STATS 201C · STAT 201CAdvanced Modeling and Inference
Statistics · 4 units · Graduate courses (200-299)
Designed for graduate students. Introduction to advanced topics in statistical modeling and inference, including Bayesian hierarchical models, missing data problems, mixture modeling, additive modeling, hidden Markov models, and Bayesian networks. Coverage of computational methods used and developed for these models and problems, such as EM algorithm, data augmentation, dynamic programming, and belief propagation.
S/U or letter grading.
When it runs
- Spring 2026
- Spring 2027
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
Official UCLA wording
Strongly recommended requisites: courses 200B, 201B.
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STATS 201C
- STATS 200BTheoretical Statistics
- STATS 201BStatistical Modeling and Learning
- STATS 200AApplied Probability
- STATS 201AResearch Design, Sampling, and Analysis
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