
STAT 5501 [0.5 credit] (MAT 5191) Mathematical Statistics II
Confidence intervals and pivotals; Bayesian intervals; optimal tests and Neyman-Pearson theory; likelihood ratio and score tests; significance tests; goodness-of-fit-tests; large sample theory and applications to maximum likelihood and robust estimation.
Also offered at the undergraduate level, with different requirements, as STAT 4507, for which additional credit is precluded.
Biostatistics
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The M.Sc. in Mathematics and Statistics: Specialization in Biostatistics is part of the M.Sc. in Mathematics and Statistics with Concentration in Statistics and has two completion options.
Mathematics and Statistics
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Students must complete the requirements for the concentration in Mathematics or the concentration in Statistics. The M.Sc. in Mathematics and Statistics: Specialization in Bioinformatics is part of the M.Sc. in Mathematics and Statistics with Concentration in Mathematics. The M.Sc. in Mathematics and Statistics: Specialization in Biostatistics is part of the M.Sc. in Mathematics and Statistics with Concentration in Statistics.