Course Information

Course: STAT:5100 (22S:193) Statistical Inference I

Semester: Fall 2015

Lectures: MWF 10:30-11:20

Room: 14 Shaeffer Hall

Instructor: Luke Tierney, Schaeffer 209, luke-tierney@uiowa.edu

Office Hours: MWF 9:30 - 10:20 or by appointment

DEO: Joseph Lang, 241 SH, 335-0712

Grader: Feiran Jiao, feiran-jiao@uiowa.edu

Text: G. CASELLA AND R. L. BERGER (2002), Statistical Inference, 2nd Edition, Pacific Grove, CA: Duxbury.

Other References:

• BICKEL, P. J. AND DOKSUM, K. A. (2006). Mathematical Statistics: Basic Ideas and Selected Topics, Vol. I, 2nd Edition, Prentice Hall.
• DEGROOT, M. H. AND SCHERVISH, M. J. (2011). Probability and Statistics, 4th Edition, Pearson Addison Wesley.
• HOGG, R. V., MCKEAN, J. W., AND CRAIG, A. T. (2004). Introduction to Mathematical Statistics, 6th Edition, Pearson Education.
• LINDGREN, B. W. (1993). Statistical Theory, 4th ed., New York, NY: Chapman & Hall.
• ROSS, S. M. (2009). A First Course in Probability, 8th ed., New York : Macmillan.

Outline

The first semester of this two-semester sequence will cover roughly Chapters 1-5 of Casella and Berger. The second semester corresponds roughly to chapters 6-12.

Reading and Homework

Reading assignments for each day will be placed on the web a few days in advance. You should read the assigned material before coming to class. Typically two or three problems will be assigned each class. The problems are usually due at the beginning of class the Monday after they are assigned. The assignments and due dates will be posted on the Web.

Exams and Grading

There will be two midterm exams, tentatively scheduled for the class periods on Friday, October 2 and Friday, November 6. The final exam schedule will be announced during the semester. The final grade will be determined 30% by the homework, 40% by the midterm exams, and 30% by the final exam. The lowest 25% of homework scores will be dropped before computing the final homework grade. Grades may be made available on ICON.

You may discuss general issues and approaches for your homework with your fellow students, but your work must be your own. If you use any references, including solutions to similar problems prepared by other students, you must cite and credit your sources.

Late homework and missed exams cannot be made up, except as required by University policies (illness, mandatory religious obligations, and other unavoidable University obligations--University Operations Manual, 50.021).

EMail and World Wide Web

Announcements on changes or clarifications of assignments or other matters may be sent by email or posted on the class web page. You should check your email and the class home page regularly. ICON will only be used for posting grades.