Problems are assigned on the date given, to be completed by the following class. Please read the associated sections as well. Feel free to work on these problems with other students and to ask questions about them in class.
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Date
assigned |
Sections
to read |
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Problems |
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9/8 |
1.1 Basic Concepts |
p.
9 |
1,
2, 4, 7, 9, 10 |
|
9/13 |
1.2 Properties of probability |
p.
18 |
1
– 12 |
|
9/15 |
1.2 Properties of probability 1.3
Methods of enumeration |
p.
18 p.
27 |
14,
16, 18, 19 1
– 5, 7, 8, 11 |
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9/20 |
1.3
Methods of enumeration |
p.
27 |
12,
14, 15, 16, 17 |
|
9/22 |
1.3
(continued) |
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|
9/27 |
1.4
Conditional probability |
p.
36 |
1,
3 – 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 18, 20, 21 |
|
9/29 |
1.5 Independent events 1.6
Bayes’ Theorem |
p.
43 p.
48 |
1,
2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 12, 17 1,
3, 5, 9, 12, 13 |
|
10/4 |
Chapter
1 wrap-up 2.1
Discrete random variables |
p.
59 |
1
– 3, 5 – 7, 10, 11, 15, 19 |
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10/6 |
2.2
Expectation 2.3
Mean, variance, standard deviation |
p.
66 p.
75 |
1
– 7, 11, 13, 14 1,
3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 11, 15, 19 |
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10/11 |
Exam 1 on Chapters 1 and sections 2.1, 2.2 |
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10/13 |
2.4
The Binomial Distribution |
p.
86 |
1,
2, 3, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 17 – 19, 23 |
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