COURSE OUTLINE

Session 1

Introduction/ review, data types, probability and laws of probability. Random data types. Statistics, data and statistical thinking.
Data visualization.  Measures of central tendency.

Session 4

Comparing two population means: independent and paired sampling

Session 5

Estimating a proportion
Comparing groups on categorical data
Chi-square tests
Large sample confidence interval for a population proportion

Session 2

Measures of Quality of Estimators. MLE/ MOM
Central Limit Theorem and sampling distribution
Large-Sample Confidence Interval for a Population Mean and Proportions
t-Statistics and small sample confidence intervals for a population mean

Session 3

Introduction to hypothesis testing
Inference based on a single sample: test of hypothesis
Introduction to Theory of Statistical Tests
Likelihood Ratio Tests

Session 6

Small sample test, Yates’ correction, Fisher Exact test
Measures of association: Relative Risk and Odds Ratio

Session 7

Association between measurement variables. Correlation and regression. Simple Linear Regression. Multiple linear regression. Regression diagnostic. Data transformation

Session 8

Non-Parametric tests
Non-parametric test about population mean, comparing two populations paired test, Sign test, Non-Parametric test for correlation

Session 9

Logistic Regression

Session 10

Midterm Exam

Session 11

Analysis of Variances (ANOVA), basic assumptions and inference

Session 12

Simulation of data. Bootstrap and Jackknife. P-value tests.

Session 13

Randomized models in statistics. Method of Moments.

Session 14

More on non-parametric methods: KS & AD tests. Time series and statistical methods.

Session 15

Final Evaluation Test (using advanced computations)