STAT 571 Mathematical Statistics I: Probability Theory

Set theory, Borel sets, Sigma field of events, probability measures on a sigma field, axioms, finite and countable spaces, random variables and distributions, functions of random vectors, derived distributions, generating and characteristic functions, limit theorems, modes of convergence, law of large numbers. Completion of course(s) in calculus-based probability and statistics is assumed.

Credit 3 hrs
Grade Mode Normal (A-F) Course Rotation Fall (even yrs., in-person)

Prerequisites -
Restriction by Major -
Restriction by Degree Type - Graduate standing

Equivalent Course(s) - MATH 571
Course History -
Change to description 10/2020, effective Fall 2021; Change to course prefix 9/2015, effective Fall 2016; Course Rotation added 1/2015

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