STA 355: Theory of statistical practice
Wenlong Mou, Department of Statistical Sciences, University of Toronto, Fall 2026
Schedule
| lecture | topic | book chapters | notes |
| 09/11 | review of probability theory, probability inequalities, convergence of random variables, laws of large numbers, central limit theorem, Slutsky's theorem | 1 – 5 | Lecture 1 |
| 09/18 | arithmetic of probabilistic convergence, small-o and big-O notation in probability, delta method, statistical models, point estimation, confidence sets | 5, 6 | Lecture 2 |
| 09/25 | hypothesis testing basics, empirical CDF and confidence bands, plug-in and quantile estimation, introduction to bootstrap | 7, 8 | Lecture 3 |
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| 11/06 | | | |
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| 12/04 | | | |
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