Exercises for Wed 17 September / exam dates

1. On Wed Sept 10 I discussed (a) score functions and Fisher's information matrix, in the context of Ch 3, and (b) the multivariate transformation theorem and a few aspects of the multinormal distribution, from Ch 4, before I started with Ch 5. I plan to use the next two weeks for the rest of Ch 5.

2. Within a few days I will write up some brief "Lecture Notes & Exercises" regarding the material pointed to above.

3. The exam for this course consists of two parts -- *a project with a project report* (part A) and *a four-hour written exam* (part B). The date for part B is Mon 8 December. The *tentative dates* for part A are that the project is made available *Tue 2 December* with the reports to be handed in *Tue 16 December*. Please tell me quickly is this for some reason would be practically difficult for any of you.

4. Exercises for Wed 17 September are from Ch 5: 2, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17, 18, 24, 25.