This is the webpage for a prior quarter's section of Probability. If you're looking for information on my most recent section of the course, please go to http://ccrg.rit.edu/~whelan/1016-351/
This table gives a tentative timetable for the course. Everything in it (including possibly the dates of exams, homeworks and quizzes) is subject to change.
Chapter, section and problem numbers are from Devore, Probability and Statistics for Engineering and the Sciences, Seventh Edition (Brooks-Cole/Cengage, 2008/2009). ISBN 978-0-495-55744-9
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| Wk01 |
Mar 9
Chapter 1: Descriptive Statistics 1.1-1.2: Tabular & Pictorial Representations of Data Practice Problems: 1.11, 1.15, 1.17, 1.29
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Mar 11
Chapter 1: Descriptive Statistics 1.3-1.4: Measures of Location & Variability Practice Problems: 1.33, 1.35, 1.39, 1.49, 1.51, 1.69, 1.73
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| Wk02 |
Mar 16
2.1-2.3: Axioms and Logic of Probability; Combinatorics (Counting) Guest lecture by Dr. Farnsworth: part one part two Practice Problems: 2.5, 2.9, 2.13, 2.17, 2.29, 2.33, 2.43 Problem Set 1 (Sec. 1.1-1.4) due; |
Mar 18
2.4-2.5: Conditional Probabilities & Bayes's Theorem; Independence Guest lecture by Dr. Kim: notes worksheet Practice Problems: 2.45, 2.59, 2.63, 2.71, 2.105 parts a & b Quiz 1 (Sec. 1.1-1.4) |
| Wk03 |
Mar 23
Chapter 3: Discrete Random Variables 3.1-3.2: Probability Mass Function & Cumulative Distribution Function Practice Problems: 3.7, 3.9, 3.13, 3.21, 3.23, 3.25 Problem Set 2 (Sec. 2.1-2.5) due; |
Mar 25
Chapter 3: Discrete Random Variables 3.3-3.4: Expected Values; Binomial Distribution Practice Problems: 3.29, 3.33, 3.43, 3.47 (use formula first, then verify w/table), 3.55, 3.59 Quiz 2 (Sec. 2.1-2.5) |
| Wk04 |
Mar 30
Chapter 3: Discrete Random Variables 3.5: Hypergeometric & Negative Binomial Distributions Practice Problems: 3.65, 3.69, 3.71, 3.73, 3.75, 3.77 Problem Set 3 (Sec. 3.1-3.4) due |
Apr 1
Chapter 3: Discrete Random Variables 3.6: Poisson Distribution Practice Problems: 3.79, 3.81, 3.83, 3.85, 3.91, 3.93 Quiz 3 (Sec. 3.1-3.4) |
| Wk05 |
Apr 6
Review for Prelim Exam 1 Problem Set 4 (Sec. 3.5-3.6) due Quiz 4 (Sec. 3.5-3.6) |
Apr 8
FIRST PRELIM EXAM (Chapters 1-3) |
| Wk06 |
Apr 13
Chapter 4: Continuous Random Variables 4.1-4.2: Probability Density Function & Cumulative Distribution Function Practice Problems: 4.1, 4.5, 4.11, 4.13, 4.17, 4.21 |
Apr 15
Chapter 4: Continuous Random Variables 4.3: Normal Distribution Practice Problems: 4.29, 4.31, 4.35, 4.47, 4.53, 4.55
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| Wk07 |
Apr 20
Chapter 4: Continuous Random Variables 4.4-4.5: Other Distributions (Exponential, Gamma, etc) Practice Problems: 4.59, 4.61, 4.67, 4.69, 4.71, 4.79, 4.85 Problem Set 5 (Sec. 4.1-4.3) due |
Apr 22
Chapter 4: Continuous Random Variables 4.6: Probability Plots Practice Problems: 4.87, 4.89, 4.91, 4.93, 4.97, 4.111 Quiz 5 (Sec. 4.1-4.3) |
| Wk08 |
Apr 27
Chapter 5: Joint Probability Distributions & Random Samples 5.1 Joint Probability Distributions Practice Problems: 5.1, 5.3, 5.9, 5.13, 5.19, 5.21 Problem Set 6 (Sec. 4.4-4.6) due |
Apr 29
Chapter 5: Joint Probability Distributions & Random Samples 5.2: Expectation Values, correlation and covariance Practice Problems: 5.25, 5.27, 5.31, 5.33 Quiz 6 (Sec. 4.4-4.6) |
| Wk09 |
May 4
Chapter 5: Joint Probability Distributions & Random Samples 5.3-5.4: Statistics; Distribution of Sample Mean Practice Problems: 5.37, 5.39, 5.41, 5.45, 5.49 Problem Set 7 (Sec. 5.1-5.2) due |
May 4
Chapter 5: Joint Probability Distributions & Random Samples 5.5: Central Limit Theorem; Distribution of a Linear Combination Practice Problems: 5.55, 5.57, 5.61, 5.65, 5.67, 5.89 Quiz 7 (Sec. 5.1-5.2) |
| Wk10 |
May 11
Review for Prelim Exam 2 Problem Set 8 (Sec. 5.3-5.5) due Quiz 8 (Sec. 5.3-5.5) |
May 13
SECOND PRELIM EXAM (Chapters 4-5) |
| Wk11 |
May 18
Review for Final Exam |
May 20
FINAL EXAM (Chapters 1-5) |
Last Modified: 2011 December 8
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