Jonathan P Williams

ST 502 Fundamentals of Statistical Inference II

Link: Syllabus.

Personal note to students: Please do not feel intimidated about interacting with me. Regardless of how busy or stressed I may appear to you, teaching your class is a part of my job, and I take that very seriously. I care deeply about the quality of your learning. Please always reach out to me if you have questions, concerns, or need help. I understand that it can be difficult and can even feel embarrassing to ask for help. However, I was once in your position, and I promise to always treat you with respect, empathy, and kindness. Nobody that ever did anything meaningful did so without first failing over and over again.

R code from lectures

• Link: Chapter 2.
  
• Link: Chapter 5.
  
• Link: Chapter 8.
  
• Link: Chapter 9.
  
• Link: Permutation test.
  
  

Guide to completing your course project

• Link: Project outline.
  
  

Midterm exams

• Link: Midterm 1 study guide.
  
• Link: Midterm 1 solution.
  
• Link: Midterm 2 study guide.
  
• Link: Midterm 2 solution.
  
  

Homework assignments

• Homework 1, due: beginning of class on August 28th, 2019
  Section 1.8 of Rice; Exercises 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 62, 64, 66, 68, 69.
  
  
• Homework 2, due: beginning of class on September 4th, 2019
  Section 2.5 of Rice; Exercises 1, 3, 5, 6, 38, 40, 50, 51, 54, 57, 62.
  
  
• Homework 3, due: beginning of class on September 11th, 2019
  Section 5.4 of Rice; Exercises 1, 2, 5, 6, 21(a,b), 27, 29.
  Note how exercise 21 relates to Importance Sampling
  Check out this episode of Radiolab: Stochasticity
  
  
• Homework 4, due: beginning of class on September 25th, 2019
  Section 6.4 of Rice; Exercises 1, 2, 3, 6, 8, 9.
  
  
• Homework 5, due: beginning of class on October 2nd, 2019
  Section 7.7 of Rice; Exercises 1, 3, 23, 24, 43, 48, 50, 51.
  
  
• Homework 6, due: by 5pm on October 18th, 2019
  Section 8.10 of Rice; Exercises 1, 3, 4(a,b,c,d), 31, 33, 53.
  
  
• Homework 7, due: beginning of class on October 23rd, 2019
  Section 8.10 of Rice; Exercises 16(a,b,c), 21(a,b), 47(a,b,c), 50, 51.
  
  
• Homework 8, due: beginning of class on October 30th, 2019
  Section 8.10 of Rice; Exercises 13, 24, 55, 68-75.
  
  
• Homework 9, due: beginning of class on November 6th, 2019
  Link: Homework 9.
  
  
• Homework 10, due: beginning of class on November 15th, 2019
  Section 9.11 of Rice; Exercises 1, 3, 4, 7, 9, 12.
  
  
• Homework 11, due: beginning of class on December 4th, 2019
  Section 9.11 of Rice; Exercises 14, 18, 20, 24, 40-43, 49(a,b), 55, 58.