Mathematical Statistics: Statistical Inference Theory

Education facts

Code: MASC12

<p>Gives the underlying theory of statistics.</p><p>Factorization Theorem, exponential families, Rao-Blackwell's theorem, ancillary estimators, Cramér Rao's inequality, Neyman-Pearson's Lemma, permutation tests, interrelations between hypothesis testing and confidence intervals, asymptotic methods, maximum likelihood estimators, standard errors, marginal, conditional and penalized likelihood, likelihood ratio, Wald scores method,<br /> Bayesian inference, sequential tests, inference for finite populations</p><p>https://www.maths.lu.se/english/education/all-courses/courses-faculty-of-science/</p>

Entry requirements

For admission to the course, general entry requirements and 60 credits of studies in mathematics including knowledge equivalent to the course MASA03 Mathematical statistics: Basic course, 15 ECTS. English course 6/B.

Education offerings

Each offering has its own dates and conditions. Closed offerings are retained as history and do not mean that a new application is open.

• Mathematical Statistics: Statistical Inference Theory

  Lund University

  Start date: 19 January 2026

  End date: 22 March 2026

  Pace of study: 50 %