14 | Discrete Distributions | lecture 9 homework 1 solution lecture 10 homework 2 (due Feb 24th) lecture 11 binomial_R_code |
5, Feb 17 - Feb 2 | Discrete Probability Distributions | lecture 12 lecture 13 |
6, Feb 24 - Feb 28 | Continuous Random Variables and Probability Distributions | lecture 14 homework 2 solution lecture 15 homework 3 (due March 6th) standard_normal_table |
7, Mar 2 - Mar 6 | Continuous Probability Distributions | lecture 16 lecture 17 homework 3 solution |
8, Mar 9 - Mar 13 | Review | Midterm, March 11th midterm practice exam table of common distributions |
9, Mar 16 - Mar 20 | Spring break | |
10, Mar 23 - Mar 27 | Spring break | |
11, Mar 30 - Apr 3 | Midterm review | Spring break homework 4 part one (due April 12th) |
12, Apr 6 - Apr 10 | Joint Probability Distributions | lecture 18 lecture 19 lecture 20 |
13, Apr 13 - Apr 17 | Descriptive Statistics. Sampling Distributions. CLT | lecture 21 homework 4 solution homework 5 lecture 22 lecture 23 |
14, Apr 20 - Apr 24 | Point Estimation. Method of Moments. Method of Maximum Likelihood | lecture 24 homework 5 solution homework 6 |
15, Apr 27 - May 1 | Confidence Intervals. Hypothesis testing | lecture 25 lecture 26 lecture26_examples |
16, May 4 - May 7 | Hypothesis testing. Review | lecture 27 homework 6 solution homework 7 lecture 28 review topics review |
17, May 11 - May 15 | Final, May 13th | homework 7 solution |