STAT13033  Mathematical Statistics

The aim of this course is to introduce the more commonly used probability distributions, the basics for their correct use as well as further developing inferential statistics. Topics covered are the uses of expectation; binomial, Poisson, Hypergeometric, Normal, Gamma, t, F distributions; techniques for the transformation of variables, inferences about means, variances and proportions; contingency tables; simple linear regression; non-parametric statistics.