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Probability Theory, 6 credits

The course aims at enabling insightful modelling of random phenomena and assessment of the probabilistic basis of widely used statistical methods. The course is a mix of lectures and exercise sessions. Such concepts as expected value, variance, moments, joint distribution, conditional distribution, transforms, order statistics and many other concepts are studied in the course.

Language of instruction: English
Level: Master's level
Department offering the course: Department of Computer and Information Science
Contact:  Lilian Alarik, 011-36 35 90, studievagledare-statistik@liu.se
 Lotta Hallberg, 0734-618988, ann-charlotte.hallberg@liu.se

Specific admission requirements: For acceptance to the course, the student must have a bachelor’s degree with a total of at least 90 ECTS credits (1.5 years of full-time studies) in mathematics, applied mathematics, statistics, and computer science. The undergraduate courses in mathematics should include both calculus and linear algebra. Basic undergraduate courses in statistics and computer science are also required.


Course information
Semester:  Autumn  2013
Enrolment code:  LIU-
Rate of study:  Part-time
Campus:  Linköping
Study Period:  201334 - 201343, 19 August-25 October 2013
Course code:  732A40
Tuition fee:  9 498 SEK


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