Sessional Lecturer - STA260H5S, LEC101 Probability and Statistics II
University of Toronto
Job Description
Date Posted: 03/09/2026
Req ID: 47258
Faculty/Division: UofT Mississauga
Department: UTM: Math/Comp. Sciences
Campus: University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM)
Existing Vacancy: Yes
Description:
Course Number and Title: STA260H5F, LEC101 Probability and Statistics II
Course Description: A sequel to STA256H5 introducing current statistical theory and methodology. Topics include: Sampling distributions, point estimation, confidence intervals, testing (Neyman-Pearson Theorem, uniformly most powerful test, likelihood ratio tests), unbiasedness, consistency, sufficiency, complete statistics, and exponential family; Fisher Information and the Cramer-Rao inequality; simple linear models.
Course Enrolment (Estimated): 120
Number of Positions: 1
TA Support: 50 hrs per tutorial & per semester
Sessional Dates of Appointment...