Stat/Math 418   (Syllabus)    Spring 2008


Final Exam on Thursday, May 8, 2008, 10:10 am - 11:50 am in 104 Thomas

FINAL EXAM CUMULATIVE. You may bring FOUR 8.5"x11" sheets of notes and a calculator.
Practice Final Exam 1 [ solutions ],   Practice Final Exam 2 [ solutions ]
2008 Spring - Final Exam Solutions

Lecture Plan            Lecture Notes            BBC article on `Tiger count'

Interactive Examples on Counting - A collection of applets by Adriano Garsia
Postgrad One Armed Bandit Slot Machines 1 2 3.            Bayesian spam filtering [Article]

Normal Probability tables:  Table 1   Table2  Table 3  Z-score applet       CLT 1   CLT 2

Special distributions:   Other resources

Home Work

Chapter 1: 1, 4, 5, 8, 9, 18, 27; Theoretical 2, 3, and
Chapter 2: 3, 9, 13, 23; Theoretical 1, 2, 3.
      Study sections: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5;   2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5
Due Jan. 24 Solutions
Chapter 2: 19, 28, 39, and  Chapter 3:  6, 11, 15, 18, 20
      Study sections: 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5
Chapter 3: 5, 10, 28, 37, 62, 64, 66, 67, 73.     (Need not submit)
Due Jan. 31

Solutions

Solutions
Chapter 4: 1, 7, 19, 28, 33, 35, 38, 45;   Theoretical 9.
    Study sections: 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7, 4.8, 4.9
Due Feb. 21
Solutions
Chapter 5: 1, 3, 5, 6, 10.
    Study sections: 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 5.7
Chapter 5: 16, 19, 27, 33, 35, 36.     (Need not submit)    Solutions
Due Feb. 28
Solutions
Chapter 6: 2, 10, 20, 21, 27, 32, 35, 43, 55;   Theoretical 9.
    Study sections: 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 6.7
Due March 27
Solutions
Chapter 7: 6, 18, 21, 51, 56, 65, 68.
    Study sections: 7.1, 7.2, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.7
  Need not submit
Solutions
Chapter 8:   4, 5, 7, 14 (use CLT for the last 3 problems).
    Study sections: 7.8.1, 8.2, 8.3
Due April 24
Solutions

Practice Exam 1    [Solutions]      EXAM 1 (Solutions) covers Chapters 1, 2 and 3.
Practice Exam 2    [Solutions]      EXAM 2 (Solutions) covers Chapters 4 and 5.
Practice Exam 3    [Solutions]      EXAM 3 (Solutions) covers Chapters 6 and 7 (except sections 7.7 and 7.8).