302315 (v.2) Mathematical Statistics 202

Area:

Department of Mathematics and Statistics

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

4.0

** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **

Lecture:

1 x 3 Hours Weekly

Workshop:

1 x 1 Hours Weekly

Prerequisite(s):

7062 (v.6) Mathematics 101 or any previous version
AND
7149 (v.7) Principles of Statistics 101 or any previous version

Syllabus:

Probability theory, special univariate distributions, multivariate, marginal and conditional distributions, introduction to stochastic processes, Markov chain, expectation and generating functions, functions of random variables and derived distributions,random sums, convergence of random sequence, sampling distributions, basic methods of estimation (MLE and MME), unbiasedness and consistency, introduction to decision theory, Minimax approach and Bayes approach, structure of Bayes rule, complete class of rules, construction of minimax rules, point and interval estimations as a decision problem hypothesis testing as a decision problem.

** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **

Field of Education:

010103 Statistics

Funding Cluster:

04 - Mathematics, Statistics

SOLT (Online) Definitions*:

Not Online
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Partially Online Internal	Area External	Central External	Fully Online
2006	Bentley Campus	Semester 1	Y

Area External	refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.
Central External	refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area
Partially Online Internal	refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External
Fully Online	refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External