STAT253 - Probability and Statistics

2013-2014 Summer School

[ Topics| Course Material| Course Schedule| Resources | Announcements ]

Topics

Introduction to Probability, Basic Definitions, Axioms of Probability and Combinatorial Concept; Describing Data With Graphs; Describing Data With Numerical Measures, Describing Bivariate Data; Conditional Probability and Independence; Probability and Probability Distributions; Discrete Random Variables and Probability Distributions; Continuous Random Variables and Probability Distributions; The Normal Probability Distribution; Jointly Distributed Random Variables; Expected Values, Covariance and Correlation; Sampling Distributions; Large-Sample Estimation; Large-Sample Tests of Hypotheses; Inference From Small Samples.

Course Material

Textbooks

Essential  Text: 

(1) Mendenhall, Beaver, Beaver, Introduction to Probability and Statistics, 14th Ed., Brooks/Cole, Cengage Learning, 2013

Recommended:  

(2) Walpole, Myers, Myers, Ye, Essentials of Probability and Statistics for Engineers and Scientists, Pearson Education, 2013

(3) Sheldon Ross, A First Course in Probability, 9th Ed., Pearson, 2013/2014

Announcements

[2014-08-18]         2nd Midterm Exam results are announced.

[2014-07-25]         1st Midterm Exam results are announced.

[2014-07-14]         Lectures on 15th, 18th, 22nd July 2014 will start at 09:00 and end at 12:50 as four-hour lectures.

[2014-07-07]         The lectures on July 08, 2014 (Tuesday) have been postponed to a date that will be determined and announced later.

[2014-07-07]         Lecture hours rescheduled to 10:00-13:00.

[2014-06-30]         Complete data set for the exercises can be downloaded here (domain restricted access).

[2014-06-30]         Attendance is required at all class meetings. For excused absences, the student must provide an explanation to the instructor and supply supporting evidence.

Course Schedule

• Lectures: Tuesday 10:00-13:00 (MB242) | Friday 10:00-13:00 (MB346)

Resources

Applets (at textbook’s website)