STAT W 1211x and y Introduction to Statistics (with
calculus)
Designed for students who desire a strong grounding in statistical concepts
with a greater degree of mathematical rigor than in STAT W1111. Random variables, probability distributions,
pdf, cdf, mean, variance, correlation, conditional distribution, conditional
mean and conditional variance, law of iterated expectations, normal,
chi-square, F and t distributions, law of large numbers, central limit
theorem, parameter estimation, unbiasedness, consistency, efficiency,
hypothesis testing, p-value, confidence intervals, maximum likelihood
estimation. Serves as the pre-requisite for ECON W3412.
Prerequisites: one semester of calculus. General Education Requirement:
Quantitative and Deductive Reasoning (QUA).
3 points