STT 191 Selected Topics in Statistics
Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year
Credits:
Variable from 1 to 4
Reenrollment Information:
A student may earn a maximum of 8 credits in all enrollments for this course.
Description:
Topics in statistics and probability selected to complement existing courses.
Effective Dates:
FALL 2018 - Open
STT 200 Statistical Methods
Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year, Summer of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 4
Prerequisite:
(MTH 101 or MTH 102 or MTH 103 or MTH 110 or MTH 116 or MTH 124 or MTH 132 or LB 118) or designated score on Mathematics Placement test
Restrictions:
Open to undergraduate students.
Not open to students with credit in:
STT 201 or STT 421
Description:
Data analysis, probability models, random variables, estimation, tests of hypotheses, confidence intervals, and simple linear regression.
Effective Dates:
SPRING 2018 - Open
STT 201 Statistical Methods
Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year, Summer of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 4 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 2
Prerequisite:
(MTH 101 or MTH 102 or MTH 103 or MTH 110 or MTH 116 or MTH 124 or MTH 132 or LB 118) or designated score on Mathematics Placement test
Restrictions:
Open to undergraduate students.
Not open to students with credit in:
STT 200 or STT 421
Description:
Probability and statistics with computer applications. Data analysis, probability models, random variables, tests of hypotheses, confidence intervals, simple linear regression. Weekly lab using statistical software.
Effective Dates:
SPRING 2018 - Open
stt 224 Introduction to Probability and Statistics for Ecologists
Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 2 Lab Hours: 2
Prerequisite:
MTH 103 or MTH 116 or (MTH 124 or concurrently) or (MTH 132 or concurrently) or (MTH 152H or concurrently) or (LB 118 or concurrently)
Recommended Background:
BS 162 or BS 182H or LB 144
Not open to students with credit in:
STT 231
Description:
Probability and statistics with computer applications for the analysis, interpretation and presentation of ecological data. Data analysis, probability models, random variables, estimation, confidence intervals, test of hypotheses, and simple linear regression with applications to ecology.
Interdepartmental With:
Fisheries and Wildlife
Administered By:
Statistics and Probability
Effective Dates:
FALL 2014 - Open
STT 231 Statistics for Scientists
Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year, Summer of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
MTH 124 or MTH 132 or MTH 152H or LB 118
Restrictions:
Open to students in the College of Natural Science and open to students in the Lyman Briggs College.
Description:
Calculus-based course in probability and statistics. Probability models, and random variables. Estimation, confidence intervals, tests of hypotheses, and simple linear regression with applications in sciences.
Effective Dates:
FALL 2014 - Open
STT 250 Statistics and Probability for K-8 Teachers
Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 4 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 4
Restrictions:
Open to undergraduate students in the College of Education or approval of department.
Description:
Data collection and analysis. Statistics, probability models. Decision-making in the presence of variability. Computer software relevant for teaching practice.
Effective Dates:
FALL 2014 - Open
STT 290 Topics in Statistics and Probability
Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year, Summer of every year
Credits:
Variable from 1 to 3
Recommended Background:
MTH 103
Restrictions:
Approval of department.
Description:
Individualized study of selected topics.
Effective Dates:
FALL 2014 - Open
STT 301 Computational Methods for Data Science
Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
(MTH 132 or LB 118 or MTH 152H) and (STT 200 or STT 201 or STT 231 or STT 315 or STT 421 or STT 441)
Description:
Obtaining and managing data using statistical software. Data visualization and graphics. Special challenges in working with high-dimensional data.
Effective Dates:
FALL 2014 - Open
STT 315 Introduction to Probability and Statistics for Business
Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year, Summer of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 4
Prerequisite:
MTH 124 or MTH 132 or MTH 152H or LB 118
Description:
A first course in probability and statistics primarily for business majors. Data analysis, probability models, random variables, confidence intervals, and tests of hypotheses with business applications.
Effective Dates:
FALL 2014 - Open
stt 317 Quantitative Business Research Methods
Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year, Summer of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
STT 200 or STT 201 or STT 315
Restrictions:
Open to sophomores or juniors or seniors in the Accounting major or in the Business - Admitted major or in the Finance Major or in the Human Resource Management Major or in the Management Major or in the Supply Chain Management Major or in the Marketing Major or in the Applied Engineering Sciences Major.
Description:
Application of statistical techniques, including forecasting, to business decision making. Includes applications of linear regression and correlation, analysis of variance, selected non-parametric tests, time series, and index numbers.
Interdepartmental With:
Statistics and Probability
Administered By:
Marketing
Effective Dates:
SUMMER 2018 - SUMMER 2019
STT 351 Probability and Statistics for Engineering
Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year, Summer of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
MTH 234 or MTH 254H or LB 220
Not open to students with credit in:
STT 430
Description:
Probability models and random variables. Estimation, confidence intervals, tests of hypotheses, simple linear regression. Applications to engineering.
Effective Dates:
FALL 2014 - Open
STT 421 Statistics I
Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year, Summer of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
MTH 103 or MTH 110 or MTH 116
Not open to students with credit in:
STT 200 or STT 201
Description:
Basic probability, random variables, and common distributions. Estimation and tests for one-, two-, and paired sample problems. Introduction to simple linear regression and correlation, one-way ANOVA.
Effective Dates:
FALL 2014 - Open
STT 422 Statistics II
Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year, Summer of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
STT 421 or STT 441
Not open to students with credit in:
STT 464
Description:
Goodness of fit and other non-parametric methods. Linear models including multiple regression and ANOVA for simple experimental designs.
Effective Dates:
FALL 2017 - Open
STT 430 Introduction to Probability and Statistics
Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year, Summer of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
(MTH 234 or concurrently) or (MTH 254H or concurrently) or (LB 220 or concurrently)
Not open to students with credit in:
STT 351
Description:
Calculus-based probability and statistics with applications. Discrete and continuous random variables and their expectations. Point and interval estimation, tests of hypotheses, and simple linear regression.
Effective Dates:
FALL 2014 - Open
STT 441 Probability and Statistics I: Probability
Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year, Summer of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
MTH 234 or MTH 254H or LB 220 or approval of college
Description:
Probability, conditional probability and independence. Random variables. Discrete, continuous, univariate, and multivariate distributions. Expectation and its properties, moment generating functions. Law of large numbers, central limit theorem.
Effective Dates:
FALL 2017 - Open
STT 442 Probability and Statistics II: Statistics
Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
STT 441 and (MTH 309 or MTH 314 or MTH 317H or MTH 415)
Description:
Parameter estimation, sampling distributions, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, simple and multiple regression, analysis of variance. Time series models, data analysis and forecasting
Effective Dates:
FALL 2017 - Open
stt 455 Actuarial Models I
Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
STT 441 and MTH 360
Description:
Stochastic models used in insurance. Survival distributions, life insurance, life annuities, benefit premiums, benefit reserves, and analysis of benefit reserves.
Interdepartmental With:
Mathematics
Administered By:
Statistics and Probability
Effective Dates:
FALL 2014 - Open
stt 456 Actuarial Models II
Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Description:
Continuation of STT 455. Benefit reserves. Multiple life functions. Multiple decrement models and their applications. Elements of stochastic processes for actuaries including Markov chains and Poisson processes
Interdepartmental With:
Mathematics
Administered By:
Statistics and Probability
Effective Dates:
FALL 2014 - Open
stt 458 Financial Mathematics for Actuaries II
Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
MTH 361 and STT 441
Recommended Background:
MTH 235 or MTH 340 or MTH 347H
Description:
Evaluate and construct interest rate models. Rational valuation of derivative securities using put-call parity and calculation of European and American options. Risk management techniques using the method of delta-hedging.
Interdepartmental With:
Statistics and Probability
Administered By:
Mathematics
Effective Dates:
FALL 2015 - Open
stt 459 Construction and Evaluation of Actuarial Models
Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Description:
Severity, frequency, and aggregate models. Construction of empirical models. Parametric statistical methods. Credibility analysis. Simulation methods.
Interdepartmental With:
Mathematics
Administered By:
Statistics and Probability
Effective Dates:
FALL 2014 - Open
STT 461 Computations in Probability and Statistics
Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
(STT 441 and CSE 231) and (MTH 309 or MTH 314 or MTH 317H or MTH 415)
Description:
Computer algorithms for evaluation, simulation and visualization. Sampling and prescribed distributions. Robustness and error analysis of procedures used by statistical packages. Graphics for data display, computation of probabilities and percentiles.
Effective Dates:
FALL 2014 - Open
stt 464 Statistics for Biologists
Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
MTH 103 or MTH 110 or MTH 116 or MTH 132
Recommended Background:
STT 421
Description:
Biological random variables. Estimation of population parameters. Testing hypotheses. Linear correlation and regression. Analyses of counted and measured data to compare several biological groups including contingency tables and analysis of variance.
Interdepartmental With:
Animal Science, Crop and Soil Sciences
Administered By:
Statistics and Probability
Effective Dates:
FALL 2016 - Open
stt 465 Bayesian Statistical Methods
Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Description:
Probability, belief, and exchangeability. Objective, subjective, and empirical Bayes approaches. Applications to one-parameter models, linear regression models, and multivariate normal models. Hierarchical modeling. Computational methods.
Interdepartmental With:
Epidemiology
Administered By:
Statistics and Probability
Effective Dates:
FALL 2015 - Open
stt 467 Insurance Operations
Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
(ACC 230 and FI 321 and MTH 360) and completion of Tier I writing requirement
Recommended Background:
STT 441
Description:
Regulation, marketing and distribution, underwriting, risk control, premium auditing, the claim function, actuarial operations, and reinsurance.
Interdepartmental With:
Mathematics
Administered By:
Statistics and Probability
Effective Dates:
SPRING 2019 - Open
stt 468 Predictive Analytics
Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
CSE 131 or CSE 231 or MTH 235 or MTH 340 or MTH 309 or MTH 360 or STT 442
Description:
Predictive analytics for insurance business and risk management with an emphasis on the use of machine learning tools.
Interdepartmental With:
Statistics and Probability
Administered By:
Mathematics
Effective Dates:
FALL 2018 - Open
STT 481 Capstone in Statistics (W)
Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
(STT 442 or approval of department) and completion of Tier I writing requirement
Restrictions:
Open to seniors in the Department of Statistics and Probability or approval of department.
Description:
Selected readings and projects illustrating special problems encountered by statisticians in their roles as consultants, educators, researchers and analysts.
Effective Dates:
FALL 2014 - Open
STT 490 Directed Study of Statistical Problems
Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year, Summer of every year
Credits:
Variable from 1 to 3
Reenrollment Information:
A student may earn a maximum of 9 credits in all enrollments for this course.
Restrictions:
Open to seniors in the Department of Statistics and Probability. Approval of department.
Description:
Individualized study of selected topics.
Effective Dates:
FALL 2014 - Open
STT 801 Design of Experiments
Semester:
Fall of even years
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Recommended Background:
STT 422 or STT 442 or STT 471
Description:
Blocking and randomization. Split-plot, latin square and factorial designs. Fractional factorial designs, aliasing and confounding of effects. Mixture and central composite designs and response surface exploration. Clinical trials.
Effective Dates:
FALL 2008 - Open
STT 802 Statistical Computation
Semester:
Fall of even years
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Recommended Background:
(STT 442 and MTH 309) or (mathematical statistics and linear algebra)
Description:
Computational techniques commonly used in Statistics. Matrix decompositions. Least squares and Least Absolute Deviations. Solution of nonlinear equations. Optimization techniques including the EM algorithm and constrained optimization. Numerical integration. Generation of random numbers and stochastic simulation. Implementation in statistical software.
Effective Dates:
SPRING 2012 - Open
STT 805 Statistical Modeling for Business Analytics
Semester:
Summer of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Recommended Background:
STT 442
Restrictions:
Open to master's students in the Business Analytics Major.
Description:
Low dimensional data visualization. Simple linear regression. Regression diagnostics. Analysis of variance. Multiple linear regression. Regression model building. Variable selection. Categorical data. Logistic regression. Proportional odds model. Introduction to time series.
Effective Dates:
SUMMER 2016 - Open
stt 808 Biostatistics I
Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Recommended Background:
College-level algebra.
Restrictions:
Open to master's students or doctoral students in the Epidemiology major or approval of department.
Description:
Applications of probability and statistics in the applied health sciences. Probability distributions, estimation and tests for one-, two-, and paired samples, linear regression, correlation, and ANOVA. Use of statistical software. Critical appraisal of statistical methods in the biomedical literature.
Interdepartmental With:
Statistics and Probability
Administered By:
Epidemiology
Effective Dates:
SUMMER 2012 - Open
stt 809 Biostatistics II
Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Recommended Background:
MTH 103 or MTH 110 or MTH 116
Restrictions:
Open to master's students or doctoral students in the Epidemiology major or approval of department.
Description:
Analysis of categorical data in epidemiologic studies. Contingency tables and logistic regression.
Interdepartmental With:
Statistics and Probability
Administered By:
Epidemiology
Effective Dates:
SUMMER 2012 - Open
STT 810 Mathematical Statistics for Data Scientists (Interim New)
Semester:
Fall of every year, Summer of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Recommended Background:
STT 442
Restrictions:
Not open to freshmen or sophomores or juniors and not open to graduate students in the Department of Statistics and Probability and open to seniors. Approval of department.
Description:
Random variables; Probability distributions; transformation of variables; maximum likelihood estimation; interval estimation; hypothesis testing
Effective Dates:
FALL 2018 - Open
STT 811 Applied Statistical Modeling for Data Scientists (Interim New)
Semester:
Spring of every year, Summer of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Recommended Background:
STT 442
Restrictions:
Not open to freshmen or sophomores or juniors and not open to graduate students in the Department of Statistics and Probability and open to seniors in the Department of Statistics and Probability. Approval of department.
Description:
Data Visualization; Linear regression; Analysis of variance; Logistic regression; Generalized linear models; Variable selection; Categorical data analysis; Models for design of experiments; models for time series data
Effective Dates:
SPRING 2019 - Open
STT 812 Statistical Learning and Data Analysis (Interim New)
Semester:
Spring of every year, Summer of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
(STT 441 and STT 442) or (STT 810 and STT 811) or (STT 863 and STT 864)
Restrictions:
Not open to freshmen or sophomores or juniors and not open to graduate students in the Department of Statistics and Probability and open to seniors in the Department of Statistics and Probability.
Description:
Low dimensional data visualization; Linear Regression;Binary Regression; Linear discriminant analysis; Probabilistic classification; Model selection via regularization; LASSO; Non-parametric smoothing; CART; MART; support vector machine; neural network; clustering; random forest
Effective Dates:
SPRING 2019 - Open
stt 814 Advanced Statistics for Biologists
Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 4 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 2
Recommended Background:
STT 464
Description:
Concepts of reducing experimental error for biological and agricultural research. Covariance, randomized block designs, latin squares, split plots, repeated-measures designs, regression applications, and response surface designs. Analyses using statistical software.
Interdepartmental With:
Animal Science, Crop and Soil Sciences
Administered By:
Statistics and Probability
Effective Dates:
SPRING 2006 - Open
stt 820A Econometrics IA
Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Restrictions:
Open only to doctoral students in the Economics major or the Department of Agricultural Economics or the Business Administration major or approval of department.
Description:
Statistical tools for econometrics. Applications of statistical tools,including probability distributions, estimation, hypothesis testing, and maximum likelihood to econometric problems.
Interdepartmental With:
Statistics and Probability
Administered By:
Economics
Effective Dates:
SUMMER 2002 - Open
stt 821A Cross Section and Panel Data Econometrics I
Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Description:
Analyses of systems of equations, panel data models, instrumental variables and generalized method of moments, M-estimation, quantile regression, maximum likelihood estimation, binary and multinomial response models, Tobit and two-part models, and other selected topics.
Interdepartmental With:
Finance, Statistics and Probability
Administered By:
Economics
Effective Dates:
FALL 2008 - Open
stt 821B Cross Section and Panel Data Econometrics II
Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Description:
Analyses of quasi-maximum likelihood estimation, count data models, fractional response models, duration models, sample selection and attrition, stratified sampling, estimating treatment effects, stochastic frontier models, and other advanced topics.
Interdepartmental With:
Finance, Statistics and Probability, Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics
Administered By:
Economics
Effective Dates:
SUMMER 2016 - Open
stt 822A Time Series Econometrics I
Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Description:
Analyses of time series regression, stationary time series analysis, ARMA models, Wold decomposition, spectral analysis, vector autoregressions, generalized method of moments, functional central limit theorem, nonstationary time series, unit root processes, cointegration, and other advanced topics.
Interdepartmental With:
Finance, Statistics and Probability
Administered By:
Economics
Effective Dates:
FALL 2008 - Open
stt 822B Time Series Econometrics II
Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Description:
Analyses of multivariate time series, time series volatility models, long memory, nonlinear time series models, and other advanced topics.
Interdepartmental With:
Finance, Statistics and Probability
Administered By:
Economics
Effective Dates:
FALL 2008 - Open
STT 825 Sample Surveys
Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Recommended Background:
STT 422 or STT 442 or STT 862
Description:
Application of statistical sampling theory to survey designs. Simple random, stratified, and systematic samples. Sub-sampling, double sampling. Ratio and regression estimators.
Effective Dates:
FALL 1995 - Open
STT 843 Multivariate Analysis
Semester:
Spring of even years
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Recommended Background:
STT 442 or STT 862
Not open to students with credit in:
FW 850
Description:
Multivariate normal distribution, tests of hypotheses on means, multivariate analysis of variance. Discriminant analysis. Principal components. Factor analysis. Analysis of frequency data.
Effective Dates:
SUMMER 2007 - Open
STT 844 Time Series Analysis
Semester:
Spring of odd years
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Recommended Background:
STT 442 or STT 862
Description:
Stationary time series. Autocorrelation and spectra. ARMA and ARIMA processes: estimation and forecasting. Seasonal ARIMA models. Identification and diagnostic techniques. Multivariate time series. Time series software.
Effective Dates:
FALL 2004 - Open
stt 847 Analysis of Survival Data
Semester:
Spring of odd years
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Recommended Background:
STT 422 or STT 442 or STT 862
Description:
Analysis of lifetime data. Estimation of survival functions for parametric and nonparametric models. Censored data. The Cox proportional hazards model. Accelerated failure time models. Frailty models. Use of statistical software packages.
Interdepartmental With:
Epidemiology
Administered By:
Statistics and Probability
Effective Dates:
FALL 2008 - Open
stt 849 Applied Bayesian Inference using Monte Carlo Methods for Quantitative Biologists
Semester:
Fall of even years
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 2 Lab Hours: 2
Recommended Background:
(STT 814 and IBIO 851) or equivalent courses.
Restrictions:
Not open to undergraduate students.
Description:
Applications of Bayesian inference using software in quantitative biology and genetics. Hierarchical and non-hierarchical models. Model checking, model selection and model comparison. Markov chain Monte Carlo methods.
Interdepartmental With:
Animal Science, Statistics and Probability
Administered By:
Fisheries and Wildlife
Effective Dates:
FALL 2016 - Open
stt 850 Applied Multivariate Statistical Methods
Semester:
Spring of even years
Credits:
Total Credits: 4 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 2
Recommended Background:
(STT 422 or concurrently) and MTH 314
Description:
Application of multivariate methods to research problems. Hotelling's T-test, profile analysis, discriminant analysis, canonical correlation, principal components, principal coordinates, correspondence analysis, and cluster analysis.
Interdepartmental With:
Statistics and Probability
Administered By:
Fisheries and Wildlife
Effective Dates:
FALL 2008 - Open
STT 855 Statistical Genetics
Semester:
Fall of odd years
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Recommended Background:
STT 442 or STT 862
Description:
Probabilistic and statistical methods for genetic linkage and association studies. Quantitative trait locus mapping.
Effective Dates:
FALL 2007 - Open
stt 860 Advanced Inference for Biostatistics
Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
STT 861 and (STT 862 or concurrently) or approval of department
Recommended Background:
Masters in statistics or biostatistics
Restrictions:
Open to doctoral students in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics or approval of department.
Description:
Statistical inference problems with biomedical applications.
Interdepartmental With:
Statistics and Probability
Administered By:
Epidemiology
Effective Dates:
SPRING 2019 - Open
STT 861 Theory of Probability and Statistics I
Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Recommended Background:
MTH 234 and MTH 309
Description:
Probability models, random variables and vectors. Special distributions including exponential family. Expected values, covariance matrices, moment generating functions. Convergence in probability and distribution. Weak Law of Large Numbers and Lyapunov Central Limit Theorem.
Effective Dates:
FALL 2010 - Open
STT 862 Theory of Probability and Statistics II
Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Description:
Statistical inference: sufficiency, estimation, confidence intervals and testing of hypotheses. One and two sample nonparametric tests. Linear models and Gauss-Markov Theorem.
Effective Dates:
SPRING 2011 - Open
STT 863 Statistical Methods I
Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Recommended Background:
(STT 442 or STT 862) and MTH 415
Description:
Introduction to the general theory of linear models. Application of regression models. Interval estimation, prediction and hypothesis testing. Contrasts; model diagnostics; model selection. LASSO type and high dimensional variable selection. Introduction to Linear mixed effect models.
Effective Dates:
SUMMER 2012 - Open
STT 864 Statistical Methods II
Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Description:
Generalized linear models(GLMs). Deviance and residual analysis in GLMs. Analysis of two-way and three-way contingency tables. Logistic regression. Log-linear models. Multicategorical response models. Poisson regression. Introduction to generalized estimating equations. Introduction to longitudinal data. Bayesian analysis using WinBUGS.
Effective Dates:
FALL 2013 - Open
stt 866 Spatial Data Analysis
Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 4 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 2
Recommended Background:
(GEO 363 or STT 421 or STT 430) or equivalent quantitative methods courses.
Description:
Theory and techniques for statistical analysis of point patterns, spatially continuous data, and data in spatial zones.
Interdepartmental With:
Statistics and Probability
Administered By:
Geography
Effective Dates:
FALL 2017 - Open
STT 867 Linear Model Methodology
Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Restrictions:
Open to doctoral students in the Department of Statistics and Probability or approval of department.
Description:
Properties of the multivariate normal distribution, Cochran's Theorem, simple and multiple linear regression models, Gauss-Markov Theorem, best linear unbiased prediction, one- and two-way ANOVA models, sums of squares, diagnostics and model selection, contingency tables and multinomial models, generalized linear models, logistic regression.
Effective Dates:
FALL 2013 - Open
STT 868 Mixed Models: Theory, Methods and Applications
Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Restrictions:
Open to doctoral students in the Statistics major or approval of department.
Description:
Maximum likelihood estimation and other estimation methods for linear mixed models. Statistical properties of LME models. Prediction under LME models. Generalized linear mixed models. Quasi-likelihood estimation, generalized estimating equations for GLMM. Nonlinear mixed models. Diagnostics and influence analysis. Bayesian development in mixed linear models. Application of mixed models.
Effective Dates:
FALL 2013 - Open
STT 872 Statistical Inference I
Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
STT 862 and STT 881
Restrictions:
Open to doctoral students in the Statistics major or approval of department.
Description:
Statistical distributions, decision-theoretic formulation of estimation and testing of hypotheses, sufficiency, Rao-Blackwellization, admissibility, Bayes and minimax estimation, maximum likelihood estimation, inference based on order statistics, Neyman-Pearson Lemma and applications, multiple testing.
Effective Dates:
FALL 2013 - Open
STT 873 Statistical Learning and Data Mining
Semester:
Fall of odd years
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
STT 868 and STT 872
Restrictions:
Open to doctoral students in the Statistics major or approval of department.
Description:
Statistical methods focusing on machine learning and data mining, modern regression and classification techniques, support vector machines, boosting, kernel methods and ensemble methods, clustering dimension reduction, manifold learning, and selected topics.
Effective Dates:
FALL 2013 - Open
STT 874 Introduction to Bayesian Analysis
Semester:
Fall of even years
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
STT 868 and STT 872
Restrictions:
Open to doctoral students in the Statistics major or approval of department.
Description:
Bayesian methods including empirical Bayes, hierarchical Bayes and nonparametric Bayes, computational methods for Bayesian inference including the Gibbs Sampler and Metropolis-Hastings method, and applications.
Effective Dates:
FALL 2015 - Open
stt 875 R Programming for Data Sciences
Semester:
Summer of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Description:
Programming in R and use of associated open source tools. Addressing practical issues in documenting workflow, data management, and scientific computing.
Interdepartmental With:
Statistics and Probability
Administered By:
Forestry
Effective Dates:
SUMMER 2017 - Open
STT 881 Theory of Probability I
Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
STT 861 and MTH 421
Restrictions:
Open to doctoral students in the Statistics major or approval of department.
Description:
Measures and their extensions, integration. Lp spaces and Inequalities. Lebesgue decomposition, the Radon-Nikodym theorem. Product measures, Fubini's theorem. Kolmogorov consistency theorem. Independence, Kolmogorov's zero-one law, the Borel-Cantelli lemma. Law of large numbers. Central limit theorems, characteristic functions, the Lindeberg-Feller theorem, asymptotic normality of sample median. Poisson convergence. Conditional expectations.
Effective Dates:
FALL 2013 - Open
STT 882 Theory of Probability II
Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Restrictions:
Open to doctoral students in the Statistics major or approval of department.
Description:
Random walks, transcience and recurrence. Martingales, martingale convergence theorem, Doob's inequality, optional stopping theorem. Stationary processes and Ergodic theorem. Brownian motion. Kolmogorov's continuity theorem, strong Markov property, the reflection principle, martingales related to Brownian motion. Weak convergence in C([0,1]) and D([0,1]), Donsker's invariance principle, empirical processes.
Effective Dates:
SPRING 2014 - Open
STT 886 Stochastic Processes and Applications
Semester:
Fall of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Recommended Background:
STT 441 or STT 861
Description:
Markov chains and their applications in both discrete and continuous time, including classification of states, recurrence, limiting probabilities. Queuing theory, Poisson process and renewal theory.
Effective Dates:
FALL 2000 - Open
STT 888 Stochastic Models in Finance
Semester:
Spring of even years
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Recommended Background:
STT 441 or STT 861
Description:
Stochastic models used in pricing financial derivatives. Discrete-time models. Brownian motion. Stochastic integrals and Ito's formula. Basic Black-Scholes model. Risk neutral distribution. European and American options. Exotic options. Interest rate market, futures, and interest rate options.
Effective Dates:
FALL 2007 - Open
STT 890 Statistical Problems
Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year, Summer of every year
Credits:
Variable from 1 to 3
Reenrollment Information:
A student may earn a maximum of 24 credits in all enrollments for this course.
Restrictions:
Approval of department.
Description:
Individualized study on selected problems.
Effective Dates:
FALL 1992 - Open
STT 899 Master's Thesis Research
Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year, Summer of every year
Credits:
Variable from 1 to 6
Reenrollment Information:
A student may earn a maximum of 36 credits in all enrollments for this course.
Restrictions:
Approval of department.
Description:
Master's thesis research.
Effective Dates:
SUMMER 2002 - Open
stt 914 Advanced Organizational Research Methods
Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Description:
Methods for empirically testing scientific theories in organizational contexts.
Interdepartmental With:
Statistics and Probability
Administered By:
Management
Effective Dates:
SUMMER 2011 - Open
stt 920 Advanced Methods in Epidemiology and Applied Statistics
Semester:
Spring of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
(EPI 826B or concurrently) or EPI 826 or approval of department
Restrictions:
Open to graduate students in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics or approval of department.
Description:
Pattern recognition and cluster analysis, longitudinal data analysis, path analysis, repeated measures and time-series analysis.
Interdepartmental With:
Statistics and Probability
Administered By:
Epidemiology
Effective Dates:
FALL 2015 - Open
STT 951 Statistical Inference II
Semester:
Spring of odd years
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
STT 872 and STT 882
Restrictions:
Open to doctoral students in the Statistics major or approval of department.
Description:
Decision theoretic estimation: Minimaxity, admissibility, shrinkage estimators, James-Stein estimators. Advanced estimation theory, maximal invariant tests, multiple testing, FDR, and related methods. Permutation and rank tests, unbiasedness and invariance, Hunt Stein theorem.
Effective Dates:
SPRING 2013 - Open
STT 953 Asymptotic Theory
Semester:
Spring of even years
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
STT 872 and STT 882
Restrictions:
Open to doctoral students in the Statistics major or approval of department.
Description:
Locally asymptotic normal models, empirical likelihood, U-statistics, Asymptotically efficient and adaptive procedures
Effective Dates:
SPRING 2014 - Open
STT 961 Weak Convergence and Asymptotic Theory
Semester:
Fall of odd years
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
STT 872 and STT 882
Restrictions:
Open to doctoral students in the Statistics major or approval of department.
Description:
Maximal inequalities, covering numbers, symmetrization technique, Glivenko-Cantelli Theorems, Donsker Theorems and some results for Gaussian processes, Vapnik-Chervonenkis classes of sets and functions, applications to M-estimators, bootstrap, delta-method
Effective Dates:
FALL 2013 - Open
STT 962 Fractional Processes and Power Laws
Semester:
Spring of even years
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Prerequisite:
STT 872 and STT 882
Restrictions:
Open to doctoral students in the Statistics major or approval of department.
Description:
Self-similar processes. Fractional Brownian motion, fractional stable motions. Fractional calculus, Laplace and Fourier transforms, semigroups and generators. Continuous time random walks. Connections between long range dependence, heavy tails, and fractional calculus. Inference for processes with long range dependence and heavy tails, including fractional ARIMA models, ARCH/GARCH models, and random difference equations.
Effective Dates:
SPRING 2014 - Open
STT 964 Stochastic Analysis
Semester:
Spring of even years
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Recommended Background:
STT 882
Description:
Stochastic integrals and semi-martingales, Ito formula, stochastic differential equations. Applications.
Effective Dates:
SPRING 1995 - Open
STT 990 Problems in Statistics and Probability
Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year, Summer of every year
Credits:
Variable from 1 to 3
Reenrollment Information:
A student may earn a maximum of 6 credits in all enrollments for this course.
Recommended Background:
STT 872
Restrictions:
Approval of department.
Description:
Individual study on an advanced topic in statistics or probability.
Effective Dates:
FALL 1996 - Open
STT 996 Advanced Topics in Probability
Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year, Summer of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Reenrollment Information:
A student may earn a maximum of 15 credits in all enrollments for this course.
Recommended Background:
STT 882
Restrictions:
Approval of department.
Description:
Current topics in probability.
Effective Dates:
FALL 2004 - Open
STT 997 Advanced Topics in Statistics
Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year, Summer of every year
Credits:
Total Credits: 3 Lecture/Recitation/Discussion Hours: 3
Reenrollment Information:
A student may earn a maximum of 15 credits in all enrollments for this course.
Recommended Background:
STT 872
Restrictions:
Approval of department.
Description:
Topics selected from non- and semi parametric statistics, multivariate analysis, time series analysis, Bayesian statistics, regression and kernel estimation, and other topics in advanced statistics.
Effective Dates:
FALL 2004 - Open
STT 999 Doctoral Dissertation Research
Semester:
Fall of every year, Spring of every year, Summer of every year
Credits:
Variable from 1 to 24
Reenrollment Information:
A student may earn a maximum of 36 credits in all enrollments for this course.
Restrictions:
Approval of department.
Description:
Doctoral dissertation research.
Effective Dates:
FALL 2014 - Open