Both sections of the course have assignments. These are very closely linked to the material in the Study Guide and each will indicate which chapter they depend on. Don't wait until you feel you fully understand a whole chapter before beginning an assignment. Later parts of chapters are often easier to understand, after you've had some practice at problems. Always refer to the Hints and Answers at the end of each Assignment, to check your work as you go. Some graphical hints are given on the web page, http://mcs.une.edu.au/~stat354/
Submission of all assignments is compulsory, and a reasonable attempt should be made at every question. The despatch dates are listed for both Distribution Theory and Statistical Inference, and you should make every effort to submit assignments on time. If you anticipate a delay of more than a couple of days, contact the unit coordinator. Every effort will be made to mark assignments promptly and return them to you.
| Assignment | Date | |
| Number | (to reach the University by) | topic |
| 1 | Mar 5 | Distribution theory and Matrix theory |
| 2 | Mar 19 | transformations and multivariate normal |
| 3 | Apr 2 | order stats and non-central distributions |
| 4 | May 7 | sufficiency, likelihood ratio |
| 5 | May 21 | CRLB |
| 6 | Jun 4 | Generalized likelihood ratio |