STATISTICS 450 and 801

Statistical Theory / Mathematical Statistics

Instructor: Richard A. Lockhart

Office: TLX 10546 Phone: 291-3264 Messages: 291-3331 e-mail: lockhart@sfu.ca

Office Hours Dec 4 to 11 (tentative) Wednesday 4 Dec 11:30-1:00, Thursday 5 Dec 9:30-2:00, Tuesday 10 December 9;30-10:30 and 12:30-2:00. I may not be in my office at all times -- look around the math dept for me.

Course structure: These two courses will be conducted simultaneously, though the 801 students will get one more lecture hour per week at a time to be determined. Graduate students will get somewhat different assignments and a different final exam. The midterm exam will be common to the two groups.

Computing requirements: There will be a computational component to this course; details have yet to be determined. Graduate students will be required to do graphing and programming in S. THERE ARE NO JOBS FOR STATISTICIANS WHO CAN'T DO THE COMPUTING.

Grading: Assignments 20%, Midterm 20% and Final 60%. If you get a better mark on the final than on the midterm I will replace the midterm with the final. If you miss the midterm I will use the final in its place; there will be no make-up midterms.

Privacy Policy: The Math and Stat department has a policy on privacy under which students who desire so may have their homework returned in some private way; if you are such a student you should speak to me immediately.

Assignments: You may miss one with no penalty. If you miss fewer I will drop your lowest assignment mark. I will be looking for well written explanations in answers since no one is interested in unexplained calculations in the real world.

A final from 1991. Most of the material on this old final would not be suitable for this course.