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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 22 | Random number generation |
Wednesday, August 24 | Discrete probability distributions |
Friday, August 26 | Discrete probability distributions |
Homework Problem Set 1 Due Wednesday, August 31 | |
Monday, August 29 | Continuous probability distributions |
Wednesday, August 31 | Continuous probability distributions |
Friday, September 2 | Permutations |
Homework Problem Set 2 Due Wednesday, September 7 | |
Monday, September 5 | Labor Day Holiday |
Wednesday, September 7 | Combinations |
Friday, September 9 | Combinations |
Homework Problem Set 3 Due Wednesday, September 14 | |
Monday, September 12 | Combinatorial Proofs |
Wednesday, September 14 | Discrete joint and conditional distributions |
Friday, September 16 | Discrete joint and conditional distributions |
Homework Problem Set 4 Due Wednesday, September 21 | |
Monday, September 19 | Continuous joint and conditional distributions |
Wednesday, September 21 | Continuous joint and conditional distributions |
Friday, September 23 | Mixtures and paradoxes |
Monday, September 26 | Important discrete distributions |
Wednesday, September 28 |
Review Practice Exam 1 |
Friday, September 30 | Exam 1 |
Homework Problem Set 5 Due Wednesday, October 5 | |
Monday, October 3 | Important discrete distributions |
Wednesday, October 5 | Important densities |
Friday, October 7 | Fall Break Holiday |
Homework Problem Set 6 Due Wednesday, October 12 | |
Monday, October 10 | Important densities |
Wednesday, October 12 | Functions of random variables |
Friday, October 14 | Expected value |
Homework Problem Set 7 Due Wednesday, October 19 | |
Monday, October 17 | Expected value |
Wednesday, October 19 | Expected value |
Friday, October 21 | Expected value |
Homework Problem Set 8 Due Wednesday, October 26 | |
Monday, October 24 | Sums of discrete random variables |
Wednesday, October 26 | Sums of continuous random variables |
Friday, October 28 | Functions of random variables |
Homework Problem Set 9 Due Wednesday, November 2 | |
Monday, October 31 | Laws of Large Numbers |
Wednesday, November 2 | Methods of convergence |
Friday, November 4 | Laws of Large Numbers |
Monday, November 7 |
Review Practice Exam 2 |
Wednesday, November 9 | Exam 2 |
Friday, November 1 | Generating functions |
Homework Problem Set 10 Due Wednesday, November 16 | |
Monday, November 14 | Branching processes |
Wednesday, November 16 | Generating functions |
Friday, November 18 | Central Limit Theorem |
Homework Problem Set 11 Due Wednesday, November 30 | |
Thanksgiving Holiday | |
Monday, November 28 | Central limit theorem |
Wednesday, November 30 | Order statistics |
Friday, December 2 | Approximate methods |
Homework Problem Set 12 Due Wednesday, December 7 | |
Monday, December 5 | Rejection method |
Wednesday, December 7 |
Review and evaluations Practice Final Exam |
Friday, December 9 | Review |
Final - Monday, December 12, 8-10 am |