Statistics 210a: Theoretical Statistics
UC Berkeley, Fall 2024
Course enrollment for undergraduates
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Schedule
Week 1
| Aug 29: | Lecture 1 Introduction | Handwritten notes |
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Week 2
| Sep 3: | Lecture 2 Probability | Handwritten notes |
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| Sep 5: | Lecture 3 Estimation | Handwritten notes |
| Sep 6: | Recitation 1 Probability review |
Week 3
| Sep 10: | Lecture 4 Sufficiency | Handwritten notes |
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| Sep 11: | Homework 1 Problems | LaTeX source |
| Sep 12: | Lecture 5 Exponential families | Handwritten notes |
Week 3
| Sep 17: | Lecture 6 Completeness | Handwritten notes |
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| Sep 18: | Homework 2 Problems | LaTeX source |
| Sep 19: | Lecture 7 Unbiased estimation | Handwritten notes |
Week 4
| Sep 24: | Lecture 8 Score and Fisher information | Handwritten notes |
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| Sep 25: | Homework 3 Problems | LaTeX source |
| Sep 26: | Lecture 9 Bayes estimation | Handwritten notes |
Week 5
| Oct 1: | Lecture 10 Bayesian interpretation | Handwritten notes |
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| Oct 2: | Homework 4 Problems | LaTeX source |
| Oct 3: | Lecture 11 Hierarchical Bayes | Handwritten notes |
Week 6
| Oct 9: | Homework 5 Problems | LaTeX source Data for Problem 5 |
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| Oct 10: | Lecture 12 James-Stein estimator | Handwritten notes |
Week 7
| Oct 15: | Lecture 13 Minimax estimation | Handwritten notes |
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| Oct 16: | Homework 6 Problems | LaTeX source |
| Oct 17: | Lecture 14 Hypothesis testing | Handwritten notes |
Week 8
| Oct 22: | Lecture 15 Testing with one parameter | Handwritten notes |
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| Oct 23: | Homework 7 Problems | LaTeX source |
| Oct 24: | Lecture 16 p-Values and confidence sets | Handwritten notes |
Week 9
| Oct 29: | Lecture 17 Testing with nuisance parameters | Handwritten notes |
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| Oct 30: | Homework 8 Problems | LaTeX source |
| Oct 31: | Lecture 18 Linear models | Handwritten notes |
Week 9
| Nov 5: | Lecture 19 Linear models | Handwritten notes |
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| Nov 7: | Lecture 20 Asymptotics | Handwritten notes |
| Nov 8: | Homework 9 Problems | LaTeX source |
Week 10
| Nov 12: | Lecture 21 Maximum Likelihood estimator | Handwritten notes |
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| Nov 14: | Lecture 22 Likelihood-based inference | Handwritten notes |
| Nov 15: | Homework 10 Problems | LaTeX source Data for Problem 3 |
Week 11
| Nov 19: | Lecture 23 MLE consistency | Handwritten notes |
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| Nov 22: | Homework 11 Problems | LaTeX source |
Week 17
| Dec 18: | Exam Final Exam, 8-11am |
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