Credits: 3 Prerequisite: STAT 768
| Instructor: | Jeff Terpstra, 201H
Waldron Hall
phone: 231-8188, email: Jeff.Terpstra@ndsu.edu web page: http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/instruct/terpstra/ |
| Office Hours: | TR from 2:00-3:00 and W from 1:00-2:00. |
| Class Meetings: | 12:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m., TR, LLC 126 |
| (Optional) Text: | Statistical Inference (Second Edition) by George Casella and Roger Berger. |
| Course Description: | Further discussion of properties of estimators, theory of estimation, and hypothesis testing. Possible topics include U-statistics, M-statistics, and L-statistics; least squares, least absolute deviation, and maximum likelihood theory; sample quantiles; different methods for constructing tests and confidence intervals; inference procedures based on discrete distributions; and mixture distributions. Additional or other topics may also be discussed. |
| Course Objective: | To provide students with a deeper understanding of commonly used inference methods. Also, students will be introduced to more advanced inference procedures that are not necessarily considered "mainstream" statistical inference techniques. Many of the topics will focus around the research interests of the instructor. |
| Homework: | Homework problems from the text book, and possibly other sources, will be assigned, collected, and graded periodically throughout the semester. |
| Exams: | There will be two exams (a midterm and final) during the semester. You will be allowed one 8.5 x 11 inch sheet of paper with anything you wish to put on it for each exam. |
| Final Exam: | The final exam is exam #2 and will be given on Wednesday, May 10 from 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. This exam is not comprehensive. |
| Make-up Policy: | Pre/Post-due-date course work (i.e. homework and tests) will be allowed at the discretion of the instructor assuming the student provides the instructor with a legitimate excuse. Pre-due-date course work will be graded "as is" with no penalty. However, the following grade will be given for all types of post-due-date course work: post-due-date-grade = minimum{your score, class median}. |
| Grading Policy: | Homework - 50%, Exam#1 - 25%, Exam#2 - 25% |
| Grading Scale: | The following scale is guaranteed.
A [90, 100], B [80, 90), C [70, 80), D [60, 70), F [ 0, 60) |
| Special Needs: | Any student with disabilities or other special needs, who needs special accommodations in this course, is invited to share these concerns or requests with the instructor as soon as possible. |
| Academic Honesty Statement: | All work in this course must be completed in a manner consistent with NDSU University Senate Policy, section 335: Code of Academic Responsibility and Conduct http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/policy/335.htm. |
| Attendance: | Attendance is strongly recommended. Although not required, it might be used as one of the factors that influence a final grade for "borderline" cases. Also, at times, the material presented in class may vary from that presented in the text. Thus, class attendance and class notes are very important. |
| Incompletes: | University and Departmental policy will be followed on incomplete grades. |
| Provision: | The instructor reserves the right to make changes to this syllabus at any time during the semester. |