1 STA104 Syllabus

STA104/MTH135: Probability

Text:Jim Pitman, Probability (1st edn, 7th corrected printing)
Note: Please consult the 135/104 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 solution links "(soln pdf, ps)" remain inactive until the day graded homeworks are returned. This syllabus was last revised , and may be superceded by later versions.

Syllabus, Fall 2004

ChWeekTopicsAssignments
1.Aug 24-26 Outcomes & Events HW 1 (Due Sep 2) (soln pdf, ps)
1.Aug 31-Sep 2 Conditional Probability (D/A ends Sep 3) HW 2 (Due Sep 9) (soln pdf, ps, MH)
2.Sep 7-9 Binomial & Normal HW 3 (Due Sep 16) (soln pdf, ps)
2.Sep 14-16 Poisson & Hypergeometric HW 4 (Due Sep 23) (soln pdf, ps)
3.Sep 21-23 Discrete Random Variables HW 5 (Due Sep 30) (soln pdf, ps)
3.Sep 28-30 Mean, Variance & Expectation HW 6 (Due Oct 5) (soln pdf, ps)
1-3Oct 5-7 Review, 1st Midterm (Oct 7) PDFs (pdf, ps), Midterm hists (pdf, ps)
Oct 8-12 Fall Break (Midsemester grades reported) Course avg hists (pdf, ps)
4.Oct 14 Density Functions, CDFs, & survey (pdf) HW 7 (Due Oct 21) (soln pdf, ps)
4.Oct 19-21 Change of Variable, Hazard & Survival HW 8 (Due Oct 28) (soln pdf, ps)
5.Oct 26-28 Independence & Joint Distributions HW 9 (Due Nov 4) (soln pdf, ps)
5.Nov 2-4 Functions of Random Vectors HW 10 (Due Nov 9) (soln pdf, ps)
1-5Nov 9-11 Review, 2nd Midterm (Nov 11) (Hists of midterm, course avgs)
6.Nov 16-18 Discrete Conditional Distributions HW 11 (Due Nov 30) (soln pdf, ps)
6.Nov 23 Continuous Conditional Distributions
Nov 24-28 Thanksgiving Recess (Thanksgiving is Nov 25)
6.Nov 30 - Dec 2 Conditional Expectations, Review for Final
1-6Dec 7 Cumulative Final Exam (Tue 9am-12n) (Hists of exam scores, course avgs)