1 INTRODUCTION  
2 WEAK LENSING  
3 CORRELATION FUNCTIONS AND COVARIANCE ESTIMATION  
3.1 Higher Order Correlation Functions for Weak Lensing  
3.2 Covariance Matrix for the Observables  
4 THE HALO MODEL  
4.1 Halo Model Performance  
4.2 The Halo Model: Matter Poly Spectra for the Data Vector  
4.3 The Halo Model: Matter Poly Spectra for the Covariance Matrix  
4.4 The Halo Model: Matter Poly Spectrum Responses  
4.5 Halo Model Numerical Implementation  
5 ANALYSIS OF THE INFORMATION CONTENT IN THE WEAK LENSING OBSERVABLES  
5.1 Power Spectrum Signal-to-Noise Ratio  
5.2 Bispectrum Signal-to-Noise Ratio  
5.3 Joint Signal-to-Noise Ratio  
5.4 Uncertainty of the Theoretical Model: Scatter of the Halo Concentration Parameter  
6 PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS  
7 DISCUSSIONS AND CONCLUSIONS