Introduction To Probability And Statistical Inference

AY2014/2015 Semester 2

This course provides a statistical foundation for students to pursue further courses in econometrics and statistics. A standard calculus course would provide adequate mathematical background. The course emphasizes fundamental concepts and presents them in a logical order. Topics covered include probability; distributions and densities; mathematical expectations; functions of random variables; sampling distributions; estimation and hypotheses testing for means, variances and proportions.