LEARNING OUTCOMES
After course the student
- can compute probabilities of composite events by applying operations of set theory
- is familiar with the most important discrete and continuous probability distributions and recognizes situations that can modeled with them
- can apply joint distributions to compute statistics of random vectors and to recognize when two random variables are stochastically independent
- knows methods for estimating the parameters of a statistical model
- can compute posterior distributions and make conclusions based on them
- can explain what can and what cannot be concluded from a p-value of chosen statistical test
Credits: 5
Schedule: 08.01.2024 - 21.02.2024
Teacher in charge (valid for whole curriculum period):
Teacher in charge (applies in this implementation): Jukka Kohonen
Contact information for the course (applies in this implementation):
CEFR level (valid for whole curriculum period):
Language of instruction and studies (applies in this implementation):
Teaching language: English. Languages of study attainment: English
CONTENT, ASSESSMENT AND WORKLOAD
Content
valid for whole curriculum period:
- the notion of probability and its basic arithmetic rules
- the most important discrete and continuous distributions
- expectation, sample mean, and the law of large numbers
- variance, sample variances, and normal approximation
- stochastic dependence and correlation
- description of data using statistics and histograms
- parameter estimation of statistical models
- the concept of a confidence interval
- prior distribution, likelihood function, and posterior distribution
- testing of simple statistical hypotheses
Assessment Methods and Criteria
valid for whole curriculum period:
lectures, exercises and course exam OR exam only
Workload
valid for whole curriculum period:
Participating in lectures 24 h (4 h/week)
Participating in exercises classes 24 h (4 h/week)
Weekly independent study 36-72 h (6-12 h/week)
Participating and preparing for exams 4-40 h
DETAILS
Substitutes for Courses
valid for whole curriculum period:
Prerequisites
valid for whole curriculum period:
FURTHER INFORMATION
Further Information
valid for whole curriculum period:
Teaching Language : English
Teaching Period : 2022-2023 Spring III
2023-2024 Spring IIIEnrollment :
Registration takes place in Sisu (sisu.aalto.fi).