Course Catalog - 2013-2014

     

STAT 431 - OVERVIEW MATH STATS

Long Title: OVERVIEW OF MATHEMATICAL STATISTICS
Department: Statistics
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3
Prerequisite(s): STAT 310 OR ECON 307 OR STAT 312 OR STAT 331
Description: Topics include random variables, distributions, transformations, moment generating functions, common families of distributions, independence, sampling distributions, the basics of estimation theory, hypothesis testing and Bayesian inference.
Course URL: http://statistics.rice.edu/feed/Courses.aspx