Math 350 Section 1 - Calendar- Fall 2015

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All numbers indicate sections from An Introduction to Mathematical Statistics and Its Applications -- Fifth Edition.

R is for the reading assignment
C is for exercises that are assigned and will be collected
NC is for exercises that are assigned but will not be collected
C 3.2: 2,8,16,20,22,29,33

Monday

Wednesday

Friday
Aug. 31
 Sept. 2
Lecture #1:
Introduction to Probability
Sample Spaces

Sept. 4
Lecture #2:
Set Algebra
Axioms of Probability

Homework Due:
 R Chap. 1
R 2.1-2.3
 Written Homework #1:
 C 2.2: 1,2,4
 NC 2.2: 3
Sept. 7
Labor Day 		Sept. 9
Lecture #3:
Induction
Axiom 3

Homework Due:
 R 2.4
 		Sept. 11
Lecture #4:
Conditional Probability
Bayes' Theorem

Homework Due:
 R 2.5
 Written Homework #2:
 C 2.3: 1,2,5,10
C Additional Problems
 NC 2.3: 3,4,6,8,17
Sept. 14
Quiz #1
 Lecture #5:
Testing for Rare Disease


Homework Due:
 R 2.6
 Written Homework #3:
 C 2.3:15
C 2.4:2,7,8,12,25
 NC 2.4: 10,11,16,17
 		Sept. 16
Lecture #6:
Independence

Sept. 18
Lecture #7:
Combinatorics

Homework Due:
 Written Homework #4:
 C 2.4:9,26,28,34,40,44,50
C Additional Problems
 NC 2.4:7,11,19,27,33,45,47
Sept. 21
Quiz #2
 Lecture #8:
Permutations and Combinations


Homework Due:
 R 2.7
 Written Homework #5:
 C 2.5: 2,5,7,14,18,26
 NC 2.5: 1,3,15,23,25
 		Sept. 23
Lecture #9:
Multinomial Coefficients
Binomial Theorem


 Sept. 25
Lecture #10:
Sterling Formula
Poker Probability's
Birthday Problem
More Urns

Homework Due:
 Written Homework #6:
 C 2.6: 3,4,8,9,24,26,34,41
 NC 2.6: 1,5,7,17,18,29
Sept. 28
Quiz #3
 Lecture #11:
Random Variables

Homework Due:
 R 3.1-2
 Written Homework #7:
 C 2.6: 19,59,60
C 2.7: 2,8,16
C Additional Problems
 NC 2.6: 22,54,57
NC 2.7: 1,3,7,22
 		Sept. 30
Lecture #12:
Binomial and Hypergeometric Distributions

Homework Due:
 R 3.3
 		Oct. 2
Lecture #13:
Discrete Random Variables

Homework Due:
 Written Homework #8:
 C 3.2: 2,8,16,20,22,29,33
 NC 3.2: 3,7,11,15,23,27
 Denotes extra credit
Oct. 5
Lecture #14:
Continuous Distributions

Homework Due:
 R 3.3
 Written Homework #9:
 C 3.3: 1,2,4,11,13
C Additional Problems
 NC 3.3: 3,5,7,8,15
 		Oct. 7
Lecture #15:
Continuous Cumulative Distribution Function

Homework Due:
 R 3.4
 		Oct. 9
Exam 1
Topics Chapter 2, 3.1-3.3
Written Homework #10:
 C 3.4: 1,2,4,6
 NC 3,5,7,9
Oct. 12
Lecture #16:
Exponential Distribution
Expected value for Discrete Distributions

Oct. 14
Lecture #17:
Expected value for Continuous Distributions

Homework Due:
 R 3.5
 Written Homework #11:
 C 3.4: 10,12
C Additional Problems
 NC 3.4: 11,13,15
 		Oct. 16
Quiz #4
 Lecture #18:
Expected Value of f(X)


Homework Due:
 R 3.6
 Written Homework #12:
 C 3.4: 14
C 3.5: 2,4,8ad,12,22, 26
NC 3.5: 5,11,15,17
 Denotes extra credit
Oct. 19
Lecture #19:
Mode,Median

Oct. 21
Quiz #5
 Lecture #20:
Variance


Homework Due:
 Written Homework #13:
 C 3.5: 28,32,34
C Additional Problems
 NC 3.5: 29,31,33
 		Oct. 23
Fall Break
Oct. 26
Lecture #21:
Higher Moments
Review of Distributions

Homework Due:
 R 3.7
 Written Homework #14:
 C 3.6:2,6,8
C Additional Problems
 NC 3.6:3,5,7
 		Oct. 28
Lecture #22:
Joint Densities
Joint Densities for Continuous RV

Oct. 30
Quiz #6
 Lecture #23:
Joint CDFs
Independent Random Variables

Homework Due:
 R 3.8
 Written Homework #15:
 C 3.6:13,15,16,20
C 3.7:6,8
 NC 3.6:11,17,25
Nov. 2
Lecture #24:
Multivariate Densities
Random Samples


Homework Due:
 Written Homework #16:
 C 3.7: 10,16,19ce,20ab,22
 NC 3.7: 11,13,19bg
 		Nov. 4
Lecture #25:
Transforming Random Variables

Homework Due:
 R 3.9
 		Nov. 6
Quiz #7
 Lecture #26:
Expected Value for joint Distribution

Homework Due:
 Written Homework #17:
 C 3.7: 28ac,30,36,41,42,44
C Additional Problems
 NC 3.7: 43,45,51
Nov. 9
Lecture #27:
Mean and Variance of Joint Distributions

Homework Due:
 Written Homework #18:
 C 3.8: 4,6,10a
C Additional Problems
 NC 3.8: 1a,3,5
 		Nov. 11
Lecture #28:
Covariance
Sample Mean

Homework Due:
 R 3.9
 		Nov. 13
Exam 2
Topics 3.4-3.9
Nov. 16
Lecture #29:
Poisson Distribution

Homework Due:
 R 4.1
 Written Homework #19:
 C 3.9: 2,8,10,14
C Additional Problems
 NC 3.9: 3,9,13,15,18
 		Nov. 18
Lecture #30:
Poisson Processes
Waiting Times

Nov. 20
Quiz #8
Covariance, Poisson Distribution
 Lecture #31:
de Moivre-Laplace Theorem

Homework Due:
 R 4.3
 Written Homework #20:
 C 4.2:2,4a,10,23,24
C Additional Problems
 NC 4.2:5,6,22
Nov. 23
Lecture #32:
Normal Distribution

Homework Due:
 Written Homework #21:
 C 4.2: 7,8,26, 29
C Additional Problems
 NC 4.2: 9,30
 		Nov. 25
Thanksgiving Break 		Nov. 27
Thanksgiving Break
Nov. 30
Lecture #33:
Using Normal to Approximate Binomial

Dec. 2
Lecture #34:
Moment Generating Functions

Homework Due:
 R 3.12
 Written Homework #22:
 C 4.3: 1bc,8,10
C Additional Problems
 NC 4.3: 3,5,7
 		Dec. 4
Lecture #35:
Computing MGFs

Homework Due:
 Written Homework #23:
 C 4.3: 16,22,24,26,28,34
 NC 4.3: 21,27,31
Dec. 7
Quiz #9
 Lecture #36:
Central Limit Theorem

Homework Due:
 Written Homework #24:
 C 3.12: 6,20
C Additional Problems
 NC 3.12: 3,7,9
 		Dec. 9
Lecture #37:
Gamma Distribution

Dec. 11
Lecture #38:
Moments for Gamma Distritution
Χ2

Homework Due:
 R 4.6
Dec. 14
Lecture #39:
Questions for Exam

Homework Due:
 Written Homework #25:
 C Additional Problems
Final Exam
 Friday, December 18 at 11 AM

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