STA341 SYLLABUS - Fall 2019

 

Week(s)	Topics	Readings
1	Basic Concepts, Brief review of algebra of sets.	1.1, class notes
2 - 3	Probability: properties, methods of enumeration, conditional probability, independent events, Bayes Theorem.	1.2-1.5
4 - 6	Discrete Distributions: Random variables, mathematical expectation, mean, variance, standard deviation, Bernoulli trials and binomials distribution, moment-generating function, and Poisson distribution, among others.	Chapter 2
6 - 9	Continuous Distributions: Random variables; and uniform, exponential, gamma, chi-square distributions, and normal distributions, among others. distributions of functions of a random variable.	3.1-3.3
9 - 10	Bivariate Distributions: distributions of two variables, correlation coefficient, and conditional distributions.	4.1 - 4.4.
11 - 14	Distributions of two random variables: functions of one random variable, several independent random variables; the moment-generating function technique random functions associated with normal distributions; and Central Limit Theorem, approximations for discrete distributions, as time permits.	5.1, 5.3-5.5, and 5.6-5.7, as time permits.

Notes:

• Unless otherwise noted, readings are from the textbook. "Probability and Statistical Inference" 10th Ed. by Robert V. Hogg, Elliot A. Tanis, and Dale Zimmermann. Pub. Pearson.
• For the schedule of Examinations please click on the Exams Button.

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Last modified: 9/5/2019