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18.6501 Fundamentals of Statistics

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(Subject meets with 18.650[J], IDS.014[J])
Prereq: 6.041B or 18.600
Units: 4-0-8
Credit cannot also be received for 15.075, IDS.013
Lecture: TR11-12.30 (2-190) Recitation: W3 (4-265) or W4 (4-265) +final

A broad treatment of statistics, concentrating on specific statistical techniques used in science and industry. Topics: hypothesis testing and estimation. Confidence intervals, chi-square tests, nonparametric statistics, analysis of variance, regression, correlation, decision theory, and Bayesian statistics. Students in Course 18 must register for the undergraduate version, 18.650.
Fall: P. Rigollet
Spring: P. Kempthorne
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