STAT/MATH 511 - Probability

Summer 2017

Time & Place: MTWR at 12:00-1:25PM, LeConte 210

Instructor

Seungchul Baek

Office Hours: Mondays and Wednesdays 10:00AM-12:00PM, or by appointment in LeConte 206

Syllabus

Textbook

Exams:

• Midterm: 12:00-1:25PM, Monday, June 5, LeConte 210
• Final: 12:30-3:00PM, Friday, June 23, LeConte 210

Homework problems from textbook:

• Homework 1. Excecises 2.1, 2.2, 2.6(b), 2.8, 2.14, 2.18, 2.25, 2.34, 2.42 (due on 5/15) (Solutions)
• Homework 2. Excecises 2.71, 2.72, 2.81(new book 2.79) , 2.94, 2.116, 2.124, 3.6, 3.12, 3.22, 3.30, 3.34, 3.40 (due on 5/22) (Solutions)
• Homework 3. Excecises 3.72, 3.73, 3.74, 3.77, 3.96(a), 3.110, 3.122, 3.124, 3.126, 3.134 (due on 5/30) (Solutions)
• Homework 4. Excecises 3.145[use binomial expansion], 3.146, 3.150, 3.156, 3.158, 3.159, 4.1, 4.14(a,b,c), 4.38, 4.48(new book 4.50) (due on 6/5) (Solutions)
• Homework 5. Excecises 4.58(a,b,c,d), 4.62, 4.74(a,b,c,d), 4.82, 4.88, 4.94, 4.96(a,b,c), 4.110, 4.134(a,b) (due on 6/12) (Solutions)
• Homework 6. Excecises 4.142(a,b)[use table on p. 838 for (a)], 4.146, 4.155, 5.3, 5.16(a), 5.22, 5.49, 5.52 (due on 6/19) (Solutions)

Quizzes Schedule (at the beginning of class):

• Quiz 1: 5/16
• Quiz 2: 5/23
• Quiz 3: 5/31
• Quiz 4: 6/6
• Quiz 5: 6/13

R - Useful Statistical Package

• The R Project for Statistical Computing
(It is not necessary to download R for this course, but it is free and can be very useful.)
• R Example code: Binomial Distibution
• R Example code: Gamma Distibution
• R Example code: Beta Distibution