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  • Statistics homework 9

    Theory: What is the “Brownian motion” and what is a Wiener process. History, importance, definition and applications (Bachelier, Wiener, Einstein, …): An “analog” of the CLT for stochastic process: the standard Wiener process as “scaling limit” of a random walk and the functional CLT (Donsker theorem) or invariance principle. Explain...

  • Statistics homework 8

    Theory: Distributions of the order statistics: look on the web for the most simple (but still rigorous) and clear derivations of the distributions, explaining in your own words the methods used. Do a research about the general correlation coefficient for ranks and the most common indices that can be derived...

  • Statistics homework 7

    Theory: History and derivation of the normal distribution. Touch, at least, the following three i mportant perspectives, putting them into an historical context to understand how the idea developed: as approximation of binomial (De Moivre) as error curve (Gauss) as limit of sum of independent r.v.’s (Laplace) Practice: Create a...