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2017-2018 University Catalog 
    
2017-2018 University Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

STAT 41700 - Statistical Theory


Credit Hours: 3.00. An introduction to the mathematical theory of statistical inference, emphasizing inference for standard parametric families of distributions. Properties of estimators. Bayes and maximum likelihood estimation. Sufficient statistics. Properties of test of hypotheses. Most powerful and likelihood-ratio tests. Distribution theory for common statistics based on normal distributions. Typically offered Fall Spring.