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6.434/16.391  Statistics for Engineers and Scientists

Fall 2012

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Instructor: Moe Z Win

TAs: Wenhan Dai, Tianheng Wang

Lecture:  MW 1-2.30  (38-166)
Professor Win's office hour:  W 2.30-3.30 or by appointment  (32-D658)
TA's office hour:  F 1-2  (32-D574)    

Information: 

Rigorous introduction to fundamentals of statistics motivated by engineering applications. Topics include order statistics, sufficient statistics, exponential families, estimation theory, decision theory, analysis of variance (ANOVA), simple linear regression, and selected topics.

Textbook: G. Casella and R. L. Berger, Statistical Inference, 2nd ed. Pacific Grove, CA: Duxbury, 2002.

Recommended Textbooks: P. J. Bickel and K. A. Doksum, Mathematical Statistics: Basic Ideas and Selected Topics, Vol I, 2nd ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2001.

Announcements

Midterm Date

Dear Students,

Due to Hurricane Sandy, the midterm quiz will be held on Wednesday, October 31st from 1:00-2:30 pm (instead of Monday, October 29). If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us.

-Your 6.434/16.391 Team

Announced on 28 October 2012  9:41  p.m. by Wenhan Dai

6.434/16.391 Midterm

Dear students,

Midterm will be held on Monday, October 29th in class (from 1:00-2:30 pm). We will be delighted to help you if you have any questions regarding the course material. Please feel free to visit any one of us.

-Your 6.434/16.391 Team

Announced on 10 October 2012  4:59  p.m. by Wenhan Dai