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 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 This syllabus was last revised , and may be superceded by later versions.

Syllabus, Fall 2009

ChWeekTopicsAssignments
1.Aug 25-27 Outcomes & Events HW 1 (Due Sep 3)
1.Sep 1-3 Conditional Probability (D/A ends Sep 4) HW 2 (Due Sep 10) (MH)
2.Sep 8-10 Binomial & Normal HW 3 (Due Sep 17)
2.Sep 15-17 Poisson & Hypergeometric HW 4 (Due Sep 24)
3.Sep 22-24 Expectation of Functions of Discrete RVs HW 5 (Due Oct 1)
3.Sep 29-Oct 1 LLN & CLT for Disc RVs, extremes. HW 6 (Due Oct 8)
Oct 3-6 Fall Break (Midterm grades reported 10/09)
1-3Oct 8, 13 Review, 1st Midterm (Oct 13) PDF sheet (Hists of midterm, course avgs)
4.Oct 15 Density Functions, CDFs, & survey HW 7 (Due Oct 22)
4.Oct 20-22 Change of Variable, Hazard & Survival HW 8 (Due Oct 29)
5.Oct 27-29 Independence & Joint Distributions HW 9 (Due Nov 5)
5.Nov 3-5 Functions of Random Vectors HW 10 (Due Nov 12)
6.Nov 10 Conditional Distributions
1-5Nov 12 Review for 2nd Midterm (Nov 17) (Hists of midterm, course avgs)
6.Nov 17-19 Midterm, debriefing
6.Nov 24 Continuous Conditional Distributions HW 11 (Due Tue Dec 1)
Nov 25-29 Thanksgiving Recess (Thanksgiving is Nov 26)
6.Dec 1 - 3 Conditional Expectations, Review for Final
1-6Dec 9 Cumulative Final Exam (Wed 2-5pm) (Hists of exam scores, course avgs)