Nonparametric and Resampling Methods

Inference with fewer assumptions: rank tests, permutation tests, the bootstrap and smoothing.

STAT-371 Year 3 3 credits 12 lessons planned ▶ Video lessons coming soon

Offered by HSM University · Statistics

Course content

  1. 1Why nonparametric methodsComing
  2. 2The sign test and Wilcoxon signed-rank testComing
  3. 3The Wilcoxon rank-sum testComing
  4. 4The Kruskal–Wallis and Friedman testsComing
  5. 5Rank correlationComing
  6. 6Permutation testsComing
  7. 7The bootstrapComing
  8. 8Bootstrap confidence intervalsComing
  9. 9Kernel density estimationComing
  10. 10Nonparametric regression and splinesComing
  11. 11Cross-validation and the jackknifeComing
  12. 12Capstone: comparing parametric and nonparametric analysesComing

Requirements

Recommended background. You can start any course at any time.

Description

Inference with fewer assumptions: rank tests, permutation tests, the bootstrap and smoothing.

Part of the Science stream, typically taken in year 3.