Probability and Statistics
ECO 2009
http://www.cs.rochester.edu/~qge/teaching/eco09/
Instructor: Qi Ge (qge@cs.rochester.edu)
- Office hours: Mo 4pm-5pm, Tu 1:30pm-2:30pm, We 1:30pm-2:30pm, Th 4pm-5pm, in Room 728 Computer Studies Building.
Tutor: Hector Colon (hcolon@u.rochester.edu)
- Office hours: Tu and We 7pm-9pm. Note: the place is changed to MOREY 205.
Textbook
- NO required textbook.
- Recommended:
- F.M. Dekking, C. Kraaikamp, H.P. Lopuhaa and L.E. Meester, A Modern Introduction to Probability and Statistics : Understanding Why and How, Springer, 2005. (It's reserved in Carlson Library.)
- Come to class and take notes.
Homeworks
- Homework 1.
Due Monday 7/20 in class. Extend to Wednesday 7/22 in class.
Low/Median/High=6/48.5/55 (out of 70).
Answers to Hw 1.
- Homework 2: 2.2, 2.3, 2.6, 2.9, 2.10, and 2.17 in pages 21--24 from the recommended book. Due Tuesday 8/4 in class.
Answers to Hw 2.
Quiz
Exam
Lectures (updated on 7/30)
- 7/13: Course introduction
- 7/14: Set theory
- 7/15: Set theory (cont.)
- 7/16: Set theory (cont.)
- 7/20: Counting
- 7/21: Counting (cont.)
- 7/22: Counting (cont.)
- 7/23: Review
- 7/27: Midterm exam
- 7/28: Sample space, events and probability
- 7/29: Sample space, events and probability (cont.)
- 7/30: Midterm exam 2
- 8/3: Sample space, events and probability (cont.)
- 8/4: Conditional probability
- 8/5: Review
- 8/6: Final exam
Grading
- Homework: 30%,
- Quiz: 10%,
- Midterm exam: 30%,
- Final exam: 30%.