STATS 345 – Elements of Mathematical Statistics
Elements of Mathematical Statistics teaches students about uncertainty: how to express it mathematically, how to understand it probabilistically, and how to deal with it statistically. When I teach this course, I spend the first half of the semester focusing on probability rules and common probability distributions. In the second half of the semester, I apply what we've learned about probability to real-world data, introducing statistical analysis and explaining its role in scientific inquiry.
Course Information
Room: Mitchell Hall (MH), Rm. 102
Time: Tuesday & Thursday, 12:30pm – 1:45pm
Prerequisites: MATH 163 or MATH 181 (Integral Calculus)
Syllabus: sp20syllabus.pdf
Course Materials
Discussion Sections
To help you understand the material in this course better, we offer discussion sections where TAs will provide additional help with the material we've been covering. I strongly recommend that you attend one session per week to help you follow along.
- Monday/Wendesday at 5pm in DSH 000 with Md Rashidul Hasan
- Tuesday/Thursday at 4pm in DSH 000 with Jared DiDomenico
Textbook Recommendations
- Applied Statistics & Probability for Engineers, 7th ed. by Montgomery & Runger
- Statistical Inference, 2nd ed. by Casella & Berger
- Introduction to Probability, Statistics, & Random Processes by Hossein Pishro-Nik
Computer Tutorials
Jared DiDomenico's R Tutorial: JD_R_Tutorial.pdf (R Code)
Md Rashidul Hasan's R Tutorial: MRH_R_Tutorial.docx
Assignments
Midterm Exam
Final Exam
Previous Terms
Spring 2018
Syllabus: sp18syllabus.pdf
Fletcher G.W. Christensen
Asst. Professor of StatisticsOffice: SMLC 328
Spring 2020 Office Hours:- Tuesday 3:30pm – 5:00pm
- Friday 11:00am – 12:30pm