MATH 6381: Mathematical Statistics I
Fall 2005
CU 656, 5:30-6:45 p.m. TR

Instructor: Professor Barbara Bailey
Office: CU 613
Office phone: 303-556-4811
e-mail: bbailey@math.cudenver.edu

Office Hours: 6:45-7:30, Th 6:45-7:30, or by appointment.

Class web page: www-math.cudenver.edu/~bbailey/6381

Textbooks: P. Bickel and K. Doksum, Mathematical Statistics Basic Ideas and Selected Topics, Vol. I, 2nd Ed., Prentice Hall, 2001.

Prerequisites: MATH 3191 and 4820/5320 (or equivalent).

Grading:

• Homework: 30%
  Homework assignments will be given weekly. Collaboration is strongly encouraged!
  Late homework will not be accepted. You may drop your lowest percentage score.

• Midterm Exam: 25%
  The midterm exam will have an in-class part and a take-home part, given on October 13.

• Final Project: 15%
  The project will consist of a brief report and a brief presentation to the class.
  The project is based on the ideas in a journal article of the student's choice.

• Final Exam: 30%
  The final exam will be a comprehensive take-home exam.

• Sample spaces, distributions, moments
• Discrete and continuous distributions
• The central role of the Central Limit Theorem
• Joint distributions
• Distributions of functions of random variables
• Sampling Distributions
• Point estimation
• Interval estimation
• Testing hypothesis

Course objectives:

• Introduce formally the important aspects of mathematical statistics
• Present classical methods of estimation and approaches to inference
• Provide opportunities for solving problems in mathematical statistics
• Encourage development of problem-solving skills
• Illustrate and present the importance of these concepts in the literature

• Calendar
• Homework Assignments
• Here is to the Errata List for the text book off Peter Bickel's homepage (thanks Adam)
• Here are guidelines for the written report (for the Final Project)

• CLAS students must always have an accurate mailing and e-mail address: www.cudenver.edu/registrar
• Students are responsible for completing financial arrangements with financial aid, family, scholarships, etc.
• 15 August (5:00 p.m.) Payment plan deadline for students registering by 22 July 2005. Students who have not applied for financial aid are administratively disenrolled for non-payment.
• 25 August (midnight) Last day to be added to the wait-list for a closed course.
• 29 August - 7 September Students are responsible for verifying an accurate Fall 2005 registration via SMART.
• 1 September (midnight) Last day to add courses via the web SMART system.
• 7 September (5:00 p.m.) Last day to add 16-week structured courses without a written petition for a late add. The 7 September deadline does not apply to independent study, internships, and late-starting modular classes.
• 7 September (5:00 p.m.) Last day to drop a Fall 2005 course for tuition refund and no transcript notation.
• 7 September (5:00 p.m.) Last day for undergraduates and graduates to apply for December 2005 graduation.
• 16 September (5:00 p.m.) Last day for CLAS students to add a Fall 2005 course. Treated as an absolute deadline.
• 31 October (5:00 p.m.) Last day to drop a Fall 2005 course without college approval.
• 11 November (5:00 p.m.) Last day for CLAS students to drop a Fall 2005 course. Treated as an absolute deadline.
• 9 December (5:00 p.m.) Last day to withdraw (drop all courses) without a written petition.

Consult the Academic Calendar for details of other dates and deadlines: www.cudenver.edu/registrar