Statistical inference
Undergraduate · Math
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Undergraduate Statistical inference — outline derived from course README sections and typical US statistics syllabi (OpenIntro / standard OER where applicable).
Estimation
- Point estimators: method of moments — Point estimators: method of moments
- Maximum likelihood (intro) — Maximum likelihood (intro)
- Properties of estimators: bias, variance, and MSE — Properties of estimators: bias, variance, and MSE
- Confidence intervals: pivot methods — Confidence intervals: pivot methods
- Large-sample confidence intervals — Large-sample confidence intervals
- Bootstrap confidence intervals (introduction) — Bootstrap confidence intervals (introduction)
Hypothesis testing
- Null and alternative hypotheses; test statistics — Null and alternative hypotheses; test statistics
- P-values and significance levels — P-values and significance levels
- Tests for means and proportions — Tests for means and proportions
- Variances — Variances
- Likelihood ratio tests (introduction) — Likelihood ratio tests (introduction)
- Multiple testing overview: family-wise error — Multiple testing overview: family-wise error
- Power and sample size (introduction) — Power and sample size (introduction)
Advanced inference topics
- Sufficient statistics — Sufficient statistics
- The factorization theorem (statement) — The factorization theorem (statement)
- Rao–Blackwell — Rao–Blackwell
- Cramér–Rao lower bound (statement) — Cramér–Rao lower bound (statement)
- Bayesian credible intervals (preview) — Bayesian credible intervals (preview)
- Nonparametric tests preview: sign — Nonparametric tests preview: sign
- Wilcoxon — Wilcoxon
Study units
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- Estimation
Point estimators: method of moments
Coming soon - Hypothesis testing
Null and alternative hypotheses; test statistics
Coming soon - Advanced inference topics
Sufficient statistics
Coming soon
Notes
Undergraduate Statistical inference — outline derived from course README sections and typical US statistics syllabi (OpenIntro / standard OER where applicable). Topic outline: `content/topics/undergraduate/inference.json`.