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Welcome to MATH-3510: Intro to Probability and Statistics!
Welcome to MATH-3510: Intro to Probability and Statistics!
(This web page is the syllabus.)
Time: MWF 03:35 PM - 04:25 PM
Location: MBE 105
MBE="Fleming"
Midterm dates:
Midterm dates:
First MT: September 19 (Fri) in class
Second MT: November 7 (Fri) in class
Description: Introduces the basic notions of Probability: random variables, expectation, conditioning, and the standard distributions (Binomial, Poisson, Exponential, Normal). This course also covers the Law of Large Numbers and Central Limit Theorem as they apply to statistical questions: sampling from a random distribution, estimation, and hypothesis testing. Degree credit not granted for this course and MATH 2510 or MATH 4510.
Comment: The first part of the course focuses on developing an intuition for probability while the second part yields tools of actual computations.
Text: Understanding Probability 3rd Edition by Henk Tijms
Text: Understanding Probability 3rd Edition by Henk Tijms
(The edition is important!)
Book review:
Understanding Probability is a unique and stimulating approach to a first course in probability. The first part of the book demystifies probability and uses many wonderful probability applications from everyday life to help the reader develop a feel for probabilities. The second part, covering a wide range of topics, teaches clearly and simply the basics of probability. This fully revised third edition has been packed with even more exercises and examples and it includes new sections on Bayesian inference, Markov chain Monte-Carlo simulation, hitting probabilities in random walks and Brownian motion, and a new chapter on continuous-time Markov chains with applications. Here you will find all the material taught in an introductory probability course. The first part of the book, with its easy-going style, can be read by anybody with a reasonable background in high school mathematics. The second part of the book requires a basic course in calculus.
CU Book Access program (accessible on CANVAS):
CU Book Access program (accessible on CANVAS):
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How to reach me/office hrs/grader/MARC:
How to reach me/office hrs/grader/MARC:
Office: MATH 324.
Zoom Meeting:
https://cuboulder.zoom.us/j/95774093651
Meeting ID: 957 7409 3651
(for OH or if/when in person teaching is not recommended)
Office hours: Tuesdays 10-11:30 on Zoom
Phone: 303-492-4846 (with voice mail)
My grader: Hemish Ganatra at Hemish.Ganatra@colorado.edu
(If you would like to discuss why you lost a few points in a homework then please send an email to the grader and not to me. For major questions, you can contact me of course.)
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