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Faculty of Science Handbook, Academic Session 2020/2021

Assessment: References:
Continuous Assessment: 40% 1. Lefebvre, M. (2007). Applied stochastic processes.
Final Examination: 60% Springer.
2. Ross, S. M. (2007). Introduction to probability models
Medium of Instruction: (9 ed.). Academic Press.
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English 4. Jones, P. W. (2001). Stochastic processes: An
introduction. Arnold.
Soft Skills: 5. Durrett, R. (2012). Essentials of stochastic processes.
CS3, CTPS3 Springer.

References:
1. R. V. Hogg, E. A. Tanis, & D. Zimmerman. (2015). SIT2004 REGRESSION ANALYSIS
Probability and statistical inference (9 ed.). Prentice
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Hall. Simple linear regression: Estimation, hypothesis testing,
2. R. V. Hogg, J. W. McKean, & T.C. Craig. (2013). analysis of variance, confidence intervals, correlation, the
Introduction to mathematical statistics (7 ed.). residuals, prediction. Model inadequacies, diagnostic,
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Prentice-Hall. heterogeneity of variance, nonlinearity, distributional
3. D. Wackerly, W. Mendenhall, R. L. Scheaffer. (2008). assumption, outliers, transformation. Selected topics on
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Mathematical and statistics with applications (7 ed.). matrix theory and multivariate normal distribution: An
Thomson. introduction to multiple linear regression.

Assessment:
SIT2002 FURTHER MATHEMATICAL STATISTICS Continuous Assessment: 40%
Final Examination: 60%
The exponential family; sufficient, complete and ancillary
statistics; Minimum variance unbiased estimators; Sufficient Medium of Instruction:
statistics and best estimators; Bayesian estimation; Delta English
method for asymptotic approximation; Distributions of
special quadratic forms; One and two factors analysis of Soft Skills:
variance; Linear regression theory and inference of CS2, CTPS3, EM1
parameters; Correlation analysis in bivariate normal
distribution; Sequential probability ratio test. References:
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1. Weisberg S. (1985). Applied linear regerssion (2 ed.).
Assessment: Wiley.
Continuous Assessment: 40% 2. Bowerman B. L., & O'Connel R.T. (1990). Linear
Final Examination: 60% statistical models (2 ed.). PWS-Kent.
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3. Myers, R.H., & Miltors J.S. (1991). A first couse in the
Medium of Instruction: theory of linear statistical models. PWS-Kent.
English 4. Montgomery, D.C., & Peck, E. A. (1992). Introduction to
linear regression analysis. Wiley.
Soft Skills: 5. J.S. Milton, & J.C. Arnold (2004). Introduction to
CS3, CTPS3, TS2, LL2 probability and statistics. McGraw-Hill.

References: SIT2005 DATA ANALYSIS I
1. Hogg, R.V., & Craig, A.T. (2013). Introduction to
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mathematical statistics (7 ed.). New York: Wiley. Statistical Analysis for mean, variance, count and proportion:
2. Hogg, R. V., & Tanis, E. (2010). Probability and Hypothesis testing, confidence interval and tests of
statistical inference (8 ed.). USA: Pearson Education. independence.
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3. Bickel, P.J., & Doksum, K.A. (2001). Mathematical
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statistics: Basic ideas and selected topics (Vol.1) (2 Statistical analysis for regression and Correlation:
ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice- Hall. continuous response data, simple and multiple linear model.
4. Casella, G., & Berger, R.L. (2002). Statistical Inference
(2 ed.). Pacific Grove, CA: Thompson Learning. Statistical tests: Goodness of fit tests, ANOVA,
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Nonparametric test.

SIT2003 STOCHASTIC PROCESSES Assessment:
Continuous Assessment: 50%
Definition and examples of stochastic processes. Final Examination: 50%
Introduction to simple random walk. Discrete time Markov
Chains. Transition probability. Properties of class. Medium of Instruction:
Transience and recurrence properties. Absorbing English
probability. Stationary distribution and limiting probability.
Some applications. Soft Skills:
CS3, CTPS3
Assessment:
Continuous Assessment: 40% References:
Final Examination: 60% 1. Tibco Spotfire S-Plus Guide to Statistics (Vol. 1).
(2008). TIBCO Software Inc.
Medium of Instruction: 2. Mann, Prem. S. (2003). Introductory statistics. John
English Wiley & Sons.
3. Siegel, A.W., & Morgan, C.J. (1998). Statistics and data
Soft Skills: analysis. John Wiley & Sons.
CS3, CTPS3 4. Evans, J.R., & Olson, D.L. (2002). Statistics, data
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analysis and decision modeling (2 ed.). Prentice
Hall.

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