MCS 342:  Probability Theory and Mathematical Statistics II:   Spring Semester 2005
Week Dates Monday T Wednesday R Friday
 1 Feb. 7-11  Intro
 Review
   Review    Review
 2 Feb. 14-18  Ch. 8: Estimation
 8.1-8.4
   8.5-8.6
 Confidence intervals
   8.7-8.8
 Sample size
 3 Feb. 21-25  8.9
 CI for variance
   Ch. 9: Properties
 9.2: Efficiency
   9.3: Consistency
 9.4: Sufficiency
 4 Feb 28-Mar 4  9.5: Rao-Blackwell
 9.6: Method of moments
   9.7-8: Maximum
 likelihood
   9.9: Wrap-up
 & review
 5 Mar. 7-11  Exam 1
 
   Ch. 10: Hypothesis
 testing
   10.3: Common tests
 10.4: Beta and n
 6 Mar. 14-18  10.5: Confidence intervals & tests
 10.6: p-values
 10.7  10.8: Means & differences of means
 10.9: & variances
   Snowed out!
 7 Mar. 21-24  10.10: Power & Neyman-Pearson Lemma  
 
 10.11: Likelihood ratio tests
 Quiz
  Good Friday
Break Mar 25-Apr 3 Easter   Recess   Break
 8  Apr. 4-8  Ch. 11
 Linear Models
       
 9 Apr. 11-15  
 
       Exam 2
Withdrawal deadline
Pi Mu Epsilon @ CSB/SJU
 10 Apr. 18-22  Ch. 12
 Design
   13.1-6, 13.13
 ANOVA
   13.1-7
NCS-MAA @ ST. O.
 11 Apr. 25-29  13.8-10
 Randomized block
 designs
   13.11-14    Student presentations:
 Random block effects
 12 May 2-6  Quiz
 Ch. 14: Categorical
 data
  MAYDAY!
12:50-1:20
   
 13 May 9-13  Exam 3
 
   Ch. 15: Nonparametric
 statistics
    Student
 presentations
 14 May 16-18, 20-21  Student
 presentations
   Last class Rea-
ding Day
Finals
begin...
 15 May 23-24  Final exam
3:30-5:30
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1-14 Class days 14   13.6   12
This is a tentative schedule. Changes will be announced in class. Last updated 5/11/05.