Your grade for the course will be determined by your performance on a midterm exam, a final exam, and problem sets. Each will count one third. Problems will be assigned during the quarter from the course text,
Introduction to Mathematical Statistics, a Decision Theoretic Approach, by T.S. Ferguson.
and from other sources.
The following problems are from Ferguson. page problems 142 1,2 147 1,3,5 153 2,3,5,8 174 1,2 180 1,2,3 190 2
Some important references are as follows: Berger, J.W.(1985). Statistical Decision Theory and Bayesian Analysis. Springer-Verlag,New York. DeGroot, M.(1970). Optimal Statistical Decisions, McGraw-Hill, New York. Lehmann, E.L. (1983). Theory of Point Estimation. Wiley,New York. Serfling, R. J. (1980). Approximation Theorems of Mathematical Statistics, Wiley, New York.