Statistics (3470)
Statistics (3470)
| 250 | STATISTICS FOR EVERYDAY LIFE | 4 credits |
| Prerequisite: Mathematics Placement Test. Conceptual approach to the basic ideas and reasoning of statistics. Topics include descriptive statistics, probability (uncertainty), statistical inference (estimation and hypothesis testing). Computer applications laboratory. | ||
| 260 | BASIC STATISTICS | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: Mathematics Placement Test or 3450:100. Applied approach to data description and statistical inference (hypothesis testing, estimation). Analysis of ratios, rates, and proportions. Computer applications. Laboratory. | ||
| 261 | INTRODUCTORY STATISTICS I | 2 credits |
| Prerequisite: Mathematics Placement Test. Descriptive statistics, tabular and graphical data displays; probability, probability distributions. Introduction to statistical inference (hypothesis testing, estimation); one-sample parametric and nonparametric methods. Computer applications. | ||
| 262 | INTRODUCTORY STATISTICS II | 2 credits |
| Prerequisite: 261 or equivalent. Parametric and nonparametric methods of statistical inference for paired data and two-sample problems; one-way ANOVA, simple linear regression and correlation. Computer applications. | ||
| 289 | SEL T: STATISTICS | 1-3 credits |
| Prerequisite: Permission. Selected topics of interest in statistics. | ||
| 360 | STATISTICAL INVESTIGATIONS | 3 credits |
| Prerequisites: 3470:250 or 3470:260 or 3470:262. This course provides practical statistical methods beyond the introductory course. The topics include design of experiments, data analysis, multiple regression and modern software use. | ||
| 401 | PROBABILITY & STAT FOR ENGINRS | 2 credits |
| Prerequisite: 3450:222. Introduction to probability, statistics, random variables, data descriptions, statistical inference, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, design of experiments, and applications of statistics to engineering. | ||
| 450 | PROBABILITY | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: 3450:221. Introduction to probability, random variables and probability distributions, expected value, sums of random variables, Markov processes. | ||
| 451 | THEORETICAL STATISTICS I | 3 credits |
| Sequential. Prerequisite: 3450:223. Elementary combinatorial probability theory, probability distributions, mathematical expectation, functions of random variables, sampling distributions, point and interval estimation, tests of hypotheses, regression and correlation, introduction to experimental designs. | ||
| 452 | THEORETICAL STATISTICS II | 3 credits |
| Sequential. Prerequisite: 3450:223. Elementary combinatorial probability theory, probability distributions, mathematical expectation, functions of random variables, sampling distributions, point and interval estimation, tests of hypotheses, regression and correlation, introduction to experimental designs. | ||
| 460 | STATISTICAL METHODS | 4 credits |
| Application of statistical methods to the social sciences including descriptive statistics, probability distributions, statistical inference (parametric, nonparametric), categorical data analysis, linear regression, correlation, computer applications. May not be used to meet Mathematical Sciences degree requirements. | ||
| 461 | APPLIED STATISTICS | 4 credits |
| Prerequisite: 3450:222 or equivalent. Applications of statistical theory to natural and physical sciences and engineering, including probability distributions, interval estimation, hypotheses testing (parametric and nonparametric), and simple linear regression and correlation. | ||
| 462 | APPLIED REGRESSION AND ANOVA | 4 credits |
| Prerequisites: 461 or equivalent or 460 or permission. Applications of the techniques of regression and multifactor analysis of variance. | ||
| 465 | DESIGN OF SAMPLE SURVEYS | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: 461or equivalent. Design and analysis of frequently used sample survey techniques. | ||
| 469 | RELIABILITY MODELS | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: 461. Selected topics in reliability modeling including parametric and nonparametric models, competing modes of failure, censored data and accelerated life models. | ||
| 471 | ACTUARIAL SCIENCE I | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: 451or 461or equivalent. Study of various statistical, financial, and mathematical calculations used to determine insurance premiums related to contingent risks based on individual risk model frameworks. | ||
| 472 | ACTUARIAL SCIENCE II | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: 471. Continuation of Actuarial Science I. Study of multiple life functions, multiple decrement models, valuation theory for pension plans, insurance models including expenses, nonforfeiture benefits and dividends. | ||
| 475 | FOUNDATIONS OF STAT QUAL CNTRL | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: 461 or equivalent. Course provides a solid foundation in the theory and applications of statistical techniques widely used in industry. | ||
| 480 | STATISTICAL DATA MANAGEMENT | 3 credits |
| Prerequisites: 461. Students learn data organization and structures, design of statistical data bases, statistical software analysis, importing and exporting data between software, and missing data analysis. | ||
| 489 | T: STATISTICS | 1-3 credits |
| (May be repeated for a total of six credits) Prerequisite: permission. Selected topics in advanced statistics, including quality control, reliability, sampling techniques, decision theory, advanced inference, stochastic processes and others. | ||
| 491 | W: STATISTICS | 1-3 credits |
| (May be repeated with change of topic) Group studies of special topics in statistics. May not be used to meet undergraduate or graduate major requirements in mathematics and statistics. May be used for elective credit only. | ||
| 495 | STATISTICAL CONSULTING | 1-3 credits |
| Prerequisite: 480 or permission. Students will be assigned to work with an instructor on current projects in the Center for Statistical Consulting. May be repeated for a total of 4 credits; however, only 2 credits will count toward major requirements. Does not count for elective credit for Mathematical Sciences majors. | ||
| 497 | INDIV READING: STATISTICS | 1-2 credits |
| (May be repeated for a total of four credits) Prerequisites: senior standing and permission. Directed studies in statistics designed as introduction to research problems under guidance of selected faculty member. | ||
| 498 | SENIOR HONORS PROJECT | 1-3 credits |
| Prerequisite: 489 (honors). Directed study for senior student in the University Honors Program who has completed 3450:489 (honors). An introduction to research problems in the mathematical sciences under the guidance of selected faculty. | ||
| 550 | PROBABILITY | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: Appropriate background is one semester of calculus or equivalent. Introduction to probability, random variables and probability distributions, expected value, sums of random variables, Markov processes. May not be used to meet graduate major requirements in statistics. | ||
| 551 | THEORETICAL STATISTICS I | 3 credits |
| Sequential. Prerequisite: Appropriate background is three semesters of calculus or equivalent. Elementary combinatorial probability theory, probability distributions, mathematical expectation, functions of random variables, sampling distributions, point and interval estimation, tests of hypotheses, regression and correlation, introduction to experimental designs. May not be used to meet graduate major requirements in statistics. | ||
| 552 | THEORETICAL STATISTICS II | 3 credits |
| Sequential. Prerequisite: Appropriate background is three semesters of calculus or equivalent. Elementary combinatorial probability theory, probability distributions, mathematical expectation, functions of random variables, sampling distributions, point and interval estimation, tests of hypotheses, regression and correlation, introduction to experimental designs. May not be used to meet graduate major requirements in statistics | ||
| 560 | STATISTICAL METHODS | 4 credits |
| Application of statistical methods to the social sciences including description statistics, probability distributions, statistical inference (parametric, nonparametric), categorical data analysis,linear regression, correlation, computer applications. May not be used to meet Mathematical Sciences degree requirements. May not be used to meet graduate major requirements in statistics. | ||
| 561 | APPLIED STATISTICS | 4 credits |
| Prerequisite: Appropriate background is two semesters of calculus or equivalent. Applications of statistical theory to natural and physical sciences and engineering, including probability distributions,interval estimation, hypotheses testing (parametric and nonparametric), and simple linear regression and correlation. May not be used to meet graduate major requirements in statistics. | ||
| 562 | APPLIED REGRESSION AND ANOVA | 4 credits |
| Prerequisite: Appropriate background is one semester of applied statistics or equivalent. Applications of the techniques of regression and multifactor analysis of variance. May not be used to meet graduate major requirements in statistics. | ||
| 565 | DESIGN OF SAMPLE SURVEYS | 3 credits |
| (Appropriate background is one semester of applied statistics or equivalent.) Design and analysis of frequently used sample survey techniques. | ||
| 569 | RELIABILITY MODELS | 3 credits |
| (Appropriate background is one semester of applied statistics or equivalent.) Selected topics in reliability modeling including parametric and nonparametric models, competing modes of failure, censored data and accelerated life models. | ||
| 571 | ACTUARIAL SCIENCE I | 3 credits |
| (Appropriate background is one semester of theoretical statistics or one semester of applied statistics or equivalent.) Study of various statistical, financial, and mathematical calculations used to determine insurance premiums related to contingent risks based on individual risk model frameworks. | ||
| 572 | ACTUARIAL SCIENCE II | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: 571. Continuation of Actuarial Science I. Study of multiple life functions, multiple decrement models, valuation theory for pension plans, insurance models including expenses, nonforfeiture benefits and dividends. | ||
| 575 | FOUNDATIONS OF STAT QUAL CNTRL | 3 credits |
| (Appropriate background is one semester of applied statistics or equivalent.) Course provides a solid foundation in the theory and applications of statistical techniques widely used in industry. | ||
| 580 | STATISTICAL DATA MANAGEMENT | 3 credits |
| (Appropriate background is one semester of applied statistics or equivalent.) Students learn data organization and structures, design of statistical databases, statistical software analysis, importing and exporting of data between software, and missing data analysis. | ||
| 589 | T: STATISTICS | 1-3 credits |
| (May be repeated for a total of six credits) Prerequisite: permission. Selected topics in advanced statistics, including quality control, reliability, sampling techniques, decision theory, advanced inference, stochastic processes and others. | ||
| 591 | W: STATISTICS | 1-3 credits |
| (May be repeated with change of topic) Group studies of special topics in statistics. May not be used to meet undergraduate or graduate major requirements in mathematics and statistics. May be used for elective credit only. | ||
| 595 | STATISTICAL CONSULTING | 1-3 credits |
| Prerequisite: 580 or permission. Students will be assigned to work with an instructor on current projects in the Center for Statistical Consulting. May be repeated for a total of 4 credits; however, only 2 credits will count toward major requirements. Does not count for elective credit for math science department majors. | ||
| 650 | ADV PROB & STOCHASTIC PROCESS | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: 651. Random walk, distributions, unlimited sequence of trials, laws of large numbers, convolutions, branching processes, renewal theory, Markov chains, time-dependent stochastic processes. | ||
| 651 | PROBABILITY & STATISTICS | 4 credits |
| (Appropriate background is three semesters of Calculus or equivalent.) Probability, random variables, moments and generating functions, random vectors, special distributions, limit theorems, sampling, point estimation, hypothesis testing, confidence estimation. | ||
| 652 | ADV MATHEMATICAL STATISTICS | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: 651. Convergence of random variables, the Central Limit Theorem; theory of estimation; theory of hypothesis testing; the multivariate normal density; introduction to linear models; Bayesian statistics. | ||
| 655 | LINEAR MODELS | 3 credits |
| (Appropriate background is Linear Algebra or 3470:651or equivalent.) General linear model in matrix notation, general linear hypothesis, regression models, experimental design models, analysis of variance and covariance, variance components. | ||
| 660 | ADVANCED STATISTICAL METHODS | 4 credits |
| (Appropriate background is one semester of applied statistics or equivalent.) Theory and applications of the techniques of regression and multifactor analysis of variance. | ||
| 661 | STATISTICS FOR LIFE SCIENCES | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: college level algebra or equivalent. Data description and presentation, probability applications in the life sciences (including sensitivity, specificity, relative risk), principles and application of statistical inference, ANOVA, correlation and regression. May not be used to meet graduate major requirements in statistics. | ||
| 663 | EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN | 3 credits |
| (Appropriate background is one semester of applied statistics or equivalent.) Selected topics in experimental design including random and fixed effects, nested designs, split plot designs, confounding, fractional factorials, Latin squares, and analysis of covariance. | ||
| 664 | STATISTICS FOR THE HEALTH SCI | 4 credits |
| (May not be used to meet degree requirements for mathematical sciences majors.) Prerequisite: college- level algebra or equivalent. Descriptive statistics, probability and probability distribution, tests of hypotheses and confidence intervals, nonparametric statistics, regression and correlation. May not be used to meet graduate major requirements in statistics. | ||
| 665 | REGRESSION | 3 credits |
| (Appropriate background is one semester of applied statistics or equivalent.) Correlation, simple and multiple linear regression: least squares, matrix notation, model building and checking estimation, hypothesis testing, outliers, influence, multicollinearity, transformations, categorical regressors; logistic regression. | ||
| 666 | NONPARAMETRIC STATS - METHODS | 3 credits |
| (Appropriate background is one semester of applied statistics or equivalent.) Theory and practice using techniques requiring less restrictive assumptions. Nonparametric analogues to t- and F-tests, ANOVA, regression and correlation. Computer applications. | ||
| 667 | FACTOR ANALYSIS | 3 credits |
| (Appropriate background is one semester of applied statistics or equivalent.) Theory and techniques for identifying variables through use of principal components and factor analysis. Identification of groups using cluster analysis. Computer applications. | ||
| 668 | MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL METHS | 3 credits |
| (Appropriate background is two semesters of applied statistics or equivalent.) Multivariate techniques including distance concept, Hotelling T2, multivariate ANOVA, regression and correlation, linear contrasts, factorial experiments, nested and repeat measure designs, Bonferroni X2 tests, linear discrimination analysis, canonical correlations, application. | ||
| 670 | BIOSTATISTICS | 3 credits |
| (Appropriate background is one semester of applied statistics or equivalent.) Statistical issues and methods for biological, medical and health sciences including: clinical trials, sample size, power, log-linear models, survival analysis, and bioassay. Computer applications. | ||
| 675 | RESPONSE SURFACE METHODOLOGY | 3 credits |
| (Appropriate background is two semesters of applied statistics or equivalent.) First and second order response designs, efficient experimental plans, methods for the analysis, and optimization of response functions. | ||
| 689 | ADV T: STATISTICS | 1-3 credits |
| (May be repeated for a total of six credits) Prerequisite: 651. Selected topics in statistics including concepts in order, statistics, advanced inference, sequential analysis, stochastic processes, reliability theory, Bayesian statistics and regression. | ||
| 692 | STATISTICS MASTERS PAPER | 1-3 credits |
| (May be repeated) Prerequisite: permission of advisor. Supervised writing of paper for Masters of Science in Statistics Nonthesis Option. No more than 2 credits apply to major requirements. | ||
| 695 | PRACTICUM IN STATISTICS & MATH | 1-3 credits |
| Prerequisite: graduate teaching assistant or permission. Training and experience in college teaching of statistics. May not be used to meet degree requirements. Credit/non-credit. | ||
| 697 | INDIV READING: STATISTICS | 1-2 credits |
| (May be repeated for a total of four credits) Prerequisites: graduate standing and permission. Directed studies in statistics under guidance of selected faculty member. | ||
| 698 | MASTERS RESEARCH | 1-6 credits |
| (May be repeated) Prerequisite: permission of advisor. Research in suitable topics in statistics culminating in a research paper. No more than 2 credits applicable to major requirements. | ||
| 699 | MASTERS THESIS | 2 credits |
| (May be repeated for a total of 4 credits) Prerequisite: Permission. Properly qualified candidates for master's degree may obtain 2-4 credits for research experience which culminates in presentation of faculty-supervised thesis. | ||
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