STAT 415 follows the content covered in STAT 414 and focuses on the theoretical treatment of statistical inference, including sufficiency, estimation, hypothesis testing, regression, analysis of variance, chi-square tests, and nonparametric methods. The course goals are:
- To develop a theoretical understanding of estimation.
- To develop a theoretical understanding of hypothesis testing.
- To develop a theoretical understanding of nonparametric methods.
- To develop a theoretical understanding of basic Bayesian methods.