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140.774.01
Foundations of Statistics II

Course Status
Cancelled

Location
East Baltimore
Term
4th Term
Department
Biostatistics
Credit(s)
4
Academic Year
2012 - 2013
Instruction Method
TBD
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
Frequency Schedule
Every Other Year
Prerequisite

140.773

Description
Investigates the foundations of statistics as applied to assessing the evidence provided by an observed set of data. Topics include: law of likelihood, the likelihood principle, evidence and the likelihood paradigm for statistical inference; failure of the Neyman-Pearson and Fisherian theories to evaluate evidence; marginal, conditional, profile and other likelihoods; and applications to common problems of inference.