Statistics 153 - Some Details - Fall 2008

Introduction to Time Series (4)

Course website: www.stat.berkeley.edu/~brill/Stat153

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The course.The concern will be with the stochastic modelling of data collected in time. The emphasis will be on the practice and interpretation of the techniques.

Topics covered will include: stationary processes in the time domain, autoregressive-moving average models, other time series models, the frequency domain.

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Classes: TT 1230-1400 in 310 Hearst Mining

Lab: Two sections. 1. M 11-1 340 Evans 2. W 11-1 340 Evans.
LABS MEET STARTING SEPTEMBER 8

Prerequisites: Courses in statistics, calculus, linear algebra

Specifically, Statistics 101 or Statistics 134 or consent of instructor is required.

Required text: C. Chatfield (2004). The Analysis of Time Series: An Introduction, Sixth Edition. Chapman and Hall.

The course grade will be the larger of (.25HW+.25MT+.5PROJECT) and PROJECT.

Details of the Project

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Homework problems will be assigned Tuesdays and solutions due in class the following Tuesday. No late homeworks will be accepted. The grader has other responsibilities.) Solutions will be posted in a display case, center corridor, 3rd floor Evans. See notes in the Homework file.

The first set is due Tuesday September 16.

The Midterm will be inclass October 2 and will involve questions like those in the homeworks.

The Project will constitute the Final Exam for the course. It is due in the final class December 9.

Instructor: David R. Brillinger

Office Hours:Wednesdays 1500-1730, BUT NOT September 3. In 417 Evans.

GSI: Irma Hernandez

Office Hours: TBA

10/06/2008

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