Math494: Mathematical Statistics (Spring 2005)

Instructor:	Nan Lin
Office:	Cupples I, Room 205
Phone:	935-5703
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Time and location:	2:00pm - 3:00pm MWF at Cupples I, Room 207
Office hours:	3:00pm-4:00pm Monday and Wednesday, or by appointment
Textbook:	DeGroot, M. H. and Schervish, M. J. (2002) Probability and Statistics (Third Edition), Addison Wesley. Hogg, R. V., Craig, A. and McKean, J. W. (2004) Introduction to Mathematical Statistics (6th Edition), Prentice Hall.
Prerequisites:	Knowledge of probability theory comparable to Math493. If you have questions about the prerequisites, please contact the instructor. Please take a look at the old exam of Math493. If you can independently solve all the problems, you should be qualified.
Topics covered:	Estimation; Hypothesis testing; Introduction to linear regression and ANOVA; Contingency table analysis for categorical data

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Links:

R: an open-source language and environment for statistical computing and graphics.

Download rw2001.exe to install R under Windows. (It is free!)

An Introduction to R: A manual for R, as a pdf file.

An online tutorial by Alan Robinson.

Try R on the web: Rweb.