Department of Statistics

Stat/Math 414.1: Introduction to Probability Theory

Spring 2008

Instructor

Teaching Assistant

Bo Kai

Armine Bagyan

316 Thomas Building

Office Hours:

M

10:00-11:00am

 

R

03:00-04:00pm

 

OR

by appointment

316 Thomas Building

Office Hours:

R

11:30am-1:30pm

 

 

 

 

 

 

Email: buk126@stat.psu.edu

Email: aub171@psu.edu

Lecture:         MWF 09:05-09:55am, 201 Thomas

Syllabus:        Click here

Textbook:      Mathematical Statistics with Applications (6th Edition),

by Dennis D. Wackerly, William Mendenhall III, Richard L. Scheaffer

Announcement

 

Our Final will be given on Tuesday, May 6, 10:10AM-12:00PM in 201 Thomas. It will be a closed book and closed notes exam. You are allowed to bring your CALCULATOR and one 8.5 x 11 (letter size) double-sided formula sheet PLUS the two formula sheets used in the midterms with only handwritings on them.

Homework Assignments

Homework 1               Homework 2               Homework 3               Homework 4

Homework 5               Homework 6               Homework 7               Homework 8

Homework 9               Homework 10             Homework 11             Homework 12

Homework 13             Homework 14

Note:

  1. Homework is due every Friday in class!
  2. Please staple your paper sheets before hand in!
  3. I will return graded homework every Friday. It is your own responsibility to get your homework back.

Your work will be evaluated on the method of solution and the ability to apply concepts, rather than the numeric answer to the problem. You will not receive credit unless you show your work!

Homework Solutions

Solution 1                   Solution 2                    Solution 3                    Solution 4

Solution 5                   Solution 6                    Solution 7                    Solution 8

Solution 9                   Solution 10                  Solution 11                  Solution 12

Solution 13                 Solution 14

Quizzes

Quiz 1 (with solutions)           Quiz 2

Exams

Midterm 1: Review    Practice Problems (with answers)       Midterm 1 (with solutions)

Midterm 2: Review    Practice Problems (with answers)       Midterm 2 (with solutions)

Final:          Review    Practice Problems                              Answers for Practice Problems

Supplementary Materials

Poker Probability from Wikipedia      Monty Hall Problem

External Links

            Taylor Series:              http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taylor_series

            Maclaurin Series:         http://mathworld.wolfram.com/MaclaurinSeries.html

Grades

Grades of Your Final Exam

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