| Date | Class Topic | Reading (WMS) |
|---|---|---|
| 1/25 | Course Introduction, review of results from the fall | 7.1 |
| 1/27 | Sampling distributions (χ2) | 7.2 |
| 1/30 | Sampling Distributions, continued (t) | 7.2 |
| 2/1 | Sampling Distributions, continued (F) | 7.2 |
| 2/3 | Basics of parameter estimation | 8.1-2 |
| 2/6 | Lab Day 1 -- Sampling Distributions in R | 7.2 |
| 2/8 | More on estimation (including use of order statistics) | 6.7, 8.2 |
| 2/10 | Point estimators -- Problem Set 1 due | 8.3 |
| 2/13 | Evaluating goodness of a point estimator | 8.4 |
| 2/15 | Pivotal quantities and confidence intervals | 8.5 |
| 2/17 | Large sample confidence intervals -- Problem Set 2 due | 8.6-7 |
| 2/20 | Lab Day 2 (confidence intervals demo) | 8.7 |
| 2/22 | Small-sample confidence intervals | 8.8 |
| 2/24 | More on small sample confidence intervals -- Problem Set 3 due | 8.8 |
| 2/27 | Lab Day 3 (confidence intervals for variances) | 8.9 |
| 2/29 | Lab Day 3, continued | 8.9 |
| 3/2 | Efficiency and consistency of estimators -- Lab Project/Problem Set 4 due | 9.3 |
| 3/5, 7, 9 | No class -- spring break | |
| 3/12 | Sufficient Statistics, Rao-Blackwell Theorem and MVUE's | 9.4 - 5 |
| 3/14 | Spare day -- exam review | |
| 3/16 | Midterm Exam 1 (through section 9.3) | |
| 3/19 | Method of moments estimators | 9.6 |
| 3/21 | Maximum likelihood estimators | 9.7 |
| 3/23 | More on maximum likelihood estimation -- Problem Set 5 due | 9.7 |
| 3/26 | Statistical hypothesis testing -- terminology and rationale | 10.1-2 |
| 3/28 | Large sample tests | 10.3 |
| 3/30 | Type II error probability and sample size -- Problem Set 6 due | 10.4 |
| 4/2 | Relation to confidence intervals, attained significance (p-level) | 10.5-6 |
| 4/4 | Small sample tests | 10.8 |
| 4/6, 9 | No class -- Easter break | |
| 4/11 | Lab Day 4 | 10.9 |
| 4/13 | Linear models and estimators -- Problem Set 7 due | 11.1-2 |
| 4/16 | Least squares for β0 + β1 x + e | 11.3 |
| 4/18 | Multiple regression and matrix formulation | 11.10 |
| 4/20 | Properties of least squares estimators -- Problem Set 8 due | 11.4, 11.11 |
| 4/23 | More on properties of least squares estimators | 11.11 |
| 4/25 | Spare day -- exam review | |
| 4/27 | Midterm Exam 2 | Chapters 9, 10, 11.1-3, 11.10 |
| 4/30 | Testing hypotheses on regression coefficients | 11.5-6, 11.12 |
| 5/2 | More on hypothesis testing | 11.12 |
| 5/4 | Lab Day 5 -- The Matched Pairs Experiment (Final Project) | 12.3 |
| 5/7 | Lab Day 5 (Final Project) and course wrap-up | 12.3 |
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