140.772.01
Advanced Statistical Theory II
Location
East Baltimore
Term
2nd Term
Department
Biostatistics
Credit(s)
4
Academic Year
2013 - 2014
Instruction Method
TBD
Tu, Th, 1:30 - 2:50pm
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
Contact Name
Frequency Schedule
Every Year
Resources
Prerequisite
140.771
Examines statistics as a discipline along the path towards making decisions. First examines the justification of statistics from axioms on informed preferences and its close connection to Bayesian theory, and then examines the role of standardizing intermediate steps, through various additional restrictions on estimation, and studies the properties of the resulting methods.
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
- Discuss properties of maximum likelihood estimation
- Discuss properties of estimation under fewer assumptions
- Discuss further advantages and limitations of using axiomatic inference
Grade for 140.771 and 772 given at completion of 140.772