STA 355: Theory of statistical practice
Wenlong Mou, Department of Statistical Sciences, University of Toronto, Fall 2025
Schedule
| lecture | topic | book chapters | notes |
| 09/05 | introduction, review of probability theory | 1 – 4 | Lecture 1 |
| 09/12 | convergence of random variables and limit theorems, basic concepts of statistical models | 5, 6 | Lecture 2 |
| 09/19 | concepts of statistical inference, estimating cdf and statistical functionals | 7, 8 | Lecture 3 |
| 09/26 | bootstrap, parametric bootstrap | 8 | Lecture 4 |
| 10/03 | Z-estimators, maximal likelihood estimation, M-estimators, asymptotic convergence | 9 | Lecture 5 |
| 10/10 | M-estimator consistency theorem, additional topics on asymptotic normality, jackknife debiasing, sufficient statistics | 9 | Lecture 6 |
| 10/17 | midterm exam | - | Solutions |
| 10/24 | hypothesis testing, p-values, multiple testing, permutation tests | 10 | Lecture 7 |
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