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Cheating Policy: You can work together on the homeworks. Exams are individual work only. If I have determined that you have cheated, following the procedures for evaluating and reporting academic misconduct at IUB, I will give you an F* in the course.
Religious Holiday Policy: If you will miss class, especially a class during which there will be an exam or other required work, for a religious holiday, you must inform me during the first two weeks of the semester.
| Tentative Syllabus | |
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| Date | Topics |
| Monday, August 24 | Random number generation |
| Wednesday, August 26 | Discrete probability distributions |
| Friday, August 28 | Discrete probability distributions |
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Homework Problem Set 1 Due Wednesday, September 2 | |
| Monday, August 31 | Continuous probability distributions |
| Wednesday, September 2 | Continuous probability distributions |
| Friday, September 4 | Permutations |
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Homework Problem Set 2 Due Wednesday, September 9 | |
| Monday, September 7 | Labor Day Holiday |
| Wednesday, September 9 | Combinations |
| Friday, September 11 | Combinations |
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Homework Problem Set 3 Due Wednesday, September 16 | |
| Monday, September 14 | Combinatorial Proofs |
| Wednesday, September 16 | Discrete joint and conditional distributions |
| Friday, September 18 | Discrete joint and conditional distributions |
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Homework Problem Set 4 Due Wednesday, September 23 | |
| Monday, September 21 | Continuous joint and conditional distributions |
| Wednesday, September 23 | Continuous joint and conditional distributions |
| Friday, September 25 | Mixtures and paradoxes |
| Monday, September 28 |
Review Practice Exam 1 |
| Wednesday, September 30 | Exam 1 |
| Friday, October 2 | Important discrete distributions |
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Homework Problem Set 5 Due Wednesday, October 7 | |
| Monday, October 5 | Important discrete distributions |
| Wednesday, October 7 | Important densities |
| Friday, October 9 | Fall Break Holiday |
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Homework Problem Set 6 Due Wednesday, October 14 | |
| Monday, October 12 | Important densities |
| Wednesday, October 14 | Functions of random variables |
| Friday, October 16 | Expected value |
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Homework Problem Set 7 Due Wednesday, October 21 | |
| Monday, October 19 | Expected value |
| Wednesday, October 21 | Expected value |
| Friday, October 23 | Expected value |
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Homework Problem Set 8 Due Wednesday, October 28 | |
| Monday, October 26 | Sums of discrete random variables |
| Wednesday, October 28 | Sums of continuous random variables |
| Friday, October 30 | Functions of random variables |
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Homework Problem Set 9 Due Wednesday, November 4 | |
| Monday, November 2 | Laws of Large Numbers |
| Wednesday, November 4 | Methods of convergence |
| Friday, November 6 | Laws of Large Numbers |
| Monday, November 9 |
Review Practice Exam 2 |
| Wednesday, November 11 | Exam 2 |
| Friday, November 13 | Generating functions |
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Homework Problem Set 10 Due Wednesday, November 18 | |
| Monday, November 16 | Branching processes |
| Wednesday, November 18 | Generating functions |
| Friday, November 20 | Central Limit Theorem |
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Homework Problem Set 11 Due Wednesday, December 2 | |
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Thanksgiving Holiday | |
| Monday, November 29 | Central limit theorem |
| Wednesday, December 2 | Order statistics |
| Friday, December 4 | Approximate methods |
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Homework Problem Set 12 Due Wednesday, December 9 | |
| Monday, December 7 | Rejection method |
| Wednesday, December 9 |
Review and evaluations Practice Final Exam |
| Friday, December 11 | Review |
| Final - Wednesday, December 16, 8-10 am | |