Statistics Catalog Course List

STAT 470. Probability: Theory and Application 3 cr.
Basic probability distributions including binomial, normal; random variables, expectation; laws of large numbers; central limit theorem.
Prerequisites: MATH 291 and at least one 300-level MATH course.

STAT 480. Statistics: Theory and Applications 3 cr.
Point and interval estimation; sufficiency, hypothesis testing; regression; analysis of variance; chi-square tests.
Prerequisite: STAT 470.

STAT 515. Probability : Theory and Applications 3 cr.
Same as STAT 470 with additional work for graduate students

STAT 525. Statistics: Theory and Applications 3 cr.
Same as STAT 480 with additional work for graduate students

STAT 530. Special Topics 1-3 cr.
Specific subjects to be announced in the Schedule of Classes. May be repeated for unlimited credit with approval of department.

STAT 535. Elementary Stochastic Processes 3 cr.
Markov chains, Poisson processes, Brownian motion, branching processes, and queuing processes, with application to the physical, biological and social sciences.
Prerequisite: STAT 515 or consent of instructor.

STAT 540. Directed Reading 1-6 cr.
Prerequisite: consent of instructor and graduate committee. May be repeated for for a maximum of 6 credits. Graded S/U.

STAT 562. Foundations of Probability 3 cr.
Probability spaces, expectation and conditional expectation, limit theorems and laws-of large numbers.
Prerequisite: MATH 593.

STAT 571. Continuous Multivariate Analysis 3 cr.
Theory and applications of the multivariate normal distribution.
Prerequisites: MATH 480 and STAT 525 or consent of instructor.

STAT 572. Linear Models 3 cr.
Theory of regression, analysis of variance, analysis of covariance in various linear models.
Prerequisite: STAT 571.

STAT 581. Advanced Theory of Statistics I 3 cr.
Testing hypotheses, probability and sufficiency, uniformly most powerful tests, unbiasedness, invariance, and minimax principle.
Prerequisite: STAT 525 or consent of instructor.

STAT582.Advanced Theory of Statistics II 3 cr.
Estimation of parameters; unbiased estimators; equivariance; Bayes properties; large sample theory and optimality.
Prerequisite: STAT 581 or consent of instructor.

STAT 598. Special Research Problems 1-3 cr.
Individual investigations or consulting programs. Maximum of 3 credits.

STAT 601. Special Topics 1-3 cr.
Specific subjects to be announced in the Schedule of Classes. May be repeated for unlimited credit with approval of the department.