STA 6113 - Mathematical Statistics I

(4 credits)

Random variables, univariate distributions and their interrelations, expectation, moments, generating functions, exponential families, location and scale families; joint, marginal, and conditional distributions; independence, hierarchical and mixture models, covariance and correlation, random sample, convergence concepts, sampling from normal distributions, exact sampling distributions, order statistics. Formerly STA 613.

Prerequisite(s): Required background: a course in advanced calculus.

Course revisions made after the Graduate Catalog publication date will be posted in the Graduate Catalog Addendum.