Math 309 A - Probability

Fall Semester 2003

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Class Syllabus

 

 

Course Calendar

 

Assignments

 

 

Chapter 2 Notes

 Ch. 2.4  Combinatorics

 

Department of Mathematics and Computer Science

 

Math Center

 

 

Problem Solving Paradigm

 

 

Test 1 - Fall 2000,2001 

 

Fall 2000 Test 2

Test 2 _ Fall 2001

 

Fall 2001 – Test 3

 

Fall 2001 – Test 4

Some test 4 answers

Supplemental Discrete

R.V. Problems

 

Discrete Distribution Notes

 

 

 

Announcements

 

Maple Worksheet for Continuous Functions

 

MWS Continuous Distr. in pdf form

 

Continuous Distr. (Maple 6)

 

 

Optional Test Tuesday, 12/2/03 at 5 p.m.

It will cover material from Test 1 & Test 3. 

In S107

The grade will replace your lower test grade of those tests.

Those who have not missed more than 3 classes are eligible for the optional test.

 

 Test 4 will be Dec. 8th

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2003 Course Calendar

 

Week

Monday

Wednesday

Friday

1

August

 

1.1 – 2.2

2.3

axioms of prob.; propositions

2

September

Labor Day

2.4

counting techniques

Probability w/ equally likely outcomes

3

2.5 

Conditional probability

independence

2.6

Rules of probability 

3.1  Random variable – definition, probability distribution of discrete rv 

4

3.2  expected value, variance of a random variable 

 

Test 1

Intro. Prob, Counting

1.1-3.2

5

 

 

 

6

October

 

 

 

7

 

 

 

8

 

Test 2

Discrete Distributions

Continuous Random variables

 

Fall Break

 

9

Uniform Distribution 

Exponential Distribution

 

10

November

 

 

 

11

 

Test 3

ContinuousDistributions 

 

12

 

 

 

13

 

 

Thanksgiving Holiday

14

December

 

 

15

Test 4

Joint Distributions