Written Assignments / Takehome Exams (40%)

There will be four major assignments (think of these as either big homeworks or takehome exams) at roughly three week intervals, to be done individually. These will consist of a mix of conceptual questions, calculations, and proofs, and will cover, respectively, (1) probability and foundations of inference, (2) frequentist estimation (parametric and nonparametric), (3) Bayesian inference, decision theory, and computation and (4) testing, prediction, and classification. Collectively, these make up 40% of the final grade (10% each). Honor Code: Unlike the day-to-day group problems, these large assignments must be done individually.