Course Information for Stat 4102
Theory of Statistics II
Spring Semester, 2023
Lecture: MWF 2:30 PM - 03:20 PM at Molecular Cellular Biol 3-120, TCEASTBANK
Course website: http://users.stat.umn.edu/~jiang040/234102_Spring.html
Instructor: Tiefeng Jiang.
E-mail: jiang040@umn.edu.
Phone: 612-624-3850.
Office Hours: 4:00 pm-5:00 pm Mon. at 365 Ford Hall
TA for Sessions 001: Ouyang, Difan
Lab 002: Tue. 01:25-02:15 pm at the Vincent Hall 1.
Lab 003: Tue. 02:30-03:20 pm at the Ford Hall 127.
E-mail: ouyan146@umn.edu
Office Hours: 1:00-3:00 pm on Thurs. at Ford Hall 495.
Credits: 4
Prerequisite: Differential, integral calculus and probability.
Contents: This course includes maximum likelihhod estimators, confidence intervals, hypothesis tests, analysis of variance,
categorical data and nonparametric statistics.
Textbook: Mathematical Statistics with Applications, 7th Edition
by Wackerly, Mendenhall and Scheaffer.
Homework Assignments:
Homework assignments will be due each Tue in your TA lab. Students can pick up their graded homeworks
in the TA session. Homework will count 34% of your course grade. There is a 20% penalty per day for late homework - unless you provide a written medical excuse for not handling in homework on time.
No homework papers will be accepted once the solution is potsed online.
Grading Policies:
Exams: There will be one midterm and final in this course. These will be closed book but you will be allowed one sheet of
paper (8.5 in x 11 in) for the midterm and two sheets of such papers for the final. You can write anything you like on both sides of
the papers (no maginifier is allowed though).
Grading: Your final grade will be determined by a weighted average of
homework and examination scores: the homework weights 34%, the midterm counts 33% and the final is 33%
Missing Exams: If you miss a midterm for a legitimately documented reason,
such as illness confirmed with a written excuse, the midterm score will be replaced by your final score. If you can not attend the final for a legitimately verifiable
reason, you must provide a written excuse to receive an incomplete. See the
School of Statistics policy on incompletes below. Otherwise, if you miss the
final, you will receive a zero for the exam. Note that social/vacation plans
are not legitimate reasons for missing an exam.
Incompletes: According to U of M grading policies, ``The I shall be
assigned at the direction of the instructor when, due to extraordinary
circumstances, the student was prevented from completing the work of the course
on time. The assignment of an I requires a written agreement between the
instructor and student specifying the time and manner in which the student
will complete the course requirements during the student's next period of
enrollment.'' In this course an I grade will be given only in cases of extreme
hardship. Poor performance in the course is not grounds for an incomplete.
Examination Dates:
Midterm: Friday, March 3, one-hour in class test, same meeting time and location as usual.
Final Exam: 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., Saturday, May 6, same location.