STT 862 Theory of Probability and Statistics II, Spring 2006

Instructor:
Yijun Zuo
                   Office: A440 Wells Hall
                   Tel: 517-432-5413, Email: zuo@msu.edu
Office Hours:
                   MW 10:00am-11:00am  A440 WH
Class Time:
                   MWF 9:10am-10:00am C207 WH
Textbook:
                   Mathematical Statistics and Data Analysis
                   (by John A. Rice, Duxbury Press, 2^nd Edition)
Prerequisite:
                   MTH 314, MTH 421 or  concurrently, STT 861
Grading:
                   Exams 60% (03/03 Exam I, 100 points, 05/03 Final Exam, 200 points) 
                   Homework 40% (about 8 sets of assignments)
                   4.0(>=90%),  3.5(85%-89%), 3.0(80%-84%), 2.5(75%-79%), 2.0(<75%)
Assignments:
                   Assignments will be due at the beginning of the lecture on the days indicated
                   Late homework is not accepted
Important Dates:

                   1/9/06   First day of Classes

1/13/06 Close of Adds

1/16/06  MLK Day, No Classes

2/3/06   End of 100% Refund

3/1/06   Middle of the semester

3/6 thru 3/10   Spring Break

4/28/06  Last day of Classes

5/3/06 Final exam day

Topics:
                   1. Efficiency, CRLB, and UMVUE
2. Sufficiency and Completeness

                   3. Tests of Hypotheses and Goodness of Fit (Exam I on 3/3)

                   4. Summary Statistics
                   5. Two Sample Problem and Nonparametric Methods

                   6. Analysis of Variance

                   7. Linear Models

8. Categorical Data Analysis (if time permits) (Final Exam on 5/3)

The instructor reserves the right to make any changes deemed academically necessary