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ECONOMICS/STATISTICS 405
COURSE INFORMATION
Winter 1998
Course Objectives: The primary object is to understand
the basic principles of probabaility theory and statistical inference.
A secondary objective is to learn how to apply some important statistical
techniques to data sets.
| Written Work: |
Percent of Grade |
| Eleven Problem Sets |
40% |
| One Midterm |
20% |
| Final Examination |
40% |
Note: However, a good final examination may be counted
more.
Problem Sets: Students may form homework teams
of size at most three. In such cases, each team should turn in one solution
set, and the names of all members of the team should be on the solution
set.
Prerequisites: Math 116
Desirable: Working knowledge of a package of statistical
subroutine (for example, Mystat, SPSS) or working knowledge of a good spreadsheet
(for example, Excel).
Textbook: Statistics: Theory and Methods (2nd ed.),
by Donald Berry and Bernard Lingren
| Professor: |
Michael Woodroofe |
Office Hours: |
Mon. 11:10-12:00 |
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1433 Mason Hall |
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Wed., 12:10- 1:00 |
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763-3495 |
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Thurs. 4:10- 5:00 |
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michaelw@umich.edu |
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| Assistant: |
Vadim Kutssy |
Office Hours: |
Fri: 1:00-3:00 |
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1437 Mason Hall |
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764-2646 |
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kutsyy@umich.edu |
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Syllabus: There is a tentative syllabus on the other
side of this sheet. The references are to sections in the text.
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