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MATH 426. Probability and Mathematical Statistics I


Credits 3.00 PeopleSoft Course ID 002787 Grading Basis GRD

Derivations and proofs of probability theorems, discrete and continuous univariate and multivariate random variables, conditional distributions, mathematical expectations, functions of random variables, moment generating functions, properties and derivation of estimators including the method of moments and maximum likelihood estimation. Prerequisite(s): MATH 318  or MATH 329 .