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GENERAL INFORMATION

Instructor

Lecture Information

  • Time: MTWR 12:30 - 2:10
  • Location: LeConte 210

Book

  • Mathematical Statistics with Applications, by Wackerly, Mendenhall, and Scheaffer (7th ed.)

Course Schedule

  • MTWR, May 14 through June 22:
    • No Class (Memorial Day): May 28
    • Midterm Exam (tentative): June 4
    • Final Exam : June 22

Miscellany

  • Office Hours: MTWR 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM or by appointment
  • Syllabus

Notice

1. Final Grades were input.
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COURSE MATERIAL

Homework

# Homework Solution release Date Due Date
1 HW I HW I Sol 5/14 5/17
2 HW II HW II Sol 5/18 5/23
3 HW III HW III Sol 5/25 5/30
4 HW IV HW IV Sol 6/1 6/7
5 HW V HW V Sol 6/8 6/13
6 HW VI HW VI Sol 6/15 6/20
  • Please submit a neatly written or typed copy of the homework at the beginning of the class on the due date.

Exam Materials

Exam Practice Exam Additional Material
Mid-Term Practice Exam Pratice Exam Sol, Exam Sol
Final Practice Exam

Miscellany

Material
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LECTURE LOG

Date Topics Covered Related Material
5/14 We went over syllabus and proceeded to the introduction. Also, reviewed set theory. HW I has been released. Syllabus / D1 Note
5/15 We took a look probability axiom and related properties. Probability calculation strategy were introduced by using equiprobability model under discrete sample space. Quiz 1 was done in class. D2 Note by Xin & Mingling
5/16 We covered the counting rules: the fundamental rule of counting, permutation, and combinations. D3 Note by Emma & Xin
5/17 We learned the concepts of the conditional probability and the independence of two events. HW I was collected. Quiz 2 was done in class. D4 Note by Mingling & Xin
5/21 We finished Chapter 2. HW I and Quiz 2 were returned. D5 Note by Mingling and Xin
5/22 We talked about the pmf of a discrete random variable as well as its expected value and variance. Quiz 3 was done in class D6 Note by Eric & Ling
5/23 We finished the part for the general concepts of discrete random variables and proceeded to the common distributions. Quiz 3 was return. HW II was collected. D7 Note by Emma
5/24 We talked about the three common dicrete distributions: Binomial, Geometric, and Negative Binomial. D8 Note by Ling & Melissa
5/29 We learned the hypergeometric distribution. Quiz 4 was done in class. D9 Note by Eric & Melissa
5/30 We finished Chapter 3 and proceeded to Chapter 4. HW III was collected. Practice exam was posted. D10 Note by Emma & Melissa
5/31 We took a look at the definition of continuous random variable and corresponding cdf and pdf. Quiz 5 was done in class. D11 Note by Melissa & Mingling
6/4 We took the midterm examination. HW III and quiz 5 were returtned.
6/5 We covered the fundametal concepts of continuous random variavle. Exam was returned. D12 Note by Eric & Ryan
6/6 We took a look at the important propositions regarding the normal distribution. Quiz 6 was done in class. D13 Note by Ling
6/7 We learned probability calculations under normal distribution and the general concept of exponential distribution. HW IV was collected. Quiz 7 was done in class. D14 Note by Jake & Ryan
6/11 We finished the gamma family distributions and saw the beta distribution as well. HW IV and Quiz 7 were returned. D15 Note by Jake & Kyle
6/12 We finised chapter 4. Quiz 8 was done in class. D16 Note by Eric & Ryan
6/13 We started chapter 5. Double integration were emphasized in the class. Quiz 8 was returned. D17 Note by Emma
6/14 We learned conditional distributions. Quiz 9 was done in class. D18 Note by Kyle
6/18 We learned the concept of independent and corresponding theorem. HW V and Quiz 9 were returned. Quiz 10 was done in class. D19 Note by Aden & Kyle
6/19 We saw the expected values for bivariate random variables. Covariance was introduced as a special case. Quiz 10 was returned. D20 Note by Aden
6/20 We learned the expectation, variance and covariance of linear functions of random variables. In addition, the iterated laws of expectation and variance were introduced. HW 6 was collected. D21 Note
6/21 We reviewed the practice final. HW 6 was returned.
6/22 We took the final examination.
6/24 Final grades were input.