Course information for
Introduction to Probability and Statistics (Math 381)
Professor Robert Carlson
Office: EAS 284
Phone: 255-3561
email: rcarlson@uccs.edu
Class meets Tu-Thurs 10:50-12:05 in Eng 103.
Office hours: Official hours for this class are Tu-Thurs 9:30 - 10:30.
You are also welcome to drop in or make an appointment to see me at another time.
Normally I am in my office MTThF 9:30 - 4:30 and W 9:30-3:00.
If you are making a special trip to campus to see me I suggest calling ahead.
NEWS:
Homework 7, due Tuesday 3/30.
Read pages 183-192 of section 5.1.
Do the following problems
Section 5.1 # 1, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 14, 16, 20
Test 1 SOLUTIONS
Homework 6, due Tuesday 3/16.
Read pages 162-167 of section 4.2.
Do the following problems
Section 4.2 # 1,2, 5, 6, 8,
Brief notes on Stirling's formula
Brief notes on histograms
Legal fine print:
The administration of the course described below is subject to change
as deemed necessary by the instructor.
Drop dates:
Please review the Campus Calendar in the university's schedule of courses.
Students who drop a course may be eligible for partial refunds if the drop is
completed before a certain date.
Except for really exceptional circumstances beyond the student's control,
THE LAST DAY TO WITHDRAW IS APRIL 2, 2010.
Disability Services
Students with disabilities may be entitled to support from Disability Services,
including extra time for examinations, in Main Hall 105, phone 255-3354.
Students who may fall into this group should talk to Disability Services as soon as possible.
The Disability Certification Letter to the professor is to be submitted within the first two weeks of classes.
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
TEXT:
Grinstead and Snell, Introduction to Probability,
Prerequisites:
Math 235
Tentative Calendar
Tentative Course Calendar
GRADING
This course will have two midterm exams, each worth 25 percent of the grade,
and a comprehensive final worth 40 percent.
Homework will count for 10 percent.
HOMEWORK
Homework will be assigned every 1-2 weeks.
Normally you will have at least 1 week to complete the assignment.
Solutions will be posted on this web page approximately 1 week after the assignment is due.
Homework handed in after the due date, but less than one week late,
will be accepted, but will be subject to a penalty of one letter grade (10 points).
Late homework will not be accepted after the solutions are posted.
I will drop the lowest two homework scores.
COMMENTS ON COLLABORATION: Students are encouraged to discuss homework problems with their classmates or
with the professor to share ideas, or detect and correct errors.
However, the written material handed in by the student
is expected to be the work of that student.
Copying homework solutions from another student or source
is a serious violation of the university's cheating policy.
HOMEWORK Assignments and SOLUTIONS will be available here
Homework 5, due Tuesday 3/2. Read pages 133-141, 145-147 of section 4.1.
Do the following problems
Section 4.1 # 1-4, 8, 16, 17, 18, 43, 50
Homework 5 solutions
Homework 4, due Tuesday 2/23. Read pages 92-104 of section 3.2.
Do the following problems
Section 3.2 # 1-3, 6, 7, 8, 16, 17, 20
Homework 4 solutions
Homework 3, due Tuesday 2/16. Read pages 75-81 of section 3.1.
Also read the notes on Stirling's formula.
Do the following problems
Section 3.1 # 1-4, 6, 8, 13, 15, 16, 17
Homework 3 solutions
Homework 2, due Tuesday 2/9. Read section 2.2 except for the Infinite Tree section
on pages 69-70.
Section 2.2 # 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 14, 15
Homework 2 solutions
Homework 1, due Tuesday 2/2. Read pages 9-11 up to the Monte Carlo method.
Read section 1.2, pages 18-29. Do the following problems:
Section 1.2 # 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 12, 18, 26, 31.
(Note that in problem 4 the relevant example is 1.7, not 1.6.)
Homework 1 solutions
Test SOLUTIONS will be available here
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