STA230/MTH230: Probability

Text:Jim Pitman, Probability
Note: Please consult the 230 home page for further information about the course. If Chapter ("Ch") column is green or blue, click on it for brief lecture notes about that week's classes. Homework solutions are not available for textbook problems (for copyright reasons). Both Midterm Exams and Final Exam will be available online (along with histograms of class performance) once they have been graded. This syllabus was last revised , and may be superceded by later versions (refresh your browser for current version).

Syllabus, Fall 2018

ChWeekTopicsAssignments
1.Aug 27-29 Outcomes & Events HW 1 (Due Sep 5)
1.Sep 03-05 Conditional Probability (D/A ends Sep 7) HW 2 (Due Sep 12)
2.Sep 10-12 Binomial, Normal & Poisson HW 3 (Due Sep 19)
2.Sep 17-19 Geometric & Hypergeometric, μ & σ2 HW 4 (Due Sep 26)
3.Sep 24-26 Discrete RVs: Exp'n of Fns, Cond'l Dist's HW 5 (Due Mon Oct 1)
1-3Oct 01, 03 Review, 1st Midterm (Oct 3) (2010, 2013) (Hists of midterm, course avgs)
--- Fall Break Oct 07-09 --- (Midterm grades reported Oct 5)
3. Oct      10 Poi, LLN & CLT for Disc RVs HW 6 (Due Oct 17)
4.Oct 15-17 Density Functions, CDFs, & survey HW 7 (Due Oct 24)
4.Oct 22-24 Change of Variable, Hazard & Survival HW 8 (Due Oct 31)
5.Oct 29-31 Independence & Joint Distributions HW 9 (Due Nov 7)
5.Nov 05-07 Functions of Random Vectors HW 10 (Due Mon Nov 12)
1-5Nov 12,14 Review, 2nd Midterm (Nov 14) (2010, 2013) (Hists of midterm, course avgs)
6.Nov 19 Review of 2nd midterm HW 11 (Due Mon Dec 03)
--- Thanksgiving Recess Nov 20-25 --- (TG is Thu Nov 22)
6.Nov 26-28 More review & Conditional Distributions
6.Dec 03-05 Conditional Expectations, Review for Final (2010 FE, 2013 FE)
1-6Dec 12 Cumulative Final Exam (Wed 9am-12n) (Hists of exam scores, course avgs)