MATH 3670 Probability and Statistics with Applications
Spring 2016
MWF 1:05-1:55, Skiles 202
Office Hours: MWF 2:00-3:00, Classroom or Skiles 133B
The course will introduce the basic notion of probability theory and
its application to statistics. The focus will be on the discussion of
applications.
The text that will be used is:
Jay L. Devore, Probability and Statistics,
8th or 9th ed., Thomson
The syllabus can be found here.
There will be two midterm.
The exercise listed are for HW collection. I will collect them
every
two weeks and grade 2 or 3 exercises among the one assigned. In case of
differences between the 9th and 8th editions of the book I will
indicate in square brackets the number relative to the 8th edition.
The final grade will be based on the following rules: 45%
final, 40%
midterms,15% HW. Curving will be done on the final result.
The first midterm will be on Wednesday February 17 and the
second on Wednesday March 30.
Arguments covered.
- Axioms, Interpretations and Properties of Probabilities
- Probability Distributions for Discrete Random Variables
- Example of Discrete Random Variables
- Continuous Random Variables and Probability Density
Functions
- Example of Continuous Random Variables
- The central limit theorem
- Jointly Distributed Random Variables
- Population, Sample and Processes
- Point Estimation
- Statistical Intervals
- Test of Hypotheses
- Simple Linear Regression (time permitting)
See the webpage
of the Fall 2011 class for previous tests and material.
First week
Material covered:
- 1.1 (Population, Sample and Processes)
- 1.2 (Pictorial and Tabular methods in Descriptive Statistics)
- 1.3 (Measure of Location)
- 1.4 (Measure of Variability)
Exercises:
- (1.3) 34, 38
- (1.4) 49, 51
First HW due on January 25.
Second week
Material covered:
- 2.1 (Sample Spaces and Events)
- 2.2 (Axioms, Interpretations and Properties of Probabilities)
Exercises:
- (2.1) 3, 5, 9
- (2.2) 13, 21
Third week
Material covered:
- 2.3 (Counting Technique)
- 2.4 (Conditional Probability)
- 2.5 (Indipendence)
Exercises:
- (2.3) 32, 40
- (2.4) 50, 58, 63
- (2.5) 80, 87
Second HW due on February 8
Fourth week
Material covered:
- 3.1 (Random Variables)
- 3.2 (Probability Distributions for Discrete Random Variables)
- 3.3 (Expected Values of Discrete Random Variable)
Exercises (the numbers in square brackets refer to the 6th edition of
the textbook):
- (3.1) 6, 8, 10
- (3.2) 16, 23, 27
- (3.3) 29, 35 39, 42
Fifth week
Material covered:
- 3.4 (The Binomial Probability Distribution)
- 3.5 (Hypergeometric Distribution)
- 3.6 (The Poisson Probability Distribution)
Exercises:
- (3.4) 49, 54 63, 65
- (3.5) 70, 72
- (3.6) 85, 89, 92
Third HW due on February 22.
The first midterm will be on February
17. The midterm will cover the material up to section 3.6.
Preparation material for the
first midterm:
Solution set for the first midterm.
Sixth and seventh weeks
Material covered:
- 4.1 (Continuous Random Variables and Probability Density
Functions)
- 4.2 (Cumulative Distribution Functions and Expected Values)
- 4.3 (The Normal Distribution)
- 4.4 (The Exponential Distribution)
Exercises:
- (4.1) 2, 5, 8
- (4.2) 11, 17, 25
- (4.3) 28, 29, 31, 41
- (4.4) 59, 69
Fourth HW due on March 7.
Eighth week
Material covered:
- 5.1 (Jointly Distributed Random Variables)
- 5.2 (Expected Values,Covariance and Correlation)
- 5.5 (The Distribution of a Linear Combination)
Exercises:
- (5.1) 1, 8, 15, 17
- (5.2) 22, 25, 30
- (5.5) 59, 64, 68
Nineth week
Material covered:
- 5.3 (Statistics and their distribution)
- 5.4 (The Distribution of the Sample Mean)
Exercises:
- (5.3) 37, 41, 42
- (5.4) 48, 49, 53, 56
The second midterm will
be on Wednesday 3/30. It will cover all the material up to Chapter 5
included.
You may use a scientific calculator but no laptop or calculator able to
do symbolic differentiation or integration. No cheat sheet will be
allowed.
Preparation material for the second
midterm:
Solution set for the second
Midterm.
Fifth HW due on April 4. The exercises are those listed above
for Chapter 5.
Here is the text of the Otional Makeup
for the second Midterm. Check it out and let me know if you have
question. It is due Monday 11 in the evening. You can submit it
in class, via email or by sliding it under my office door. Your
submission must contain the first page signed
Tenth week
Material covered:
- 6.1 (Some General Concepts of Point Estimation)
- 6.2 (Methods of Point Estimation)
Exercises:
- (6.1) 1, 5
- (6.2) 22, 23, 25
Eleventh week
Material covered:
- 7.1 (Basic Properties of Confidence Intervals)
- 7.2 (Large Sample Confidence Interval for the Population Mean and
Proportion)
- 7.3 (Interval Based on a Normal Population Distribution)
Exercises:
- (7.1) 1, 2, 8
- (7.2) 12, 16, 24
- (7.3) 30, 32
Fifth HW due on Monday 25 April
Preparation material for the final. Here is a link to collected previous term exams with some solutions.
Twelfth week
Material covered:
- 8.1 (Hypotheses and Test Procedures)
- 8.2 (Tests about a Population Mean)
Exercises:
- (8.1) 2, 4, 14
- (8.2) 15, 19, 23, 25