Course Description

STAT 512 is the first course of the statistical inference sequence for first-year PhD and master students in Statistics and Biostatistics departments at the University of Washington. It roughly covers Chapter 1-5 of Statistical Inference, Second Edition written by George Casella and Roger L. Burger with some selected discussions in Chapter 7 and 10, and STAT 513 covers the rest of the book. Generally, the instructor wrote his own notes for teaching the course; see below. The quiz sessions led by the TA (more precisely, Student Instructor) are designed for

  • reviewing some key concepts in the lectures;
  • discussing important concepts that supplement the lectures;
  • going through some exercises that help strengthen the understanding of lecture materials or providing insights into other related study fields.

I composed the notes for every quiz session on my own (see below) in Autumn 2022, and they have been the key materials for STAT 512 quiz sessions since 2022.

Lecture Notes

My Quiz Session Notes