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VEE MathStat Syllabus

This course syllabus outlines a Mathematical Statistics course intended to fulfill the VEE requirements of the Society of Actuaries and Canadian Institute of Actuaries. The course covers fundamental statistical concepts of inference, parameter estimation, confidence intervals, and hypothesis testing using probability theory. It is designed for students who have taken an introductory probability and statistics course. The course material is presented in video lessons divided into four sections, with assignments at the end of each section. Students will have access to the instructor for questions. At the end is a proctored multiple choice exam worth 60% of the grade, with assignments making up the remaining 40%. A grade of B- or higher is required for VEE credit.

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VEE MathStat Syllabus

This course syllabus outlines a Mathematical Statistics course intended to fulfill the VEE requirements of the Society of Actuaries and Canadian Institute of Actuaries. The course covers fundamental statistical concepts of inference, parameter estimation, confidence intervals, and hypothesis testing using probability theory. It is designed for students who have taken an introductory probability and statistics course. The course material is presented in video lessons divided into four sections, with assignments at the end of each section. Students will have access to the instructor for questions. At the end is a proctored multiple choice exam worth 60% of the grade, with assignments making up the remaining 40%. A grade of B- or higher is required for VEE credit.

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Course Syllabus – VEE Mathematical Statistics

Description of this Course

The emphasis of this course is to develop the fundamental statistical concepts of inference, parameter
estimation, confidence intervals, and hypothesis testing using the tools of probability theory. The course
has been designed to fulfill the joint VEE requirement for Mathematical Statistics established by the
society of Actuaries (SOA) and Canadian Institute of Actuaries (CIA).

Prerequisite

This course is designed for students that have taken an introductory course in probability and statistics.
An understanding of probability distributions, moments of distributions, conditional probability,
independence, and basic combinatorics is required. The course also assumes a working knowledge of
single-variable calculus.

Students that have passed Exam P/1 should have sufficient background to be successful.

Textbook

The video lessons included in the online seminar contain all material required to pass this course;
however, some of the material covered is derived from Statistics and Data Analysis: From Elementary to
Intermediate 1st Edition (Tamhane, Dunlop). Owning this textbook may be helpful for some students.

Course Structure

The course is divided into four sections. Each section includes several topics which are covered in a
video lesson. At the end of each section, there is an assignment. The assignments are, untimed, multiple
choice, and students may submit each assignment up to twice.

Throughout the course, students will have access to ask questions to the course instructor through the
course forum, or by email.

At the end of the course there is a 120-minute, multiple-choice exam. This exam must be proctored,
either remotely through our third party partner (ProctorU) for an additional fee, or in person by a
certified professional of the student’s choosing. Details on the proctoring process will be distributed
separately from this syllabus.

Grading

Each homework assignment is worth 10% of the final grade (40% total). If an assignment is submitted
multiple times, the highest grade will be used.

The exam is worth 60% of the final grade.

To receive VEE credit from actuarial organizations, a grade of B- (80%) or higher is required.

Syllabus

I. SECTION A – Sampling
a. A.1 – Probability Review
b. A.2 – Random Sampling
c. A.3 – Sampling Distributions
II. SECTION B – Parameter Estimation
a. B.1 – Bias, Variance, and Mean Squared Error
b. B.2 – Efficiency
c. B.3 – Consistency and UMVUE
d. B.4 – Percentile Matching
e. B.5 – Method of Moments
f. B.6 – Maximum Likelihood Estimation
III. SECTION C – Confidence Intervals
a. C.1 – Intervals on the Mean
b. C.2 – Difference between Means
c. C.2 – Inference on Variance
d. C.3 – Proportions
IV. SECTION D – Hypothesis Testing
a. D.1 – Testing the Mean
b. D.2 – Testing Variance
c. D.3 – Oher Chi Square Tests
d. D.4 - Likelihood Ratio Tests & Neyman-Pearson Lemma
e. D.5 – Information Criteria

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