Course: STA 352/552 Statistical Inference
Tentative schedule
Topics/Events Reading Homework
T 13-Jan Random functions associated with normal distributions 6.3 1,2,3,4; 552:11,14
TH 15-Jan Central Limit Theorem 6.4 3,6,7,9,11
T 20-Jan Discrete approximations 6.5 1,2,3,9,14
TH 22-Jan t and F distributions 6.6 1,3; 552:4 
T 27-Jan Point estimation 7.1 1,3,6,9,11,12(a,b),13,15,19; 552:8,12(c,d),22(G)
TH 29-Jan Confidence intervals for means 7.2(S9.2-S9.3) 1,2,4,5,7,8,9,12,17,19,20; 552:9.2,9.3,9.5,9.9,9.10,9.11,9.12
T 3-Feb 7.3(S9.4) 1,3,4,5,6,7,9,11
TH 5-Feb (S9.5(G)) 552:9.25,9.26(G),9.30,9.42(G),9.43(G)
T 10-Feb Confidence intervals for variances 7.4 1,3,4,5,9,15
TH 12-Feb Confidence intervals for proportions 7.5 3,5,7,11,12,15
T 17-Feb Review; 
TH 19-Feb Test #1
T 24-Feb Sample size; Distribution-free methods 7.6-7.7 1,5,7,8,11,16; 1,3,6,7,9
TH 26-Feb Regression 7.8 1,5,7,9,11; 552:6,8
T 2-Mar
TH 4-Mar
T 16-Mar 7.9 1,4
TH 18-Mar Statistical tests 8.1 1,3,4,5,8,9,13,17,18
T 23-Mar Testing proportions 8.1(9.3,S10.10) 9.3:1,4,5,6
TH 25-Mar One sample tests 8.2 1,2,7,8,9,11,19,21; 552:16
T 30-Mar
TH 1-Apr 8.3
T 6-Apr
TH 8-Apr
T 13-Apr Review
TH 15-Apr Test #2
T 20-Apr Two sample tests 8.3(9.4,S10.11) 1,5,7,9,13,16; 9.4:1,3,4
TH 22-Apr Distribution-free tests 8.9 1,2,3,5,9,11
T 27-Apr Goodness of fit tests 8.4 1,2,7,14
TH 29-Apr Contingency tables 8.5 1,2,5,9,15