STAT601 ADVANCED PROBABILITY THEORY I

Course Code:2460601
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week):3 (3.00 - 0.00)
ECTS Credit:8.0
Department:Statistics
Language of Instruction:English
Level of Study:Graduate
Course Coordinator:Prof.Dr. AYŞEN AKKAYA
Offered Semester:Fall Semesters.

Course Objectives

This is an introduction to measure-theoretic probability theory. We will be proving many results to  the full extend, such as Strong Law of Large Numbers, Central Limit Theorem. The two semester sequence covers all topics that appear on the Probability Preliminary Examination.


Course Content

Notions of measure theory. General concepts and tools of probability theory. Independence; convergence; laws of large number. Random walks.


Course Learning Outcomes

This is an introduction to measure-theoretic probability theory. We will be proving many results to  the full extend, such as Strong Law of Large Numbers, Central Limit Theorem. The two semester sequence covers all topics that appear on the Probability Preliminary Examination.