Course

Statistical Inference - MATH5905

Faculty: Faculty of Science

School: School of Mathematics and Statistics

Course Outline: http://www.maths.unsw.edu.au/

Campus: Sydney

Career: Postgraduate

Units of Credit: 6

EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)

Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3

CSS Contribution Charge: 2 (more info)

Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule

Further Information: See Class Timetable

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Description

This course presents General interference theory based on maximum likelihood and on Bayes methods is reviewed. Estimation, confidence set construction and hypothesis testing are discussed within decision-theoretic framework. Computationally intensive methods such as bootstrap are discussed and are compared to asymptotic approximations such as saddlepoint and empirical likelihood.

Pre-requisites: 24 units of level III mathematics or a degree in a numerate discipline or permission of the Head of Department.

Note: Course not offered every year - contact the School for more information.
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