Advanced Probability and Inference

Submitted by SuneK on September 24, 2009 - 01:10

Content

  • Mathematical background (limits, series, order relations and rates of convergence, continuity, sets)
  • Measure theoretic foundations of probability (probability triplets, random variables, independence, expected values, change of variable)
  • Stochastic convergence (almost sure convergence, convergence in probability, convergence in distribution, laws of large numbers, central limit theorems, non-iid stochastic variables)
  • Conditional probability and expectation
  • Statistical tests (size and critical values, power, efficiency, asymptotic tests, asymptotic relative efficiency)
  • Estimation (confidence intervals, point estimation, asymptotic efficiency, Fisher Information)
  • Nonparametrics (U-statistics, statistical functionals, limit distributions) 

Literature

Rosenthal, J.S., (2006), A First Look at Rigorous Probability Theory, 2nd ed., World Scientific.
Lehmann, E.L., (1999), Elements of Large Sample Theory, Springer.

Course page at Örebro University

Course Data
Type of schedule: 
Travel friendly schedule
University: 
Örebro
Level: 
PhD
Credits (ECTS): 
12.00
Offered: 
2009:2