Course Outline
Statistics 3021, Fall 2001


Text: Probability and Statistics, 5th edition by Devore
Instructor: W. Sudderth, 320 Ford Hall, 625-2801
Office hours: MWF 10:10-11:00
Graduate Assistant: Fan Yang


Day Section Topic Suggested problems
Sept. 5 2.1 Intro. to probability 4, 5, 8
7 2.2 Axioms 12, 14, 22, 26
       
10 2.3 Counting 29, 30, 32, 42, 43
12 2.4 Conditional probability 45, 46, 47, 51, 60, 66
14 2.5 Independence 72, 74, 75, 77, 78
       
17 3.1 Random variables 1, 4, 8, 9
19   Problems Chapter 2: 90, 91, 95, 98, 103
21   Quiz 1  
       
24 3.2 Distributions 11, 13, 18, 26
26 3.3 Expectation 28, 31, 34,36, 38
28 3.4 Binomial 44, 45, 48, 51, 60
       
Oct. 1 3.5 Hypergeometric 62, 66, 68, 69
3   Problems 89, 97, 102, 107
5   Quiz 2  
       
8 3.6 Poisson 73, 74, 77, 78, 81
10 4.1 Continuous r.v.'s 1, 5, 7
12 4.2 C.D.F. 11, 13, 15, 20, 23
       
15 4.3 Normal 26, 27, 28, 34, 49
17   Problems 88, 89, 92, 94, 96
19   Quiz 3  
       
22 4.4 Gamma 59, 60, 63
24 5.1 Joint r.v.'s 1, 2, 3, 4, 10, 13
26 5.2 Moments 22, 25, 30
       

29 5.3 Statistics 38, 39, 40
31   Problems Chapter 4: 102 Chapter 5: 75, 78
Nov. 2   Quiz 4  
       
5 5.4 Central limit theorem 46, 47, 48, 49, 55
7 5.5 Linear combinations 64, 65
9 6.1 Estimation 1, 2, 7, 9, 15
       
12 6.2 Methods 20, 22, 25, 26
14   Problems Chapter 5: 80, 82; Chapter 6: 28, 32
16   Quiz 5  
       
19 7.1 Confidence intervals 1, 3, 6, 11
21 7.2 Large sample CI's 12, 13, 20
23   Holiday  
       
26 7.3 CI's for the Normal 30, 37
28 8.1 Tests 4, 5, 7, 9, 12
30 8.2 Tests about a mean 18abc, 19ab, 21
       
Dec. 3 8.3-8.4 Tests about a proportion 35, 37, 39, 44, 51
5   Problems Chapter 7: 46, 49a, 50a; Chapter 8: 59, 63, 69
7   Quiz 6  
       
10 9.1 Two means 1, 2, 4, 7
12 9.4 Two proportions 48a, 49, 50
14   Review  
       
19   FINAL EXAM 8:00 - 10:00