Math 362: Introduction to Probability Theory; Fall 2007.
Time and Location:
MWF 9-9:50 AM in Harvill 332B.
Instructor:
- James (JP) Cossey
- Office: Math 305
- Office Phone: 621 9991
- Email is cossey@math.arizona.edu
- Office hours:
- Monday 1-2
- Tuesday 10-11
- Wednesday 11-12
If you want to try to catch me outside of office hours, try emailing me.
Here is my schedule if you need it.
Textbook: The required textbook is
Introduction to Probability and Its Applications, by Richard L.
Schaeffer (2nd edition).
Course Policies.
The course policies will include information about
grading
policies, exam schedules and policies, etc. You
should definitely read it.
Here's an approximate schedule of
what we'll be doing this semester. Emphasis on the "approximate".
The department's 362
webpage.
Homework:
There will be two types of homeworks - regular homework assignments
(mostly problems from the book, will be due every 1.5 weeks or so)
and computer assignments.
Regular homework:
- Homework 1, Due Wednesday, August 29th: Chapter 2, problems 1, 2, 5,
6, 7, 10.
- Homework 2: Due Monday, September 10th: Chapter 2, problems 14, 16,
17, 25, 26, 27, 29, 30, 40, 47
- Homework 3: Due Wednesday, September 26th: Chapter 3, problems 2, 3,
6, 7, 10, 11, 12
- Homework 4: Due Friday, October 5: Chapter 3, problems 24, 26, 27,
28, 29, 33, 35, 38, 40, 41, 46
- Homework 5: Due Monday, October 15th: Chapter 3, problems 54, 56,
57, 58, 59, 61, 69, 70, 74, 75, 77, 84, 85. NOTE: IT IS STRONGLY
RECOMMENDED THAT YOU DO THESE PROBLEMS BEFORE THE TEST ON THE 12TH!!!
- Homework 6: Due Friday, October 26th: Chapter 4, problems 2, 3, 5,
6, 9, 11, 13, 21, 24, 27, 28.
- Homework 7: Due Monday, November 5: Chapter 4, problems 30, 34, 36,
41, 42, 44, 48, 55, 57, 58, 59, 60. Chapter 7, problems 12, 17, 24, 29.
- Homework 8: Due Monday, November 19th: Chapter 5, problems 2, 3, 4,
5, 7, 11, 12, 13, 15
- Homework 9: Due Wednesday, December 5th: Chapter 5, problems 17,
19, 23, 41, 42. Chapter 6, problems 2 and 6.
Computer assignments will be due sporadically, and will be done in
Minitab:
- Computer assignment 1, Introduction to
Minitab. Due: Friday, September 7th.
- Computer assignment 2, Conditional Probabilities and Bayes'
Theorem.
Due: Monday, September 17th. (Note: this one is much more involved than
the previous one, so give yourself some time to do it.)
- Computer assignment 3, Finite Sample Spaces and Random Variables.
Due: Wednesday, October 3rd.
- Computer assignment 4, The Expectation of a Random Variable.
Due: Wednesday, October 17th.
- Computer assignment 5, Joint Distribution Functions. Due:
Wednesday, December 5th. Note: this one is optional, and can be used to
replace your lowest minitab score.
- Computer assignment 6, Conditional Distributions. Due:
- Computer assignment 7, Random Numbers. Due: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER
31st (note, we're doing these a little out of order).
- Computer assignment 8, The Normal Distribution and the Central
Limit Theorem. Due: Wednesday, November 14th.
Announcements:
- Here
is a calculus review sheet - i.e. do a bunch of derivatives and integrals.
We'll be using a lot of calculus in the near future.
- The three in-class exams are currently tentatively scheduled for
Friday, September 14th, Monday October 8th, and Monday November 19th.
These are still tentative and are subject to change.
- The final will be Friday, December 14th from 8-10 AM in the regular
classroom. This date and time is not changeable, and exceptions will not
be granted, i.e. we'll be sticking to the
University's exam policy.
- Solutions to the first exam.
- Solutions to the second exam.
- Solutions to the third exam.