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STA 7467: Probability Theory II (3) Prereq: STA 7466.
Summability of independent random variables. Laws of large
numbers. Convergence in distribution. Characteristic functions.
Uniqueness and continuity theorems. The Lindeberg-Feller central
limit theorem. Degenerate convergence criterion.
STA 7526: Theory of Nonparametric Statistics (3) Prereq: STA
6526 or consent of instructor. Theoretical foundations of
nonparametric statistics: theory of U-statistics, normed based
methods, linear rank and signed rank statistics; Pitman efficiency;
point estimation, interval estimation and tests of hypotheses; theory
of robustness and its application to one sample, two sample and
linear model settings; extensions to multivariate problem settings;
contemporary topics in nonparametric inference.
STA 7828: Topics in Stochastic Processes(3) Prereq: STA 6466
and STA 6467. Branching processes, Brownian motion, continuous
state space Markov chains, diffusion processes, Markov chain Monte
Carlo, martingales, point processes, renewal processes, stationary
processes, stochastic calculus, stochastic differential equations.
STA 7934: Special Topics in Statistics (1-9; max: 15) Prereq:
Permission of Graduate Coordinator. Possible Topics: Smoothing
Methods, Analysis of Longitudinal Data, Data Mining and Statistical
Learning, Mixed Models, Theory and Methods, Resampling Methods,
Functional Data Analysis.
STA 7979: Advanced Research (1-12) Research for doctoral
students before admission to candidacy. Designed for students with
a master's degree in the field of study or for students who have
been accepted for a doctoral program. Not appropriate for students
who have been admitted to candidacy. S/U.
STA 7980: Research for Doctoral Dissertation (1-15) S/U.
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