2018 Spring
STAT 88 001 - LEC 001
Probability and Mathematical Statistics in Data Science
Current Enrollment
Total Open Seats:
2
Enrolled: 157
Waitlisted: 0
Capacity: 159
Waitlist Max: 15
No Reserved Seats
Hours & Workload
2 hours of instructor presentation of course materials per week, and 4 hours of outside work hours per week.
Final Exam
FRI, MAY 11TH
07:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Latimer 120
Other classes by Rasmus Nielsen
+ 2 Independent Study
Course Catalog Description
In this connector course we will state precisely and prove results discovered in the foundational data science course through working with data. Topics include: total variation distance between discrete distributions; the mean, standard deviation, and tail bounds; correlation, and the derivation of the regression equation; probabilities, random variables, and the Central Limit Theorem; probabilistic models; symmetries in random permutations; prior and posterior distributions, and Bayes’ rule.
Rules & Requirements
Repeat Rules
Course is not repeatable for credit.
Reserved Seats
Current Enrollment
No Reserved Seats
Textbooks & Materials
Textbook information is not available for Spring 2018.
Associated Sections
None