Department: Data Science and Statistics

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DSST 189Introduction to Statistical ModelingTopics will include exploratory data analysis, correlation, linear and multiple regression, design of experiments, basic probability, the normal distribution, sampling distributions, estimation, hypothesis testing and randomization approach to infere...
DSST 289Introduction to Data ScienceMultiple linear regression, logistic regression, ANOVA and other modeling based topics. Exploratory graphical methods, model selection and model checking techniques will be emphasized with extensive use a statistical programming language (R) for data...
DSST 329ProbabilityIntroduction to the theory, methods, and applications of randomness and random processes. Probability concepts, independence, random variables, expectation, discrete and continuous probability distributions, moment-generating functions, simulation, j...
DSST 330Mathematical StatisticsIntroduction to basic principles and procedures for statistical estimation and model fitting. Parameter estimation, likelihood methods, unbiasedness, sufficiency, confidence regions, Bayesian inference, significance testing, likelihood ratio tests, l...
DSST 389Advanced Data ScienceComputational statistics and statistical algorithms for building predictive models from large data sets. Topics include model complexity, hyper-parameter tuning, over- and under-fitting, and the evaluation of predictive performance. Models covered in...
DSST 390Directed Independent StudyTopics independently pursued under supervision of faculty member.
DSST 395 Special Topics in Data Science & StatisticsSelected topics in data science and statistics.