All numbers indicate sections from Pitman.
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
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| Jan. 29 Lecture: Introduction to Probability Equally Likely Outcomes Homework: R 1.1 C 1.1: 1,2ab,3 NC 1.1: 2c |
Jan. 31 Lecture: Odds Probability Interpretations Homework: R 1.2-1.3 C 1.1: 5,6 C 1.2: 1,4ab NC 1.2: 2,3 |
Feb. 2 Lecture: Probability Axioms Homework: R 1.4 C 1.3: 4,8,11,14 NC 1.3: 5,9 |
| Feb. 5 Homework Due: Through January 31 Lecture: Axiom 3 Distributions Homework: R Appendix 1 C 1.3: 5,6,10,11 NC 1.3: 7,9 |
Feb. 7 Lecture: Permutations and Combinations Homework: R 1.4 C Appendix A: ii,xi,xii,xiii |
Feb. 9 Lecture: Binomial Theorem Pascal's Triangle Homework: C Appendix A: i,iv NC Appendix A: v |
| Feb. 12 Homework Due: Homework Through Feb. 7 Lecture: Conditional Probability Homework: R 1.5 C 1.4: 3,5,6,7,8 NC 1.4: 1,2,4 |
Feb. 14 Lecture: More Conditional Probability Independent Events Homework: R 1.6 C 1.4: 9,11,12 C 1.5: 1 NC 1.4: 10 |
Feb. 16 Lecture: Bayes' Rule Homework: C 1.5: 2,3,4,5,9 NC 1.5: 7,8 |
| Feb. 19 Homework Due: Homework Through Feb. 14 Lecture: Sequence of Events Homework: R 2.1 C 1.6: 1,3,4,5,6 NC 1.6: 2,8 Office hours Canceled Today Happy President's Day |
Feb. 21 Lecture: More Independence Binomial Distributions Homework: C 1.6: 7 C 2.1: 1,3 C Additional Problems NC 2.1: 2 |
Feb. 23 Quiz 1 Lecture: Binomial Theorem Homework: R 2.2 C 2.1: 5,6 NC 2.2: 4,9 |
| Feb. 26 Homework Due: Homework Through Feb. 21 Lecture: Most Likely Number of Successes Sterling Formula Homework: C 2.1: 7,8,9,10,15 |
Feb. 28 Lecture: Normal Approximation of Binomial Homework: R 2.4 C 2.2: 1,4,5,9a,12 NC 2.2: 2,3,6 |
March 2 Lecture: Poisson Approximation of Binomial Comparing two Approximations Homework: R 2.5 C 2.4: 2,3,5 NC 2.4: 1,4 |
| March 5 Homework Due: Through Feb. 28 Lecture: Random Sampling Homework: R Half of 3.1 C 2.5: 1,2,3abc,5 NC 2.2: 10 NC 2.5: 4 |
March 7 Lecture: Random Variables Homework: R Other Half of 3.1 C 3.1: 1,2,4,5 NC 3.1: 3,7 |
March 9 Lecture: Joint Random Variables Homework: C Study for Exam |
| March 12 Exam 1 Homework: R 3.2 |
March 14 Homework Due: Through March 5 Lecture: Expectation of Random Variables Homework: C 3.1: 6,8a,10 C 3.2: 1 NC 3.1: 3,9 |
March 16 Lecture: Expectation of the sum of Random Variables Homework: C 3.2: 2,3,4,5,8 NC 3.2: 7 |
| March 19 Lecture: Using Indicators Joint Expectation Homework: R 3.3 C 3.2: 13adef,14,16 NC 3.2: 9,17 |
March 21 Homework Due: Homework Through March 16 Lecture: Expectation of a Function of a RV Variance Homework: C 3.3: 1,2,3,4 NC 3.2: 6 |
March 23 Lecture: More Variance Normal and Chebyshev's Tails Homework: R 3.4 C 3.3: 5,7,8,9 NC 3.3: 10 |
| March 26 Office Hours Moved to Tuesday 2:30-4 Lecture: Law of Large Numbers Central Limit Theorem Homework: C 3.3: 12,13ac,14,15a,17,22a |
March 28 Homework Due: Through March 23 Lecture: Discrete Distributions Homework: R 3.5 C 3.4: 1abc,4,9,12a NC 3.4:1d,2,3 |
March 30 Lecture: Hyper-geometric Distribution Poisson Distribution Homework: C 3.4: 16 C 3.5: 1,2,4,10 NC 3.5: 3 |
| April 2 Spring Break |
April 4 Spring Break |
April 6 Spring Break |
| April 9 Spring Break |
April 11 Lecture: Sum of Poisson Random Variables Homework: R 4.1 C 3.5: 5,6,7,8, C Chap. 3 Review Ex: 13 NC 3.5: 9 |
April 13 Homework Due: Homework Through March 30 Lecture: Continuous Distributions Homework: C Problems |
| April 16 Quiz 2 Lecture: Probability Density Function Homework: R 4.2 C 4.1: 2,3,4 C 4.5: 2 NC 4.1: 5 |
April 18 Homework Due: Homework Through April 13 Lecture: Expected Value of Continuous Random Variable Normal Random Variable Homework: C 4.1: 6,7,8,10 C Problem from Class NC 4.1: 9 |
April 20 Lecture: Poisson Processes Exponential Distribution Homework: R 4.4 C 4.2: 1,3,4abcd C Extra Problems NC 4.2: 2,7 |
| April 23 Lecture: Change of Variables Homework: R 4.5 C 4.2: 5,6 C 4.4: 1,3,4 NC 4.4: 5 |
April 25 Homework Due: Through April 20 Lecture: Linear and Log Change of Variables Homework: C Study For Exam |
April 27 Exam 2 Homework: R 5.1 |
| April 30 Lecture: Exam Review Homework: C Chap. 1 Extra Problems: 1,2,4 C Additional Problem NC 5.1: 4 |
May 2 Homework Due: Through April 27 Lecture: Joint Uniform Distributions Homework: R 5.2 C 5.1: 1,2,3 NC 5.1: 4 |
May 4 Joint Densities Homework: C 5.1: 6 C 5.2: 4,5,6ab |
| May 7 Lecture: Marginal densities Expected Values of Joint Distributions Homework: C 5.2: 11 C Additional Problem NC 5.2:9 |
May 9 Quiz 3 Lecture: Independent Random Variables Homework: C 5.2: 8,9,10,16 |
May 11 Homework Due: Homework Through May 7 |
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