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 This syllabus was last revised , and may be superceded by later versions.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 2010

ChWeekTopicsAssignments
1.Aug 31-02 Outcomes & Events HW 1 (Due Sep 9)
1.Sep 7-9 Conditional Probability (D/A ends Sep 10) HW 2 (Due Sep 16)     (MH)
2.Sep 14-16 Binomial, Normal & Poisson HW 3 (Due Sep 23 in class)
2.Sep 21-23 Geometric & Hypergeometric, μ & σ2 HW 4 (Due Sep 30)
3.Sep 28-30 Discrete RVs: Exp'n of Fns, Cond'l Dist's HW 5 (Due Oct 7)
3.Oct 5-7 LLN & CLT for Disc RVs, extremes. HW 6 (Due Oct 14)
Oct 9-12 Fall Break (Midterm grades reported 10/08)
1-3Oct 14, 19 Review, 1st Midterm (Oct 19) PDF sheet (Hists of midterm, course avgs)
4.Oct 21 Density Functions, CDFs, & survey HW 7 (Due Oct 28)
4.Oct 26-28 Change of Variable, Hazard & Survival HW 8 (Due Nov 4)
5.Nov 2-4 Independence & Joint Distributions HW 9 (Due Nov 11)
5.Nov 9-11 Functions of Random Vectors HW 10 (Due Nov 18->23)
1-5Nov 16, 18 Review, 2nd Midterm (Nov 18) (Hists of midterm, course avgs)
6.Nov 23 debriefing
Nov 24-28 Thanksgiving Recess (TG is Nov 25)
6.Nov 30-02 Continuous Conditional Distributions HW 11 (Due Tue Dec 7)
6.Dec 7 - 9 Conditional Expectations, Review for Final
1-6Dec 15 Cumulative Final Exam ( Wed 2-5pm) (Hists of exam scores, course avgs)