MATH 438(a) Topics in Estimation and Hypothesis Testing
- Faculty
- Mathematics
- Last listed
- 1974–75
No longer offered. It’s in Waterloo’s scanned calendars from 1963–64 to 1974–75; the 1995–96 to 2023–24 calendars are on ucalendar.
Discussion of general inference problems under the headings of © point and interval estimation, hypothesis testing, and decision theory. Large sample normal likelihoods, maximum likelihood estimation, theory of UMV estimation, least squares, Neyman- Pearson theory of hypothesis testing. 2 hours lectures, one term Prerequisite: M338 (a)
As printed in the 1974–75 calendar, read by OCR; the scanned page is the original.
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In the scanned calendars
How it read in each calendar from 1963–64 to 1974–75, newest first. The text is OCR of the scanned pages; years whose wording matches are shown once, from the clearest scan. Each year links to its page on uwloo and to that page of the scanned PDF.
1974–75 1 calendar
Discussion of general inference problems under the headings of © point and interval estimation, hypothesis testing, and decision theory. Large sample normal likelihoods, maximum likelihood estimation, theory of UMV estimation, least squares, Neyman- Pearson theory of hypothesis testing. 2 hours lectures, one term Prerequisite: M338 (a)
1971–72 to 1973–74 3 calendars
Another title: Statistical Inference, probably a different course under the same number (or a misread scan).
Several approaches to the controversial problems of statistical inference are compared. Likelihood, fiducial probability, Bayes’ theorem, confidence intervals. Sufficiency and ancillarity. Consistency and efficiency of estimates. Information. Maximum likelihood and large
_ sample theory.
3 hours lectures. Prerequisite: M 338 (a).
1968–69 to 1970–71 3 calendars
Titled Estimation and Hypothesis Testing.
The mathematics and logic of estimation and hypothesis testing. Consistency, efficiency and sufficiency of estimates. Fiducial and confidence intervals, likelihood, Bayes’ theorem, tests of significance. 2 hours lectures.
1963–64 to 1967–68 4 calendars
Titled Estimation and Hypothesis Testing.
The mathematics and logic of estimation and hypothesis testing. Information. Consistency. Efficiency. Sufficiency. Fiducial and confidence intervals. The problems of large and small samples. 2 lectures.