MATH 3770 Statistics and Applications

Fall 2010

TR 9:35-10:55 Skiles 249

Professor Federico Bonetto

Office Hours: TR 11-12, Skiles 133B. 

Grader Name: Mengying Lu

Grader Office Hours: T 1-2.

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, 7th or 6th 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 7th and 6th editions of the book I will indicate in square brackets the number relative to the 6th edition.

The final grade will be based on the following rules: 45% final, 35% midterms, 20% HW. Curving will be done on the final result.

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See the webpage of the spring 2010 class for previous tests and material.

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Second HW due on September 21th.

The first midterm will be on September 23th.

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Fourth HW due on November 2nd.

The second midterm will be on November 4th.

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Eighth week

Review for Midterm and Midterm

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Here is the makeup test for the second midterm. It is optional. It is due Thursday December 2.

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Preparation material for the final. Here is a link to collected previous term exams with some solutions.