Stat 9917

Topics in Selective Inference and Predictive Inference


Syllabus
  • Multiple testing: global null, FWER, FDR
  • Testing with game-theoretic statistics: e-values
  • Competition-based testing
  • Compound decision-making
  • Conformal inference
Reading

The following references are related to the topics covered in the class.

  • Large-Scale Inference: Empirical Bayes Methods for Estimation, Testing, and Prediction. B. Efron, IMS Monographs.
  • Hypothesis Testing with E-values. A. Ramdas and R. Wang, Foundations and Trends in Statistics. pdf
  • Theoretical foundations of conformal prediction. Anastasios N. Angelopoulos, Rina Foygel Barber, and Stephen Bates.
Schedule
Date Topic Reading Notes
Week 1 Introduction to Multiple Testing Efron Ch. 1  
Week 2 FWER Control    
Week 3 FDR Control Efron Ch. 2-3  
Week 4 E-values and Testing Ramdas & Wang Ch. 1-2  
Week 5 Game-theoretic Statistics Ramdas & Wang Ch. 3-4  
Week 6 Competition-based Testing    
Week 7 Compound Decision-making Efron Ch. 4-5  
Week 8 Conformal Prediction Basics Angelopoulos et al.  
Week 9 Advanced Topics    
Week 10 Final Presentations