Week 1

• Monday | 2017.1.15
  • No class! MLK Day
• Wednesday | 2017.1.17
  • First day of class! Course overview, syllabus discussion, and start of course material.
  • Materials: [Syllabus Slides] [Full Syllabus]
• Discussion
  • Discussion begins in Week 1!
  • TA office hours begin in Week 2.
• Friday | 2017.1.19
  • 1.1 [1.2, 1.2] Properties of Probability
  • Material: [Examples] [Answers]
  • Additional Notes: [Set Theory] [Probability Rules] [Infinite Series]
  • Additional Examples: [Infinite Series]

Week 2

• Monday | 2017.1.22
  • 1.3 [1.4, 1.4] Conditional Probability
  • Material: [Examples] [Answers]
  • Additional Notes: [Conditional Probability and Independence]
• Wednesday | 2017.1.24
  • 1.5 [1.6, 1.6] Bayes’ Theorem
  • Material: [Examples] [Answers]
  • Additional Notes: [Bayes’ Theorem]
• Discussion
  • Material: [Examples] [Solutions]
• Friday | 2017.1.26
  • 1.4 [1.5, 1.5] Independent Events
  • Material: [Examples] [Answers]
  • Additional Notes: [Independence and Conditional Probability]
  • Deadline: [Homework 01 Due]

Week 3

• Monday | 2018.1.29
  • 1.2 [1.3 1.3] Methods of Enumeration (Counting)
  • Material: [Examples] [Answers]
• Wednesday | 2018.1.31
  • 2.1 [2.1, 2.1] Random Variables (Discrete)
  • 2.2 [2.2, 2.2] Expectation
  • 2.3 [2.3, 2.3] Mean, Variance, Standard Deviation
  • Material: [Examples] [Answer]
• Discussion
  • Material: [Examples] [Solutions]
• Friday | 2018.2.2
  • (More) Discrete Random Variables
  • Material: [Examples] [Answers]
  • Additional Notes: [Discrete Random Variables I]
  • Deadline: [Homework 02 Due]

Week 4

• Monday | 2018.2.5
  • Finish discussion of Discrete Random Variables
  • Material: [Additional Examples and Answers]
• Wednesday | 2017.2.7
  • 2.4 [2.4 2.4] Binomial Distribution
  • 2.5 [2.5 2.5] Geometric and Negative Binomial Distributions
  • Material: [Examples] [Answers]
  • Table: [Cumulative Binomial Probabilities]
  • Visualization: [Binomial Distributions]
• Discussion
  • Material: [Examples] [Solutions]
• Friday | 2017.2.9
  • 2.4 [2.4 2.4] Hypergeometric and Multinomial Distributions
  • Material: [Examples] [Answers]
  • Deadline: [Homework 03 Due]

Week 5

• Monday | 2018.2.12
  • 2.6 [2.6 2.6] Poisson Distribution
  • Material: [Examples] [Answers]
  • Table: [Cumulative Poisson Probabilities]
  • Additional Notes: [Discrete Random Variables II]
• Wednesday | 2018.2.14
  • 2.3 [2.3 2.3] Moment Generating Function
  • Material: [Examples] [Answers]
  • Material: [Additional Examples and Answers]
  • Table: [Discrete Random Variables]
• Discussion
  • Material: [Examples] [Solutions]
• Friday | 2018.2.16
  • 3.1 [3.3 3.2] Continuous Random Variables
  • Upcoming: [Exam I: Information and Policies]
  • Deadline: [Homework 04 Due]

Week 6

• Monday | 2018.2.19
  • 3.1 [3.3 3.2] Continuous Random Variables
  • Material: [Discrete vs Continuous, Examples]
  • Material: [Examples]
  • Additional Notes: [Continuous Random Variables]
• Wednesday | 2018.2.21
  • 3.3 [3.6 5.2] Normal Distribution
  • Material: [Examples] [Answers]
  • Additional Notes: [Normal Distribution]
  • Table: [Standard Normal Probabilities]
  • Visualization: [Normal Distributions]
• Discussion
  • Material: [Examples] [Solutions]
• Friday | 2018.2.23
  • 5.8 [10.5 4.7] Chebyshev’s Inequality
  • Material: [Examples]
  • Deadline: [Homework 05 Due]

Week 7

• Monday | 2017.2.26
  • 3.2 [3.4 3.3] Uniform and Exponential Distributions
  • Material: [Examples] [Answers]
• Wednesday | 2017.2.28
  • 3.2 [3.5 3.4] Gamma Distribution
  • Material: [Examples] [Answers]
• Discussion
  • Material: [Examples] [Solutions]
• Thursday | 2018.3.1
  • Exam I
• Friday | 2018.3.2
  • No class due to exam.
  • No homework due to exam.

Week 8

• Monday | 2018.3.5
  • 4.1, 4.4 [4.1 4.1] Joint Probability Distributions
  • Material: [Examples] [Answers]
  • Additional Notes: [Discrete Joint Distributions] [Continuous Joint Distributions]
  • Additional Notes: [Double Integral Examples] [Answers]
• Wednesday | 2018.3.7
  • 4.1, 4.4 [4.1 4.1] Independent Random Variables
  • Material: [Examples] [Answers]
• Discussion
  • Material: [Examples] [Solutions]
• Friday | 2018.3.9
  • 4.2 [4.2 4.2] Covariance and Correlation
  • Material: [Examples] [Answers]
  • Additional Material: [Example and Answer]
  • Deadline: [Homework 06 Due]

Week 9

• Monday | 2018.3.12
  • 5.3 [5.3 5.3] Several Independent Random Variables
  • Material: [Examples] [Answers]
  • Additional Notes: [Variance, Covariance, and MGFs] [Answers]
• Wednesday | 2018.3.14
  • 5.6 [5.6 5.6] Central Limit Theorem
  • Material: [Examples] [Answers]
  • Additional Notes: [Central Limit Theorem]
• Discussion
  • Material: [Examples] [Solutions]
• Friday | 2018.3.16
  • 5.7 [5.7 5.7] Normal Approximation to Discrete Distributions
  • Material: [Examples] [Answers]
  • Deadline: [Homework 07 Due]

Week 10

• Monday | 2018.3.19
  • Spring Break
• Wednesday | 2018.3.21
  • Spring Break
• Friday | 2018.3.23
  • Spring Break

Week 11

• Monday | 2018.3.26
  • 6.4 [6.1 6.2] Maximum Likelihood, Method of Moments
  • Material: [Examples] [Answers]
• Wednesday | 2018.3.28
  • 6.4 [6.1 6.2] Estimators, Part 2 Estimator Properties
  • Material: [Examples] [Answers]
• Discussion
  • Material: [Examples] [Solutions]
• Friday | 2018.3.30
  • 6.4 [6.1 6.2] Estimators, Part 3 Additional Examples
  • Material: [Examples and Answers]
  • Additional Notes: [Point Estimation]
  • Deadline: [Homework 08 Due]

Week 12

• Monday | 2018.4.2
  • 7.1 [6.2 6.4] Confidence Intervals for Means
  • 7.4 [6.6 6.8] Sample Size Planning
  • Material: [Examples] [Answers]
  • Table: [Standard Normal Probabilities]
• Wednesday | 2018.4.4
  • 5.5 [5.5 5.3] Student’s \(t\) Distribution
  • 7.1 [6.2 6.4] Confidence Intervals for Means
  • Material: [Examples] [Answers]
  • Table: [\(t\) Critical Values]
• Discussion
  • Material: [Examples] [Solutions]
• Friday | 2018.4.6
  • 7.1 [6.4 6.6] Confidence Intervals for Variances and Standard Deviations
  • Material: [Examples] [Answers]
  • Table: [\(\chi^2\) Critical Values]
  • Deadline: [Homework 09 Due]

Week 13

• Monday | 2018.4.9
  • 7.3 [6.5 6.7] Confidence Intervals for Proportions
  • 7.3 [6.5 6.7] Sample Size Planning
  • Material: [Examples] [Answers]
• Wednesday | 2018.4.11
  • 8.3, 8.1 [7.1 8.1] Hypothesis Tests for One Proportion
  • Material: [Examples] [Answers]
  • Additional Notes: [Introduction to Hypothesis Testing]
• Discussion
  • Material: [Examples] [Solutions]
• Friday | 2018.4.13
  • 8.3, 8.1 [7.1 8.1] Hypothesis Tests for One Proportion
  • Deadline: [Homework 10 Due]

Week 14

• Monday | 2018.4.16
  • 8.1 [7.2 8.2] Hypothesis Tests for One Mean
  • Material: [Examples] [Answers]
• Wednesday | 2018.4.18
  • 8.1 [7.4 8.2] Hypothesis Tests for Variances
  • Material: [Examples] [Answers]
• Discussion
  • Material: [Examples] [Solutions]
• Thursday | 2018.4.19
  • Exam II
• Friday | 2018.4.20
  • No class due to exam.
  • No homework due to exam.

Week 15 - Current Week

• Monday | 2018.4.23
  • 7.3, 8.3 [6.5, 7.1 6.7, 8.1] Hypothesis Tests for Two Proportions
  • Material: [Examples] [Answers]
• Wednesday | 2018.4.25
  • 7.2, 8.2 [6.3, 7.3 6.5, 8.3] Hypothesis Tests for Two Means
  • Material: [Examples] [Answers]
• Discussion
  • Material: [Examples] [Solutions]
• Friday | 2018.4.27
  • 9.1 [8.1 6.5, 8.5] Square Goodness-of-Fit Test
  • Material: [Examples] [Answers] [Excel]
  • Deadline: [Homework 11 Due]

Week 16

• Monday | 2018.4.30
  • 9.2 [8.2 8.6] Chi-Square Tests of Homogeneity and Independence
  • Material: [Examples] [Answers]
• Wednesday | 2018.5.2
  • Finishing any leftover material. Mabye some review? Come with questions!
  • Deadline: [Homework 12 Due]
• Discussion
  • Cancelled. (Some sections conflict with reading day.)
  • Material: [Examples] [Solutions]
  • Room 2 help hours end on Wednesday. (Also to not conflict with reading day.)
• Friday | 2018.5.4
  • Final Exam

Homework

Exams

• Exam 1: Thursday, March 1
  • [Exam I: Information and Policies]
  • Practice Problems
    • [Basic Probability]
    • [Discrete Random Variables]
    • [More Discrete Random Variables]
    • [Continuous Random Variables]
    • [Moment Generating Functions]
  • Solution: [Version ABC]
• Exam 2: Thursday, April 19, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
  • [Exam II: Information and Policies]
  • Practice Problems
    • [Joint Probability Distributions]
    • [Confidence Intervals and Testing]
    • [More Confidence Intervals and Testing]
  • Solution: [Version ABC]
• Final Exam: Friday, May 4, 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
  • [Final Exam: Information and Policies]
  • Practice Problems
    • [Even More Intervals and Testing]
    • [Two Sample and Chi-Square Testing]

Tables, Distributions, and Notes