Resources

Setup, notation, and an inference reference

These are the reference pages to keep open while you read the notes and work the labs — the symbols, the four inferential frameworks, and the software setup, all in one place.

• Notation glossary — the symbols and conventions used throughout the course, from the parameter/statistic/estimator/estimate distinction to \(L(\theta)\), \(\operatorname{SE}\), the p-value, and the difference between a confidence interval and a credible interval, with a plain-language meaning for each.
• Inference reference — a one-page summary that lays the four frameworks (frequentist, likelihood, simulation-based, Bayesian) side by side: what each conditions on, what it claims, the key formulas, and how to read its output.
• R · Quarto setup — how to install or open R, RStudio or Posit Cloud, and Quarto, and how to run the shown simulation code in your own session.

These pages are orientation and study aids. For graded specifics — deadlines, submissions, and the operational details of the course — more lives in Blackboard (the LMS), which is authoritative.