CSI 763 - STATISTICAL METHODS IN SPACE SCIENCES

Fall 1997

SYLLABUS

PART 1: STATISTICS

128 AugustProbability and Statistics Review
24 SeptemberCorrelations and Hypothesis Testing
311 SeptemberParameter Estimation with Uncertainties
418 SeptemberData with Upper Limits
525 SeptemberDistribution Functions and Bias

PART 2: TIME SERIES ANALYSIS

62 OctoberEvenly Binned Data: Fourier Analysis
79 OctoberGapped Data: Periodograms and Correlations
816 OctoberEvent Data: Epoch Folding and Rayleigh Tests
923 OctoberPhase Timing Data: Sparse Samples and Drifts
1030 OctoberBayesian Methods

PART 3: SPATIAL ANALYSIS

116 NovemberSource Detection
1213 NovemberSparse Data and Poisson Statistics
1320 NovemberClustering and Pattern Detection
27 NovemberNo Class - Thanksgiving
144 DecemberImage Deconvolutions and the Maximum Entropy Method
11 DecemberTake Home Final Exam is Due