MATH2216: Statistical Methods and Theory
(Spring 2022)

• Course Information:
  

  Course Instructor	Lecture Time and Venue	Office Hours*	Contact Information
  Tiejun Tong	Tuesday 9:30-11:20 @ LT1 Wednesday 15:30-16:20 @ LT1	Tuesday 14:30-18:20 Friday 15:30-17:20	Office: FSC1201 Phone: +852 34117340 Email: tongt(at)hkbu.edu.hk

  *You are also encouraged to email me your questions. I will get back to you within 6 hours with probability 0.5, within 12 hours with probability 0.8, and within 24 hours with probability 0.95.
  
  
• Course Syllabus: General information about the course.
  
  
• Homework Assignments:
  

  Homework	Release Date (Tuesday)	Due Date (Tuesday)*
  Homework #1	25 Jan 2022	08 Feb 2022
  Homework #2	15 Feb 2022	22 Feb 2022
  Homework #3	01 Mar 2022	08 Mar 2022
  Homework #4	15 Mar 2022	22 Mar 2022
  Homework #5	29 Mar 2022	05 Apr 2022
  Homework #6	12 Apr 2022	26 Apr 2022

  *No homework will be accepted after 18:20 of the due date.
  
  
• Examination:
  Midterm Test:  16 March 2022 (Wednesday), 16:30-17:20, in class @ LT1
  Final Examination:  To be announced
  
  
• Grade Assessment:
  In-Class Exercises and Homework Assignments (20%) + Midterm Test (20%) + Final Examination (60%)
  
  
• Textbook:
  John E. Freund's Mathematical Statistics with Applications (Pearson New International Edition, 8th Edition), by Irwin Miller and Marylees Miller, Pearson Education, 2014