Course Notes

Date Topic Description
Jan-20 Welcome to MATH 458 Course Overview slides
Jan-22 The Sampling Framework The objective of sample surveys is to make inference about a population from information contained in a sample selected from that population.
Feb-03 Foundations of Statistical Estimation We cover the theoretical concepts of statistical estimation.
Feb-24 Simple Random Sampling SRS is the basic form of probability sampling, and serves as the basis for more complicated forms.
Feb-24 Teaching and Learning The best way to learn something is to teach it to others
Mar-29 Stratified Sampling A method to use additional information about the population in the survey design
Apr-01 Cluster Sampling When units are not necessarily nicely defined, even when the population is.
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