Prerequisites: graduate standing; STAT 201A or equivalent; or consent of instructor
Description: Topics include exponential families; delta method; inference concepts; sufficiency; point estimation; unbiasedness; completeness; and consistency. Also explores relative efficiency; maximum likelihood; method of moments; interval estimation; pivotals; and approximate intervals and regions.
Credit: Credit is not awarded for STAT 201B if it has already been awarded to STAT 210B if STAT 210B was taken prior to Fall 2013.