STAT 512 HOME PAGE: SPRING 2021

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MATHEMATICAL STATISTICS

Instructor: Joshua M. Tebbs

Office: 215C LeConte (tel: 803-576-8765)

Office Hours: By appointment only (send email to Dr. Tebbs)

Class Time: 8:30-9:45am TTh in Petigru 213

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Handouts:

• Syllabus
• R commands
• Distributional results
• Leemis and McQueston (2008)
• Course notes*

* This is the complete set of course notes for STAT 512 (it consists of Chapters 6-9). Please let me know if you find any errors.

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Videos:

• Lecture 1 (1/12/21)
• Lecture 2 (1/14/21)
• Lecture 3 (1/19/21)
• Lecture 4 (1/21/21)
• Lecture 5 (1/26/21)
• Lecture 6 (1/28/21)
• Lecture 7 (2/2/21)
• Lecture 8 (2/4/21)
• Chapter 6 Review Session (2/8/21). We did #4, 5, 17, and 22 from the Chapter 6 Extra Problems handout below.
• Lecture 9 (2/9/21)
  
  
• Lecture 10 (2/11/21)
• Lecture 11 (2/16/21)
• Lecture 12 (2/18/21)
• Lecture 13 (2/23/21)
• Lecture 14 (3/2/21)
• Lecture 15 (3/4/21)

* Videos are grouped by chapter. Older versions of Internet Explorer may not display the videos correctly (I use Google Chrome).

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Homework Assignments:

• Homework 1: 6.4, 6.5, 6.10, 6.14, 6.19, 6.20, 6.26, 6.30, 6.31, and 6.33. (Solutions)
• Homework 2: 6.34, 6.40, 6.42, 6.45, 6.48, 6.52, 6.57, 6.59, 6.63, and 6.68. (Solutions)
• Homework 3: 6.66, 6.71, 6.74, 6.75, 6.84, 6.87, 6.88, 6.103, 6.105, and 6.107. (Solutions)
  Extra problems from Chapter 6.
  
  
• Homework 4: 7.11, 7.13, 7.19, 7.29, 7.33, 7.37, 7.38, 7.39, 7.88, and 7.95. (Solutions)
• Homework 5: 7.43, 7.52, 7.53, 7.58, 7.75, 7.80, 7.87, 7.94, 7.96, and 7.97. (Solutions)
  Extra problems from Chapter 7.
  
  
• Homework 6: 8.1, 8.6, 8.9, 8.12, 8.13, 8.15, 8.16, 8.18, 8.20, and 8.133. (Solutions)
• Homework 7: 8.34, 8.36, 8.60, 8.65, 8.87, 8.95, 8.127, 8.128, 8.132, and 8.134. (Solutions)
  Extra problems from Chapter 8.
  
• Homework 8: 9.1, 9.3, 9.7, 9.37, 9.38, 9.41, 9.42, 9.44, 9.50, and 9.54. (Solutions)
• Homework 9: 9.56, 9.59, 9.63, 9.64, 9.72, 9.74, 9.75, 9.77, 9.88, and 9.104. (Solutions)
• Homework 10: 9.19, 9.24, 9.32, 9.33, 9.81, 9.82, 9.92, 9.97, 9.107, and 9.112. (Solutions)
  Extra problems from Chapter 9.
  
  

All problems listed are from WMS (2008).

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R Code: This is the R code that I use to produce the graphics in the notes.

• Chapter 6
• Chapter 7
• Chapter 8
• Chapter 9
  
  

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Data sets: These are the data sets I analyze in the notes.

• birthweights (Chapter 8)
• rainfall (Chapter 9)

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Exams:

• Exam 1: Covers Chapter 6. Date: February 11-12. (Solutions)
• Exam 2: Covers Chapter 7.
• Exam 3: Covers Chapter 8.
• Exam 4: Covers Chapter 9.
• Final Exam: Tuesday, May 4. WMS: Chapters 6-9. Notes: Pages 1-168.
  
  

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Exam P: Probability (Society of Actuaries website)

• Sample questions (Solutions)
  
  

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Last updated: February 23, 2021.