Sep 27, 2024  
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2022-23 
    
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2022-23 [Archived Catalog]

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MATH 4500 - Theory of Statistics


Probability distributions of one and several variables, sampling theory, estimation of parameters, confidence intervals, analysis of variance, correlation, and testing of statistical hypotheses.

Requisites: MATH 3300 and 3500 and (3200 or 3210)
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
  • Analyze and compare different point estimators.
  • Compute various probabilities and expectations by various methods.
  • Conduct various standard hypotheses tests, compute the power functions, find the UMP test using Neyman-Pearson Lemma, and find the likelihood-ratio test.
  • Find a confidence interval for a parameter for various distributions.
  • Find a point estimator of a parameter using various methods.
  • Find distributions of functions of random variables.



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