Measure theory; probability spaces; random variables; integration, expectation and moments; convergence.
3 hours, 3 units
Conditional expectations; dependence; martingales.
Prereq: Stat 301. 3 hours, 3 units
The theory of stochastic processes; some stochastic processes.
Prereq: Stat 302. 3 hours, 3 units
Sufficiency, completeness, exponential families, unbiasedness; equivariance, Bayes estimation, minimax estimation; admissibility.
Prereq: Stat 301. 3 hours, 3 units
Uniformly most powerful tests; unbiased tests; invariance; linear hypothesis; minimax principle.
Prereq: Stat 311. 3 hours, 3 units
must be taken three times
2 hours, 2 units
Faculty and graduate student discussions of current researches in Statistics.
1 hour, 1 unit
may be split into parts, provided a total of 12 units of Stat 400 have been taken before being allowed to graduate. Each part may be a 3-unit course or its multiple (i.e., 3, 6, 9, or 12 units, respectively corresponding to 3, 6, 9, or 12 hours of independent study)
12 hours, 12 units