MATH-351 Probability and Statistical Inference

An introduction to set-theoretic probability with applications to mathematical statistics. Topics include probability spaces, discrete and continuous random variables, single and multivariate distributions, and limit theorems, leading into the mathematical theory of estimators, sampling distributions, confidence intervals, and hypothesis testing.

Maximum Enrollment

Standard Course (40)

(Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning.)

Credits

1

Prerequisite

MATH-216 and an introductory statistics course which may be one of the following: MATH-152, ECON-166, PSYCH-201 / NEURO-201, or GOVT-230. Students who have a score of 4 or 5 in AP Statistics may enroll with the instructor’s permission.

Offered

Fall