Math3033 - Schedule and Homework Assignments

Fall 2009

Dr. Longin Jan Latecki        TA: SOLOMON A JONES    Grader: YAXIONG ZHAO

Class date

Chapter

Topic

Problems

Lab Assignments

Sep 1

2

Outcomes, events, and probability

2.1, 2.2, 2.4, 2.9, 2.13

Intro Matlab, questions, answers

Sep 3

2

Outcomes, events, and probability

 

 

Sep 8

3

Conditional probability, robotEx

3.4, 3.9, 3.11, 3.16, 3.18

M3.1

Sep 10

3

Conditional probability

 

 

Sep 15

4

Discrete random variables

4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.11, 4.14

M4.1 (due Sep 21)

Sep 17

4

Discrete random variables

 

 

Sep 22

5

Continuous random variables, darts

5.1, 5.5, 5.9, 5.11, 5.12

M4.2, M4.3

Sep 24

5

Continuous random variables

 

 

Sep 29

6

Simulation, sampling example

6.1, 6.3, 6.6, 6.8

Gaussian Ex, sampling Ex

Oct 1

6

Simulation

 

M6.1 (lab), M6.2 (due Oct 12)

Oct 6

7

Expectation and variance

7.1, 7.2, 7.9, 7.13, 7.14

M7.1 (due Oct. 15)

Oct 8

7

Expectation and variance

 

 

Oct 13

9

Joint distributions and independence

9.1, 9.3, 9.6, 9.7, 9.13

 

Oct 15

9

Joint distributions and independence

 

 

Oct 20

 

Review

 

 

Oct 21

 

Midterm exam

(during Lab)

in Wachman 447

Oct 22

10

Covariance and correlation

10.1, 10.5, 10.8, 10.11, 10.15

M10.1 (due Oct. 29)

Oct 27

 

Midterm exam discussion

 

 

Oct 29

12

The Poisson process

12.2, 12.5, 12.7

 

Nov 3

15

 Exploratory data analysis:

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Nov 5

15

graphical summaries

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M15.1 to M15.4 (due Nov. 12)

Nov 10

16

numerical summaries

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M16.1 to M16.3 (due Nov. 19)

Nov 12

17

Basic statistical models

17.4, 17.5, 17.6 (due Nov 19)

 

Nov 17

19

Unbiased estimators

19.6, 19.7 (Nov 24)

 

Nov 19

20

Efficiency and mean squared error

20.1, 20.7 (Nov 24)

 

Nov 24

21

Maximum likelihood

21.2, 21.3, 21.9, 21.13 (Dec 1)

 

Dec 1

22

The method of least squares

22.2, 22.3, 22.4, 22.8 (Dec 8)

 

Dec 3

 

Review

 

 

Dec 8

 

Review

 

 

Dec 17

 

Final Exam

Time: 1:00 to 3:00 pm