Math 530 Tentative Schedule

Autumn 2006

Monday Wednesday Friday
September 18 September 20

1.1: Equally Likely Outcomes

Homework: 1.1: 2-8

September 22

1.2: Interpretations, 1.3 Distributions

Homework: 1.2: none, 1.3: 1-10, 14

September 25

1.3(Cont.), 1.4 Conditional Probability and Independence

Homework: 1.4: 1-10,12

Quiz 1

September 27

1.4 (Cont.)

Homework: none

Quiz 1 Due

September 29

1.5: Bayes' Rule

Homework: 1.5: 1-3,5,7,9

October 2

1.6: Sequences of Events

Homework: 1.6: 1-8

October 4

2.1: The Binomial Distribution

Homework: 2.1: 1-12

Quiz 2

October 6

2.2: Normal Approximation: Method

Homework: 2.2: 1-14

Quiz 2 Due

October 9

2.4: Poisson Approximation

Homework: 2.4: 4,9

October 11

2.5: Random Sampling

Homework: 2.5: 3,5,7

Quiz 3

October 13

Exam 1 Review

October 16

Exam 1 Review (Cont.)

Quiz 3 Due

October 18

Exam 1

October 20

3.1: Intorduction to Random Variables

Homework: 3.1: 1,4,5,6,9,12,13,15

October 23

3.1 (Cont.), 3.2: Expectation

Homework: 3.2: 1,2,3,8,13,14

October 25

3.2 (Cont.), 3.3: Standard Deviation and Normal Approximation

Homework: 3.3: 1,2,3,5,8,14,17,19,20,22,23

October 27

3.3: (Cont.)

October 30

3.4: Discrete Distributions

Homework: 3.4: 1,2,5,11,17

Quiz 4

November 1

3.5: The Poisson Distribution

Homework: 3.5: 2,4,5,9,10

November 3

4.1: Probability Densities

Homework: 4.1: 1,2,3,4,5,7,9,12

Quiz 4 Due

November 6

4.2: Exponential and Gamma Distributions

Homework: 4.2: 1,3,4,5

November 8

Exam 2 Review

November 10

No Class: Veteren's Day

November 13

Exam 2

November 15

4.4: Change of Variable, 4.5: Cumulative Distribution Functions

Homework: 4.4: 1,3,4,5; 4.5: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7

November 17

5.1: Uniform Distributions

Homework: 5.1: 1,4,5,6

November 20

5.2: Densities

Homework: 5.2: 1,2,3,4,6,7,11,21

November 22

5.2: Densities (Cont.)

November 24

No Class: Columbus Day

November 27

5.3: Independent Normal Variables

Homework: 5.3: 1,2,3,5,6,9,12

Quiz 6

November 29

5.4: Operations

Homework: 5.4: (TBA)

December 1

Last Day of Class

Final Exam Review

Quiz 6 Due

Final Exam: Wednesday, December 6th at 3:30pm-5:18pm in room CC 330

Last Modified: 11/24/2006 at 09:04