STAT 512 (Mathematical Statistics)

Spring 2022

Instructor

David Hitchcock, associate professor of statistics

Syllabus

Syllabus: (pdf document)

Office Hours -- Spring 2022

Mon-Tues-Wed-Fri 10:45-11:45 a.m., or please feel free to make an appointment to see me at other times.

Office: 4010G Carolina Coliseum 209A LeConte College
Phone: 777-5346
E-mail: hitchcock@stat.sc.edu

Class Meeting Time

MWF 1:10 pm – 2:00 pm, Carolina Coliseum 3020D (COL 3020D)

Current Textbook

Mathematical Statistics with Applications, 7th edition. (2008), by Wackerly, D., Mendenhall, W., and Scheaffer, R.

Course Description

512—Mathematical Statistics (3) (Prereq: STAT 511 or MATH 511 with a grade of C or higher) Functions of random variables, order statistics, sampling distributions, central limit theorem, quality of estimators, interval estimation, sufficient statistics, minimum-variance unbiased estimator, maximum likelihood, large-sample theory, introduction to hypothesis testing.

Purpose:

To provide a strong foundation in mathematical statistics for understanding the concepts and development of statistical methodology, and to prepare students for further study of statistical inference.

Course Notes

You are encouraged to print out these notes ahead of time and bring them to class.

Homework

Homework sets will be assigned in the Blackboard course page under "Assignments".

NOTE: It appears that a few of the problem numbers in the "International Edition" of the textbook are switched around from the regular edition.
If you have the international edition, you might want to compare problem numbers with me or with a classmate who has the regular edition to make sure you're doing the problems assigned.
The problem numbers given above reflect the regular 7th edition.

Homework Solutions

Homework solutions will be posted in the Blackboard course page under "Course Content".

Some Additional Practice Problems

R Code for Class Examples

Review Sheets

Formula Sheets

Exam Solutions

Exams