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STAT   280 ELEMENTARY APPLIED STATISTICS            Credits 4.00  Spring 97
           * FOUNDATION COURSE: GROUP III
A noncalculus introduction to statistical methods with emphasis on
techniques.  Includes computer laboratory.
001 MWF     01:00PM-01:50PM PL*AMP   Trosset, Michael

STAT   300 MODEL BUILDING                           Credits 3.00  Spring 97
           * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP III
Examples to illustrate mathematical formulation (modeling) of scientific
problems, their solution and interpretation.
Prereq- Math 211 or consent of instructor.
001 TTH     09:25AM-10:40AM CE*1070  Thompson, James

STAT   305 INTRO TO STATISTICS FOR BIOS.            Credits 3.00  Spring 97
           * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP III
An introduction to statistics for Biosciences with emphasis on
statistical models and data analysis techniques.  Computer-assisted data
analysis, including biological examples, is explored in laboratory
sessions.
Prereq- Math 101, 102.
001 MWF     09:00AM-09:50AM CE*1070  Kimmel, Marek

STAT   310 PROBABILITY & STATISTICS                 Credits 3.00  Spring 97
Probability theory and the central concepts and methods of statistics.
Prereq- Math 102; Math 212 is recommended.
001 TTH     01:00PM-02:20PM CE*1070  Olofsson, P.

STAT   381 APPLIED PROBABILITY                      Credits 3.00  Spring 97
Concepts, interpretations, elementary techniques, and applications of
modern probability theory.
Prereq- Math 102.
Also offered as Caam 381 and Elec 331.
001 TTH     09:25AM-10:40AM CE*1075  Pfeiffer, Paul

STAT   400 ECONOMETRICS                             Credits 3.00  Spring 97
See Econ 400 for schedule.
Also offered as Econ 400.
001 TTH     10:50AM-12:05PM CE*1064  Vella, Francis

STAT   410 INTRO STAT COMPUT & REGRESSION           Credits 3.00  Spring 97
A survey of statistical methods with emphasis on computing and computing
environments, focusing on applied regression.
Prereq- Stat 310 or consent of instructor.
001 TTH     09:25AM-10:40AM HB*21    Scott, David

STAT   421 INTRO TO TIME SERIES ANALYSIS            Credits 3.00  Spring 97
Time series modeling and forecasting.
Prereq- Stat 310 or consent of instructor.
Also offered as Elec 432.
001 TTH     10:50AM-12:05PM CE*1046  Cox, Dennis

STAT   432 INTRO MATHEMATICAL STAT II               Credits 3.00  Spring 97
This course covers the foundations of statistical inference.  Theory of
point estimation; Set estimation; Hypothesis testing; Linear models;
Asymptotics; Decision theory; Bayesian Theory.
Prereq- Stat 431.
001 TTH     01:00PM-02:20PM CE*1075  Ensor, Katherine

STAT   491 INDEPENDENT STUDY                        Credits 1.00  Spring 97
001                                  TBA

STAT   503 TOPICS IN METH & DATA ANALYSIS           Credits 3.00  Spring 97
See Poli 503 schedule.
001 TTH     11:00AM-12:05PM CE*1075  Brace, Paul

STAT   510 ADV PSYCHOLOGICAL STATISTICSII           Credits 3.00  Spring 97
See Psyc 503 for schedule.
Also offered as Psyc 503.
001 TBA     TBA                      Lane, David

STAT   532 MATHEMATICAL STATISTICS                  Credits 3.00  Spring 97
Same as Stat 432 with advanced problem sets.  Required for graduate
students in statistics.
Prereq- Stat 531.
001 TTH     01:00PM-02:20PM CE*1075  Ensor, Katherine

STAT   542 SIMULATION                               Credits 3.00  Spring 97
Prereq- Stat 431 or consent of instructor.  Not offered every year.
001 TTH     01:00PM-02:20PM CE*1042  Thompson, James

STAT   546 DESIGN & ANALYSIS OF  EXPERIMENTS        Credits 3.00  Spring 97
Given a response Y, which is affected by some predictor variables X, we
would like to estimate the effects in as unequivocal a manner as
possible.  Experimental design addresses the question of how to allocate
a finite amount of resources (experimental runs) so as to resolve the
effects of each input as quickly as possible.
Prereq- Stat 531 or 431.
001 TTH     02:30PM-03:50PM CE*1042  Baggerly, Keith

STAT   551 TIME SERIES ANALYSIS                     Credits 3.00  Spring 97
Prereq- Stat 431 or consent of instructor.  Not offered every year.
001 TTH     10:50AM-12:05PM PL*119   Ensor, Katherine

STAT   552 APPLIED STOCHASTIC PROCESSES             Credits 3.00  Spring 97
Prereq- Stat 431 or consent of instructor.  Not offered every year.
001 TTH     09:25AM-10:40AM CE*1064  Olofsson, P.

STAT   582 MATHEMATICAL PROBABILITY II              Credits 3.00  Spring 97
Continuation of Stat 581.
Also offered as Caam 582.
001 MWF     10:00AM-10:50AM CE*1046  Pfeiffer, Paul

STAT   591 INDEPENDENT STUDY                        Credits 4.00  Spring 97
Prereq- permission of instructor.
001                                  TBA

STAT   600 GRADUATE SEMINAR IN STATISTICS           Credits 1.00  Spring 97
001 M       11:00AM-11:50AM HB*22    TBA

STAT   610 ECONOMETRICS I                           Credits 5.00  Spring 97
See Econ 510 for schedule.
Also offered as Econ 510.
001 MW      02:10PM-03:25PM SH*462   Chang, Yoosoon

STAT   800 THESIS                                   Credits 0.00  Spring 97
001 TBA     TBA                      TBA

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