Time and place
Lecture: Di, Do, 14-16h, SR 404, Ernst-Zermelo-Str. 1
Tutorial: 2 hours, date to be determined
Content
The lecture builds on basic knowledge about Probability Theory. The fundamental problem of statistics is to infer from a sample of observations as precise as possible statements about the data-generating process or the underlying distributions of the data. For this purpose, the most important methods from statistical decision theory such as test and estimation methods are introduced in the lecture. \\ Key words hereto include Bayes estimators and tests, Neyman-Pearson test theory, maximum likelihood estimators, UMVU estimators, exponential families, linear models. Other topics include ordering principles for reducing the complexity of models (sufficiency and invariance). Statistical methods and procedures are used not only in the natural sciences and medicine, but in almost all areas in which data is collected and analyzed This includes, for example, economics (“econometrics”) and the social sciences (especially psychology). However, in the context of this lecture, we will focus less on applications, but---as the name suggests---more on the mathematical justification of the methods.
Previous
knowledge
Required: Probability Theory (in particular measure theory and conditional probabilities/expectations)
Usability
Advanced Lecture in Stochastics
Elective in Data