Course Descriptions
PHC 7056: Longitudinal Data Analysis (3) Prereq: STA
6326-6327 (or equivalent) and STA 6207-6208 (or equivalent) and STA 6246
(or equivalent). Likelihood-based and semiparametric methods for longitudinal
data and methods to deal with missing data in both settings. Discussion
of impact of missing data both theoretically and practically on inference,
and approaches to conduct sensitivity analysis for inference.
PHC 7066: Large Sample Theory (3) Prereq: STA 6326-6327
(or equivalent). Detailed introduction to large sample theory and its
application in univariate and multivariate parametric and nonparametric
estimation.
STA 6092: Applied Statistical Practice (3) Prereq:
STA 6207, 6208. Communication, management, and the organizational,
computational, and statistical thinking skills needed for consulting in
statistics. Integrating graphic and numeric computing tools, research design
concepts, data summary, and statistical inference methods.
STA 7179: Survival Analysis (3) Prereq: STA 6177.
Theoretical introduction to statistical inferential procedures useful for
analyzing randomly right censored failure time data.
STA 7249: Generalized Linear Models (3) Prereq: STA
6207, 6208, 6327. Fitting of generalized linear models, diagnostics,
asymptotic theory, overdispersion, estimating equations, mixed models, generalized
additive models, smoothing.
STA 7346: Statistical Inference (3) Prereq: STA 6327.
Decision rules and risk functions. Sufficiency, Minimax, and Bayes rules
for estimating location and scale parameters.
PHC 7980: Research for Doctoral Dissertation (minimum 12 credits).
Permission of program required.
Descriptions of electives listed in the curriculum offered from the Department of Statistics can be found at
http://www.stat.ufl.edu/academics/grad/grad_offerings07.html
Descriptions of courses for the cognate requirement can be found at the website of the relevant department.
