ILRST 3110 - Probability Models and Inference for the Social Sciences

(crosslisted) ECON 3110, STSCI 3110

Fall, spring. 4 credits. Letter grades only.

Forbidden Overlap: Students may receive credit for only one course in the following group: ECON 3110/ILRST 3110/STSCI 3110, BTRY 3080/STSCI 3080, ECON 3130, MATH 4710.
Prerequisite: MATH 1110 or equivalent.

T. DiCiccio, M. Wells.

This course provides an introduction to probability and parametric inference. Topics include: random variables, standard distributions, the law of large numbers, the central limit theorem, likelihood-based estimation, sampling distributions and hypothesis testing.