Calendar

Note: Students with an "A" on the midterm exam and on problem sets through lecture 16 may choose to write an expository term paper instead of the last three problem sets and second exam. In that case, a first draft of the paper is due in lecture 24, to be returned with comments in lecture 25, with final draft due two days after lecture 25.

LEC # Topics KEY DATES
1-4 Chapters 1 and 2, Rank Tests Problem set 1 due (one day after lecture 4)
5-6 Chapter 3, Handout(s)
7-9 Section 11.5, Handout(s) Problem set 2 due in lecture 7
10 Robustness Problem set 3 due
11 Review for Midterm
12 Midterm Exam
13 Robustness (cont.)
14-15 M-estimation Problem set 4 due in lecture 14
16-18 Multivariate Robustness Problem set 5 due in lecture 16
19-21 VC Combinatorics Problem set 6 due in lecture 19
22 Review for 2nd-half Exam
23 Nonparametric Classification Problem set 7 due in lecture 23
24 2nd-half Exam
25 Nonparametric Classification (cont.) Problem set 8 due (two days after lecture 25)