| Week | Monday | Tuesday | Thursday |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 (Sept 10-14) | Introduction (2.1-2.4) | Counting Strategies (2.5-2.6) Homework (due Sept 20): 2.2, 2.6, 2.11, 2.14, 2.29, 2.32, 2.43, 2.44, 2.50 |
Conditional Probability, Multiplication and Addition Laws (2.7, 2.8), Read 2.9 Homework (due Sept 20): 2.74, 2.75, 2.76, 2.86, 2.94, 2.102, 2.111, 2.117, 2.121 |
| 2 (Sept 17-21) | Student Activity 1 | More examples, Bayes' Rule (2.9, 2.10) Homework: None for the day |
Random Variables, Discrete Random Variable, Probability Distribution (2.10,3.1, 3.2), Expected Value (3.3, up to Thm 3.2) Homework: 2.124, 2.125, 2.130, 2.132, 2.135, 3.1, 3.4, 3.6 |
| 3 (Sept 24-28) | Student Activity 2 | Variance (3.3), Binomial Distribution (3.4, up to p.106) Homework: 3.14, 3.16, 3.19, 3.32 |
Binomial Distribution (3.4), Geometric Distribution (3.5), Introduction
to Hypergeometric Distribution (3.7) Homework: 3.37, 3.44, 3.52, 3.58, 3.63, 3.70, 3.71, 3.80, 3.85, 3.88, 3.102 |
| 4 (Oct 1-5) | Hypergeometric Distribution (3.7), Introduction to Poisson Distribution
(3.8) Homework (due Oct 11): 3.104, 3.108, 3.113, 3.118 |
Poisson Distribution (3.8), Moment Generating Function (3.9) Homework (due Oct 11): 3.126, 3.127, 3.132, 3.139, 3.142, 3.145, 3.147, 3.149 |
Continuous Random Variable, Expected Value (4.1, 4.2, 4.3) Homework (due Oct 18): 4.2, 4.5, 4.8, 4.9, 4.14, 4.18, 4.22, 4.25, 4.30 |
| 5 (Oct 8-12) | Student Activity 3 | Uniform Distribution (4.4), Introduction to Normal Distribution (4.5) Homework (due Oct 18): 4.39, 4.42, 4.43, 4.45, 4.48, 4.54 |
Normal Distribution (4.5), Gamma Distribution (4.6) Homework (due Oct 18): 4.58, 4.59, 4.64a, 4.71, 4.74a-d, 4.78, 4.81, 4.91, 4.94, 4.96abc, 4.106a, 4.110, 4.111 |
| 6 (Oct 15-19) | Test 1 | Beta Distribution (4.7), Other Distributions (4.9) Homework (due Oct 25): 4.123a, 4.125, 4.128, 4.130, 4.133abc, 4.136 |
Multivariate Probability Distributions (5.2) Homework (due Oct 25): 4.165, 5.4, 5.5, 5.8 |
| 7 (Oct 22-26) | Student Activity 4 | Marginal and Conditional Probability Distributions (5.3) Homework (due Nov 1): 5.12, 5.15, 5.21, 5.24, 5.27, 5.28, 5.33, 5.34, 5.38 |
Independent Random Variables (5.4), Expected Value (5.5) Homework (due Nov 1): 5.47, 5.48, 5.50, 5.52, 5.54, 5.61, 5.68 |
| 8 (Oct 29-Nov 2) | Special Theorems (5.6), Covariance of Two Random Variables (5.7) Homework (due Nov 8): 5.73, 5.75, 5.78, 5.84, 5.89, 5.90, 5.94, 5.96 |
Expected Value and Variance of Linear Functions (5.8) Homework (due Nov 8): 5.103, 5.104, 5.108, 5.112 |
Introduction to Probability Distribution of a Function of Random
Variables (6.1-6.3) Homework (due Nov 8): 5.115, 6.2, 6.5, 6.7 |
| 9 (Nov 5-9) | The Method of Distribution Functions (6.3), Method of Transformations (6.4,
single variable only) Homework (due Nov 15): 6.9, 6.14, 6.17ab, 6.29 |
Student Activity 5 | The Method of Transformations (6.4), Moment Generating Functions (6.5) Homework (due Nov 15): 6.31, 6.33, 6.45, 6.49 |
| 10 (Nov 12-16) | University Holiday | Multivariate Transformations using Jacobians (6.6) | Test 2 |
| 11 (Nov 19-23) | Review | Study Day | Thanksgiving |