The seminar assignment is part of the work to be completed in this course. You need to choose one assignment from each of the two groups below that is two assignments in total. Some assignments require numerical work and some simulations. The choice of software is up to you.

In addition choose one of the papers below. Read it and give a short opinion on its contents. Short means one page.

Group 1:

• Cluster sampling estimation 1
• Cluster sampling estimation 2
• Estimating net asset value
• Randomized response in sampling
• Sample size in clinical trials
• Parameter estimation for Weibull distribution
• Parameter estimation for the generalized gamma distribution
• Parameter estimation for autoregressive time series

Group 2:

• Wilks' theorem and contingency tables
• Analysis of variance
• Testing for subspace for multivariate normal distribution
• Correlation test for multivariate normal distribution
• Regression with dependent errors
• Probit model (data)
• Logit model (data)
• Generalized regression

Papers:

• L. Breiman, Statistical Modeling: The Two Cultures, Statistical Science, 16(3), 2001, 199-231.
• S. T Ziliak, D. N. McCloskey, The Cult of Statistical Significance, Joint Statistical Meetings 2009, Section of Education.
• W. Krämer, The Cult of Statistical Significance, What economists should and should not do to make their data talk, Working Paper Series of the German Data Forum, 2011, Federal Ministry of Edication and Research.
Some Personal Views, Statistical Science, 5(4), 1990, 372-402.