Courses - Summer 2023
STAT100
Prerequisite: MATH110, MATH112, MATH113, or MATH115; or permission of CMNS-Mathematics department; or must have math eligibility of STAT100 or higher and math eligibility is based on the Math Placement Exam or the successful completion of Math 003 with appropriate eligibility.
Restriction: Must not have completed MATH111; or must not have completed any STAT course with a prerequisite of MATH141.
Cross-listed with: DATA100.
Credit only granted for: DATA100 or STAT100.
Simplest tests of statistical hypotheses; applications to before-and-after and matched pair studies. Events, probability, combinations, independence. Binomial probabilities, confidence limits. Random variables, expected values, median, variance. Tests based on ranks. Law of large numbers, normal approximation. Estimates of mean and variance.
STAT110
Applications of R for Data Science
Credits:
1
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: DATA100, STAT100, or MATH135; or any 400-level STAT course.
Cross-listed with: DATA110.
Credit only granted for: STAT110 or DATA110.
Intended to prepare students for subsequent courses requiring computation with R, providing powerful and easy to use tools for statistical data analysis. Covers basics of R and R Studio including file handling, data simulation, graphical displays, vector and function operations, probability distributions, and inferential techniques for data analysis.
STAT400
Applied Probability and Statistics I
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: 1 course with a minimum grade of C- from (MATH131, MATH141); or students who have taken courses with comparable content may contact the department.
Cross-listed with: DATA400.
Credit only granted for: DATA400, ENEE324, or STAT400.
Additional information: Not acceptable toward graduate degrees in MATH/STAT/AMSC.
Random variables, standard distributions, moments, law of large numbers and central limit theorem. Sampling methods, estimation of parameters, testing of hypotheses.
STAT401
Applied Probability and Statistics II
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: 1 course with a minimum grade of C- from (STAT400, STAT410).
Additional information: Not acceptable toward graduate degrees in MATH/STAT/AMSC.
Point estimation - unbiased and consistent estimators. Interval estimation. Minimum variance and maximum likelihood estimators. Testing of hypotheses. Regression, correlation and analysis of variance. Sampling distributions. Elements of non-parametric methods.
STAT410
Introduction to Probability Theory
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: 1 course with a minimum grade of C- from (MATH240, MATH461, MATH341); and 1 course with a minimum grade of C- from (MATH340, MATH241).
Cross-listed with: SURV410.
Credit only granted for: STAT410 or SURV410.
Probability and its properties. Random variables and distribution functions in one and several dimensions. Moments. Characteristic functions. Limit theorems.
STAT430
Introduction to Statistical Computing with SAS
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: 1 course with a minimum grade of C- from (STAT400, STAT410); and must have completed or be concurrently enrolled in STAT401 or STAT420; students who do not meet the STAT401 or STAT420 requirement but who have taken a statistics course may contact the math department to confirm eligibility.
Descriptive and inferential statistics. SAS software: numerical and graphical data summaries; merging, sorting and splitting data sets. Least squares, regression, graphics and informal diagnostics, interpreting results. Categorical data, lifetime data, time series. Applications to engineering, life science, business and social science.
STAT498A
Selected Topics in Statistics
Credits:
1 - 6
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
STAT698A
Selected Topics in Probability
Credits:
1 - 4
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
STAT798A
Selected Topics in Statistics
Credits:
1 - 4
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
STAT799
Master's Thesis Research
Credits:
1 - 6
Grad Meth:
S-F
STAT898
Pre-Candidacy Research
Credits:
1 - 8
Grad Meth:
Reg
STAT899
Doctoral Dissertation Research
Credits:
1 - 8
Grad Meth:
S-F
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