Textbook: Hogg and Tanis
Probability and Statistical Inference, 7th ed.
Pearson (ISBN 0-13-146413-2)
Date Chapter.Section/Topics (Suggested Problems)
M May 15 1.1-1.2 Probability Axioms (1.2-8, 1.2-10)
W 17 1.3 Counting (1.3-7, 1.3-11, 1.3-13. 1.3-14)
F 19 1.4 Conditional Probability (1.4-9, 1.4-18)
M 22 1.5 Independent Events (1.5-1, 1.5-11)
W 24 1.6 Bayes Theorem (1.6-7, 1.6-10)
F 26 2.1-2.3 Mean and Variance (2.1-3, 2.1-6, 2.1-10, 2.2-14, 2.3-4, 2.3-9)
M 29 *** holiday no class ***
W 31 2.4 Bernoulli Trials (2.4-1, 2.4-3, 2.4-10, 2.4-13)
F 2 2.5 Moment Generating Function (2.4-19, 2.4-22, 2.5-3, 2.5-19, 2.5-5, 2.5-8, 2.5-12, 2.5-16)
M 5 2.6 Poisson distribution (2.6-6, 2.6-10, 2.6-24)
W 7 *** first examination *** (closed books)
F 9 3.1-3.3 Continuous Random Variables; Uniform and Exponential Distributions (3.1-1, 3.2-8, 3.2-12, 3.2-15)
M 12 3.4 Gamma and Chi Squared Distributions (3.3-1, 3.3-5, 3.3-6, 3.3-8, 3.3-9, 3.3-11, 3.3-12, 3.3-13, 3.3-20)
W 14 3.4 Waiting Times for a Poisson Process (3.4-1, 3.4-2, 3.4-3, 3.4-4, 3.4-8, 3.4-9, 3.4-13, 3.4-14)
F 16 3.5 Functions of a Random Variable (3.5-1, 3.5-3, 3.5-6, 3.5-10, 3.5-12)
M 19 4.1 Two Random Variables (4.1-1, 4.1-7, 4.1-9, 4.1-10)
W 21 4.2 Correlation Coefficient and Trinomial Distribution
F 23 4.2-3 Least Square Fits; Conditional Distributions (Final drop date)
M 26 4.4 Transformations of Random Variables
W 28 4.4 Beta Function and the Integrals Encountered for F-Distribution
F 30 4.5 Several Independent Random Variables; Random Samples
M July 3 4.6 Sums of Independent Random Variables
W 5 *** second examination ***
F 7 5.1-5.2 Normal Distributions
M 10 5.3 Random Samples; Sample Variance
W 12 class cancelled due to illness
F 14 5.3 Student's t-Distribution
M 17 5.4 Central Limit Theorem
W 19 5.5 Normal Approximations
F 21 6.1-6.2, 6.4 Point estimation and Confidence intervals for Means
M 24 6.7-6.8 Confidence Intervals for Proportions; Sample Size
W 26 8.5 Chi square Goodness of Fits
F 28 Review for final (Last day of classes)
*** Final exam: 2006 July 31 at 2:50-5:40 p.m. in Skiles 243. ***
Be aware that the tentative final exam information available on the Registrar web site is subject to change.
homepage for Belinfante's Math 3215.
Revised: 2006 July 19