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 |
|
Problems |
|
10/13 |
2.2
Expectation 2.3
Mean, variance, standard deviation |
p.
66 p.
75 |
1
– 7, 11, 13, 14 1,
3 |
|
10/18 |
2.3
(continued) |
p.
75 |
4,
8, 9, 10, 11, 15, 19 |
|
10/20 |
*class
does not meet; read section on your own and try problems 2.5
Moment-generating functions |
p. 97 |
1, 2, 3, 5, 9, 10, 12, 15, 19, 21 |
|
10/25 |
2.3
(continued) 2.4
The Binomial distribution |
p.
75 p.
86 |
4,
8, 9, 10, 11, 15, 19 1,
2, 3, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 17, 18, 19 |
|
10/27 |
2.4
(continued) 2.5
Negative binomial and geometric distributions |
p.
97 |
5,
9, 10, 12 |
|
11/1 |
2.5
Moment-generating functions |
p. 97 |
1, 2, 3,
10, 12, 15, 19, 20, 21 |
|
11/3 |
2.6 Poisson distribution |
p.
106 |
1,
2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 13, 15, 18, 21 |
|
11/8 |
2.6
(continued) 3.3
Introduction to continuous random variables |
p.
139 |
Worksheet 1,
3, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 15, 17, 18, 21, 26 |
|
11/10 |
3.4
Uniform and exponential distributions |
p.
146 |
1,
2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 11, 13, 17, 21 |
|
11/15 |
3.5
Gamma and chi-square distributions 3.6
The Normal distribution |
p.
155 p.
165 |
1
– 5, 7, 11, 13 1,
3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 14, 23, 25, 27 |
|
11/17 |
Exam 2 |
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|
|
11/22 |
Review of double sums and integrals
4.1 Introduction to bivariate distributions |
p.
189 |
Handout 1,
3, 4, 5 |