Fall 2025 Statistics GR6201 section 001

THEORETICAL STATISTICS I

Call Number 13813
Day & Time
Location
TR 2:40pm-3:55pm
To be announced
Points 4
Grading Mode Standard
Approvals Required None
Instructor Bodhisattva Sen
Type LECTURE
Method of Instruction In-Person
Course Description Prerequisites: students in a masters program must seek the director of the M.A. program in statistics' permission; students in an undergraduate program must seek the director of undergraduate studies in statistics' permission. A general introduction to mathematical statistics and statistical decision theory. Elementary decision theory, Bayes inference, Neyman-Pearson theory, hypothesis testing, most powerful unbiased tests, confidence sets. Estimation: methods, theory, and asymptotic properties. Likelihood ratio tests, multivariate distribution. Elements of general linear hypothesis, invariance, nonparametric methods, sequential analysis.
Web Site Vergil
Department Statistics
Enrollment 2 students (25 max) as of 8:05PM Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Subject Statistics
Number GR6201
Section 001
Division Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Open To GSAS
Note STAT PhD students only.
Section key 20253STAT6201G001