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2016-2017 Graduate & Professional Studies Catalog 
    
 
  Dec 04, 2024
 
2016-2017 Graduate & Professional Studies Catalog [Archived Catalog]

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STAT 2641 - ASYMPTOTIC METHDS IN STATSTC


Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course deals with the concepts and technical tools that are useful for the study of asymptotic approximations in statistics. Topics include Laplace and saddle point methods, the limiting behavior of maximum likelihood and Bayes estimators and likelihood ratio test statistics, Edgeworth and Cornish-fisher expansions, efficiency, influence functions, the jackknife and the bootstrap.
Academic Career: GRAD
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Grad LG/SNC Basis


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