Here is the syllabus.

Here is the book.

Here is last year's second test. You probably shouldn't worry about not being able to do number 4 (it's just a twist on the F/f theme, but we probably haven't seen enough similar stuff this year to pull off the twist on a test).

Here is last year's final exam for your enjoyment.

R, the software for the course is available for download free. The main page is www.r-project.org. As a convenience I am also providing a link to a download page. Most of you will want to select Windows then base then download (and run) the installer R-2.7.1-win32.exe.

Class transcripts of R sessions:

• August 28
• September 4
• September 9
• September 23
• November 18

Homework:

• Due Tuesday, September 9
  • Section 1.2 (1, 6, 7, 23 - hint use geometric series, 25, 26, 31)
• Due Thursday, September 18
  • Section 2.2 (1,2,6)
  • Section 2.2 (8b) and find f_X for this random variable
  • Section 2.2 (8e) and find f_X for this random variable
• Due Thursday, September 25
  • Section 3.1 (5,7,13,22a,23)
  • Section 3.2 (6,10,22)
  • Section 4.1 (7,17)
• Due Tuesday, September 30
  • Is P(A|B) + P(A^c|B) = 1. If so, prove, if not, give a counterexample and fix the statement up so that it is true, proving your result.
• Due Tuesday, October 7
  • Section 4.1 (22,34)
  • Section 4.2 (2,6ab)
• Due October 28
  • Test rewrites
• Due Friday, November 7
  • Section 5.1 (9,33)
  • Section 5.2 (5,36)
  • Section 6.1 (8)
  • Section 6.3 (13)
  • Let X be Normal(μ,σ²). Compute the moment generating function form X [HINT: complete the square in the exponent]. Show that if X and Y are independent and follow the Normal(μ_X,σ_X²) and Normal(μ_Y,σ_Y²) distributions respectively then W = X + Y is Normal(μ_X + μ_Y, σ_X² + σ_Y²).
• Due Tuesday, December 2
  • Section 7.1 (7)
  • Section 7.2 (4,10)
  • Section 8.2 (1,2,8)
  • Section 9.1 (1,4)
  • solution here