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STAT-5034: Inference Fundamentals with Applications to Categorical Data

Description: Fundamental concepts in statistical inference and related methods: point estimation, interval estimation, hypothesis testing, permutation, and resampling-based methods. Emphasizes use of R programming package, visualizing data, computation and interpretation of effect sizes, statistical simulation to compare the performance of available methods, role of sample size in statistical analysis, contingency tables, and use of model contrasts to assess specific hypotheses in the context of larger models.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: N/A

Required By: STAT-5024, STAT-5374

Corequisites: STAT-5014, STAT-5044

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 20

Average GPA: 3.62 (A-)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 54.00%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.00%

Christopher T Franck202283.7%15.1%1.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.766
Feng Guo202383.3%16.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.831
Robert S Schulman200648.6%46.2%1.4%0.0%3.8%0.0%3.333
Xiaowei Wu201673.7%26.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.703
Dong Yun H Kim201260.2%35.8%3.6%0.5%0.0%0.0%3.526
Eric P Smith201382.4%17.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.811

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