Course Schedule

Below is our course schedule, which will almost certainly change as the course progresses.

Weeks Topics Reading
Week 1 (Jan. 05 – Jan. 09) Lecture 1: Course Introduction, Review Chps 1–3
Week 2 (Jan. 12 – Jan. 16) Lecture 2: Limit Theorems, Review Chp 4–5
Week 3 (Jan. 19 – Jan. 23) Lecture 3: Normal Theory Chp 6
Week 4 (Jan. 26 – Jan. 30) Snow Day
Week 5 (Feb. 02 – Feb. 06) Test 1
Week 6 (Feb. 09 – Feb. 13) Lecture 4: Sampling, Method of Moments Chp 7-8
Reading Week (Feb. 16 – Feb. 20)
Week 7 (Feb. 23 – Feb. 27) Lecture 5: Maximum Likelihood Estimation Chp 8
Week 8 (Mar. 02 – Mar. 06) Test 2
Week 9 (Mar. 09 – Mar. 13) Lecture 6: MLE Asymptotics Chp 8
Week 10 (Mar. 16 – Mar. 20) Lecture 7: Hypothesis Testing Chp 8–9
Week 11 (Mar. 23 – Mar. 27) Lecture 8: Bayesian Inference Chp 14
Week 12 (Mar. 30 – Apr. 03) Lecture 9: Linear Regression, Review Chp 14


Weekly Office Hour Schedule

TA Time Zoom
Jianhui Wednesday 14:30–15:30 Zoom link
KC Thursdays 10:00–11:00 Zoom link
Yuan Thursday 14:00–15:00 Zoom link
Weicheng Friday 15:00–16:00 Zoom link
David Friday 14:00–15:00 Zoom link


Extra Office Hour

Name Time Zoom
Alex January 23, February 27 (Fridays) 16:00–17:00 Zoom link
Madhu January 23, February 27 (Fridays) 13:00–14:00 Zoom link
Prof January 27 14:10-15:00 Zoom link
Prof February 24 14:40-15:30 Zoom link