Math 442: Mathematical Statistics II

                                                  Spring 2009

WEEK

Date

Sections in the Book

Homework

Homework Due Date

Announcements

1

1/26/09

Syllabus, 3.7

Page 157: 4,8; Page 175: 3,18; Page 177: 8,20; Page 221: 8,15; Page 244: 14; Page 251: 9, Page 267: 9, Page 280: 15, Page 302: 6,8; Page 319: 15

2/09/09

-         Syllabus handed out.

 

1/28/09

3.7

 

 

 

1/28/09

3.7

 

 

-         Solution to the in-class Homework (1/26/09)

-         Office Hours MWR 1-2

-         We are ready to do problems from Section 3.7

2

2/02/09

Selected materials (Ch 4 & 5)

 

 

-         We are ready to do problems from Ch 4  & 5

2/04/09

3.9

 

 

-         Solution to the in-class Homework (2/02/09)

2/06/09

3.9, 5.11

 

 

-         Solution to the in-class Homework (2/04/09)

3

2/09/09

5.11, 5.12

 

 

-         Solutions to Homework Set 1

2/11/09

5.12, 4.8

Page 312: 5,6,8; Page 319: 11, 12, 15; Page 320: 8;  Page 235: 8,  9, 11

2/18/09

-         Solutions to the in-class Homework (2/06/09) (R-Script)

2/13/09

4.8

 

 

-         Solutions to the in-class Homework (2/09/09) (R-Script)

4

2/16/09

Washington – Lincoln Day Holiday

2/18//09

4.8, 5.7

 

 

-         Solutions to Homework Set 2

-         Solutions to the in-class Homework (2/11/09)

-         Solutions to the in-class Homework (2/13/09)

-         Solutions to the in-class Homework (2/18/09)

2/20/09

Mid Term I

5

2/23/09

5.7

 

 

-         Mid Term 1 Take Home part

2/25/09

5.7, 7.1, 7.2

 

 

-         Read 5.8

2/27/09

7.3, 7.4

 

 

 

6

3/02/09

7.4

Page 291: 9,11,12, 14; Page 294: 1; Page 396: 1,2,8; Page 404: 7,8,9;  Page 409: 3; Page 446: 5,8,9

 

3/11/09

-         Solutions to Mid Term 1 (Take Home)

3/04/09

6.1, 6.5

 

 

 

3/06/09

6.5, 6.6, 6.2

 

 

 

7

3/09/09

6.2, 6.3,

 

 

 

3/11/09

Revision

 

 

 

3/13/09

6.3, 6.4

 

 

-         Solutions to the in-class Homework (3/02/09) (R-Script)

-         Solutions to the in-class Homework (3/04/09)

-         Solutions to the in-class Homework (3/06/09) (R-Script)

-         Solutions to the in-class Homework 3/09/09)

-         Solutions to the in-class Homework (3/11/09) (R-Script using nlm() and optim())

-         Solutions to Homework Set 3

8

3/16/09

6.4, MOM estimators

 

 

-         Mid Term II will be take home and involves a computational problem

3/18/09

MSE , 7.7

 

 

-         Solutions to the in-class Homework (3/13/09)

-         Solutions to the in-class Homework (3/16/09)

3/20/09

Consistency

 

 

-         Mid Term II (Take Home) --- Due by Friday 03/27/09 at 11 AM.

9

3/23/09

7.8

 

 

 

3/25/09

7.8, Efficiency

 

 

-         Solutions to the in-class Homework (3/18/09)

-         Solutions to the in-class Homework (3/20/09)

-         Solutions to the in-class Homework (3/23/09)

3/27/09

A real life example on Estimation

 

 

-         Solutions to the in-class Homework (3/25/09)

 

10

Spring Break:  NO CLASSES.

11

4/06/09

Interval Estimation: Introduction, Pivotal Quantity Method

 

 

-         Solutions to Mid Term 2 (Take Home)  (R-Script)

-         The material for Confidence Interval comes from the book Mood, A.M., Graybill, F.A. and Boes, D.C. (1974). Introduction to the Theory of Statistics, Third Edition, Chapter 8. McGraw-Hill, Inc.

4/08/09

Pivotal Quantity Method

Page 444: 2,5,6, 8, 9, 10, 13,14; Page 415: 4, 11

4/15/09

 

4/10/09

Large Sample CIs and evaluating CIs.

 

 

-         Solutions to the in-class Homework (4/06/09) (R-Script)

12

4/13/09

8.1, Likelihood Ratio Test (8.5)

 

 

 

4/15/09

Likelihood Ratio Test (8.5)

 

 

-         For test III, you are allowed to use a calculator and a distribution chart.  The test is otherwise closed book and closed notes.  Time allowed is 50 minutes.  Make sure that you study the in-class homeworks (those assigned on 3/23 and later) in addition to homework set 4 and the packet problems.

-         Solutions to Homework Set 4

4/17/09

Mid Term III

13

4/20/09

Size and Power Function (8.1)

 

 

-         Solutions to Mid Term III

4/22/09

Size and Power Examples (8.1)

 

 

 

4/24/09

The t-Test (8.5)

 

 

 

14

4/27/09

The t-Test, Chi-Square test (8.5)

Page 461: 2,5,7,11;  Page 496: 3,7; Page 505: 4,10;

5/06/09

-         R-Script to graph the Power Function of a two-sided t-test.

4/29/09

Paired t-Test, Two-Sample t-Test (8.5, 8.6)

 

 

 

5/01/09

Two-Sample t-Test (8.6)

 

 

 

15

5/04/09

The Behren-Fisher Problem and Welch’s Approximation (8.6)

 

 

 

5/06/09

Revision,  Real Data Example on Two-Sample t-test

 

 

-         R-Script for the Liver Weights Example (data file)

-         Instructor Evaluation Completed

-         Take-Home Final Exam (Mainly for Graduate Students)

-         Solutions to Homework Set 5

5/08/09

p-value, connection between Hypothesis Test and Confidence Intervals (8.1)

Page 513: 7, 14  (optional)

 

-         Read--Test for Equality of Variances and the F-Distribution (8.7)

16

Finals Week