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[ 404MMMCSTMV23 ] VL Statistical Methods

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Workload Education level Study areas Responsible person Hours per week Coordinating university
3 ECTS M - Master's programme Mathematics Evelyn Buckwar 2 hpw Johannes Kepler University Linz
Detailed information
Original study plan Master's programme Computational Mathematics 2025W
Learning Outcomes
Competences
Students are acquainted with the fundamental principles of statistical methods and the key techniques required for analysing data and making statistical inferences.
Skills Knowledge
  • Understand the concept of statistical models and apply the principles of sufficient statistics and related theorems.
  • Find point estimators (moment estimator and maximum likelihood estimator) and evaluate their properties (unbiasedness, efficiency, sufficiency, and consistency).
  • Calculate and interpret Fisher information.
  • Investigate the quality of an estimator in the finite and asymptotic case.
  • Perform interval estimation and conduct hypothesis testing and understand its implications (likelihood ratio test).
  • Evaluate hypothesis tests (controlling type I/II errors, most powerful tests, p-values).
  • Derive confidence intervals using different methods and evaluate their properties.
  • Interpret and communicate statistical results effectively.
Fundamental concepts of probability, statistical inference, hypothesis testing, key theorems and techniques in sufficient statistics, point estimation, and interval estimation, application of statistical methods in real-world scenarios.
Criteria for evaluation Oral exam
Methods Blackboard presentation, supported by lecture slides.
Language English
Study material
  • Statistical Inference, G. Casella and R. L. Berger
  • Introduction to the theory of Statistical Inference, H. Liero and S. Zwanzig
  • Introductory Statistics, S. M. Ross
  • Introduction to Probability and Statistics for Engineers and Scientists, S. M. Ross.
Changing subject? No
Earlier variants They also cover the requirements of the curriculum (from - to)
402STMESTMV22: VO Statistical Methods (2022W-2023S)
TMAPBVOSTAT: VO Statistical methods (2003W-2022S)
On-site course
Maximum number of participants -
Assignment procedure Direct assignment