All numbers indicate sections from Ross Sixth Edition.
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Wednesday |
Friday |
Jan. 26 Lecture: Introduction to Probability Homework: Read: Sections 1.1-1.4 Up to the binomial theorem |
Jan. 28 Lecture: Basic Principle of Counting Permutations and Combinations Homework: Read: Section 1.4: The Binomial Theorem (and its proofs) Do: Chapter 1 Problems:1,3,5,7,10,12,21,22 Chapter 1 Theoretical: 2 |
Jan. 30 Special Time:10:20-11:00 Lecture: The Binomial Theorem Homework: Read: Sections 2.1-2.2 Do: Chap. 1 Pr: 11,13,14,25,30 Chap. 1 Th: 6,7,8,9 |
| Feb. 2 Lecture: Multinomial Coefficents Sets Homework: Read: Section 2.3 Do: Chap. 1 Pr: 27 Chap. 1 Th:10,11,13,15 |
Feb. 4 Lecture: Sample Spaces and Events Axioms of Probability Homework Due: Chapter 1 Homework Homework: Do: Chap 2 Pr:1,2,3,6,7 Chap 2 Th:2,3,4 |
Feb. 6 Lecture: Axioms of Probability Probability Theorems Homework: Read: 2.4-2.5 Do: Chap 2 Pr:4,8 Chap 2 Th:6,7,10,11,12,13 |
| Feb. 9 Lecture: Sample Spaces with Equally Likely Outcomes Homework: Read: 2.7 Do: Chap 2 Pr:9,10,12,15,16,34,36,38 |
Feb. 11 Lecture: Computing Probabilities(con't) Office hours today: 1:00-2:30 Homework: Read 3.1-3.2 Do: Chap 2 Pr: 27,28,29,54,55 Chap 2 Th: 16,20 |
Feb. 13 Lecture: Conditional Probabilities |
| Feb. 16 Lecture: Conditional Probability Homework Due: Chapter 2 Homework Homework: Read: 3.3 Do: Chap. 3 Pr: 1,3,4,5,7,8,9 Chap. 3 Th: 1,2,5 |
Feb. 18 Lecture: Bayes' Formula Homework: Read: 3.4 Do: Chap 3 Pr:13,15,26,33,45,46,47,48,49 |
Feb. 20 Lecture: More Bayes' Formula Independent Events Homework: Read: 3.5 Do: Chap 3 Pr:34,35,36,37,41 |
| Feb. 23 Lecture: More Independence Homework: Do: Chap 3 Pr:39,58,59,60,69,72,73,78 Chap 3 Th:6,7,8 Extra Problem |
Feb. 25 Lecture: Random Variables Homework: Do: Study for Exam! |
Feb. 27 Lecture: Exam 1 Homework Due: Chapter 3 Homework Homework: Read: 4.1 Do:4.1: 1,2,5,7,8,9,10 |
| March 1 Lecture: Distributions of Random Varibles Discrete Random Variables Probability Mass Functions Homework: Read: 4.2,4.3 Do: Chap 4 Pr:3,4,6,12,14,15 Chap 4 Th:4 |
March 3 Lecture: The Expected Value Homework: Read: 4.4,4.5 Do: Chap 4 Pr: 19,20,22,23,30 Chap 4 Th: 6 |
March 5 Lecture: Variance Bernoulli Random Varibles Homework: Read: 4.6,4.7 Do: Chap 4: Pr: 21,31,34,37,38 Chap 4: Th: 8,9 |
| March 8 Lecture: Binomial and Poisson Random Varibles Homework: Read: 4.7 Do: Chap 4: Pr: 33,35,40,46,50,57 Chap 4: Th: 10,13 |
March 10 Lecture: Poisson Random Varibles (con't) Geometric and Negative Binomial Distributions Homework: Read: 4.8 Do: Chap 4 Pr:54,55,57,58,59,61 Chap 4 Th:16,18 |
March 12 Lecture: Hypergeometric Distributions Cumulative Distribution Functions Homework: Read: 4.9 Do: Chap 4 Pr: 66,67,70,73 Chap 4 Th: 25 |
| March 15 Spring Break |
March 17 Spring Break |
March 19 Spring Break |
| March 22 Lecture: More Cumulative Distribution Functions Homework Due: Chap 4 Homework Through Homework Assigned on March 10 Homework: Read: 5.1 Do: Chap 4 Pr: 17,19 Chap 5 Pr: 1,2,3 |
March 24 Lecture: Intro to Continuous Random Variables Expectation and Variance of Cont. RV Homework: Read:5.2,5.3 Do: Chap 5 Pr: 5,6,7,8 |
March 26 Lecture: Uniform Random Variables Homework: Read: 5.4 Do: Chap 5 Pr: 10, 11, 12 Chap 5 Th: 6,8 (you can just do it for c=1) |
| March 29 Lecture: Normal Random Variables Homework: Read: 5.5 Do: Chap. 5 Pr: 15,16,17,18,21 Chap. 5 Th: 9 |
March 31 Lecture: More Normal Distribution The DeMoivre-Laplace Theorem Homework: Read: 5.5 Do: Chap. 5 Pr: 23,24,27,28 Chap. 5 Th: 10 |
April 2 Lecture: Exponential Random Variables Homework: Read: 5.6 Do: Chap. 5 Pr: 31,32,33,34 Chap. 5 Th: 13,14 |
| April 5 Lecture: Hazard Functions Homework: Study for exam |
April 7 Lecture: Exam 2 Sections Covered: Chap. 4 Sections 5.1-5.4 Homework Due: Homework assigned from March 12 to March 31 Homework: Read: 5.6 Do: Chap. 5 Pr: 35,36 |
April 9 Good Friday |
| April 12 Easter Monday |
April 14 Lecture: Jointly Distribution Functions Marginal Density Functions Homework: Read: 6.1,6.2 Do: Chap. 6 Pr: 1,2,3,8,9,10 |
April 16 Lecture: Independent Random Variables Homework: Read:6.3 Do: Chap. 6 Pr: 16,17,20,21 Chap. 6 Th: 9 |
| April 19 Lecture: More Independent Random Variables Expectaion Revisited Homework: Read: 7.1 Do: Chap. 6 Pr: 26,27,30,32,34 Chap. 6 Th: 6 |
April 21 Lecture: Expected Values of Sums Homework: Read: 7.2, 7.3 Do: Chap. 7 Pr: 1,2,3,6 Chap. 7 Th: 1 |
April 23 Lecture: More Expected Value Variance and Covariance Homework: Read:7.6 Do: Chap. 7 Pr: 7,10,21,22,23,30,33, |
| April 26 Lecture: More Covariance Moment Generating Functions Homework Due: Homework assigned April 2-April 21 Homework: Do: Chap. 7 Pr: 38,39,40 Chap. 7 Th: 7a |
April 28 Lecture: More Moment Generating Functions Homework: Do: Chap 7 Pr:37,75,76 |
April 30 Lecture: Still More MGF's Exam Questions Homework: Do: Study for Exam Look at Chap.6 and Chap.7 Self-Test Problems |
| May 3 Lecture: Exam 3 Sections Covered 5.5,6.1,6.2,6.3,7.1,7.2 7.3,7.6 Homework Due: Homework assigned April 23-April 28 Homework: Read: 8.1,8.2 Do: Chap. 8 Pr: 1,2,4a Chap. 8 Th: 2,3 |
May 5 Lecture: Central Limit Theorem Homework: Read: 8.3 |
May 7 Lecture: Proof of Central Limit Theorem Homework: Do: Chap. 8 Pr:4b,5,6,7,8 |
| May 10 Homework Due: Homework: Read: Do: |
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