{"id":438,"date":"2020-01-02T09:47:19","date_gmt":"2020-01-02T14:47:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/kdkhare\/?page_id=438"},"modified":"2026-03-19T08:48:55","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T12:48:55","slug":"sta4322","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/kdkhare\/courses\/sta4322\/","title":{"rendered":"Introduction to Statistics Theory (STA4322\/5328)"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<section class=\"fullwidth-text-block\">\r\n\t<div class=\"container px-0 pt-5\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"row align-items-start\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Introduction to Statistics Theory (STA4322\/5328)<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/kdkhare\/content-removed\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-186\">Syllabus<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/kdkhare\/content-removed\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-557\">Final Grade Cutoffs<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Instructor Office Hours: Tuesday and Friday, 11 am -12:30 pm (Online office hours, Zoom link sent by email)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">TA Office Hours: Yichen Bai (ybai@ufl.edu), Wednesday 1 pm &#8211; 3 pm (Online office hours, Zoom link sent by email)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lecture Notes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Lecture 1 (no notes needed): What is Statistics? 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