Course: STP 427, Mathematical Statistics, 1:30-2:45 Tuesday and Thursday, PSA 104

Instructor: Dr. Sharon Lohr, PS A 444,  965-4440,  sharon.lohr@asu.edu     Home page: http://stat.asu.edu/~lohr

Office hours:  12:00-1:00 Tues, 2:00-3:00 Wed, 9:00-10:00 Thurs and by appointment. You may also ask questions at any time through e-mail.

Prerequisite:  MAT 272 and STP 421 (you must have COMPLETED STP 421; taking it concurrently does not satisfy the prerequisite)

Text:  Introduction to Probability and Mathematical Statistics, 2nd edition by Lee Bain and Max Engelhardt. ISBN 0-534-38020-4

Grading:

    Midterm Examinations (2 exams):                        50%
    Final Exam (Tuesday, May 12, 12:10-2:00):        30%
    Homework:                                                        20%

Assignments Assignments will be due at the beginning of class. The work turned in is to be entirely your own. Late homework is not accepted, but your lowest homework score will be dropped in computing your final grade. In grading written assignments, we shall examine your organization of ideas and your "proof style" as well as look at the answer you obtain. You must show your work on all problems--we can't tell where you're going wrong if you don't show what you did. (No need to show arithmetic, though.)

ASU's Policy on Academic Dishonesty: In the “Student Academic Integrity Policy” manual, ASU defines “Plagiarism” [as] using another's words, ideas, materials or work without properly acknowledging and documenting the source. Students are responsible for knowing the rules governing the use of another's work or materials and for acknowledging and documenting the source appropriately.”  You can find this definition at: http://www.asu.edu/studentaffairs/studentlife/judicial/academic_integrity.htm#definitions

Academic dishonesty, including inappropriate collaboration, will not be tolerated. There are severe sanctions for cheating, plagiarizing and any other form of dishonesty.

Policy on Incompletes: You will only be given a grade of Incomplete if all of the following statements apply to you: a) The circumstances which make it impossible for you to complete the course before the end of the semester are beyond your control and occurred within the last two weeks of the semester. b) You have been in attendance through most of the course. c) You have a passing grade on the work completed. d) You have written documentation (a doctor's excuse, for example) of your need for an Incomplete.

Final Exam Policy: I cannot reschedule the final exam for students; if you cannot take the final exam for a good reason (vacation plans or wanting to leave early are not considered "good reasons") you generally need to get approval from the dean of the college. See the Department of Mathematics and Statistics Final Exam Policy
 
 

Tentative Course Schedule:
 
 

Week of	Topic	Chapter in Text
Jan 19	Review of Transformations; Order Statistics	6
Jan 26	Limiting Distributions	7
Feb 2	Limiting Distributions	7
Feb 9	Sampling Distributions	8
Feb 16	Point Estimation	9
Feb 23	Maximum Likelihood Estimation	9
Mar 2	Uniform Minimum Variance Unbiased Estimation	9
Mar 9	Spring Break!!!!!
Mar 16	Large-sample properties	9
Mar 23	Sufficiency	10
Mar 30	Exponential Class and Completeness	10
Apr 6	Interval Estimation	11
Apr 13	Hypothesis Testing	12
Apr 20	Neyman-Pearson; Power	12
Apr 27	Likelihood Ratio Tests	12
May 4	Review