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)