2018 Spring STAT 88 001 LEC 001

2018 Spring

STAT 88 001 - LEC 001

Probability and Mathematical Statistics in Data Science

Rasmus Nielsen

Jan 16, 2018 - May 04, 2018
Tu, Th
04:00 pm - 04:59 pm
Class #:30832
Units: 2

Offered through Statistics

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

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