Statistical Inference

Spring 2009





General information

Class time:TuTh 8:00-9:20, SCIE 420
Instructor:Giovanni Petris
Email:GPetris@uark.edu
Office:SCEN 314
Office Hours:Monday 2:30-4:00pm, or by appointment

Text

Casella and Berger (2002), Statistical Inference (2nd ed.).

Syllabus

Download the syllabus.

Homework Assignments and Solutions

Due dateProblems
Jan 207.6a,c; 7.10 (Find the MME instead of MLE), 7.11b, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3.
Feb 12Chapter 7: 1, 2, 5, 6b, 7, 9, 10b, 11a
Feb 26Chapter 7: 19, 38, 46, 49
Mar 3Chapter 7: 37, 47, 48b, 57, 60
Mar 26Download hw 5
Apr 7Chapter 8: 3, 6, 7, 12, 13

Old sample midterms: 2005I, 2005II, 2007I, 2007II.
Solutions for Midterm II: click here

Important Dates

March 5:Midterm I
March 16-20:Spring Break
April 16:Midterm II
April 30:Last day of classes
TBA:Final Exam due