Stat/Math 418       (Syllabus)      Fall 2011

Final Exam: Monday, December 12, 2011; starts at 6:50 pm in 258 Willard.
Final Exam is cumulative.
You may bring Two 8.5"x11" sheets of notes and a calculator.  
Practice problems for the final exam
Lecture Notes: First Week   Sept. 7   Sept. 9   Sept. 12   Sept. 14   Sept. 16   Sept. 19   Sept. 21   Sept. 23   Sept. 26   Oct. 3   Oct. 5   Oct. 7   Oct. 10   Oct. 14   Oct. 17   Oct. 19   Oct. 21   Oct. 24   Oct. 26   Oct. 28   Nov. 2   Nov. 4   Nov. 7   Nov. 14   Nov. 16   Nov. 18   Nov. 28   Nov. 30   Dec. 2   Dec. 5   REVIEW  

Solutions to practice problems 1,   Exam 1 solutions,  

Solutions to practice problems 2,   Exam 2 solutions  

Class attendance is important for this course

Home Work

Chapter 1:  1.2.1 a, b, c; 1.4.4 a, c; 1.6.4a, b; 1.6.7 a; 1.8.2 Due Sept. 2 Solutions
Chapter 1:  1.9.2; 1.10.3;     Chapter 2:  2.2.1; 2.2.4; 2.3.1 Due Sept. 9 Solutions
Chapter 2:  2.3.6; 2.4.3 (b); 2.5.5; 2.6.6; 2.7.5 Due Sept. 16 Solutions
Chapter 3:  3.2.1; 3.3.1; 3.3.6; 3.3.7(a); 3.3.7(b); 3.4.4; 3.4.6 Due Sept. 23 Solutions
Chapter 3:  3.5.3; 3.7.3; 3.7.6; 3.7.10;     Chapter 4:  4.2.1; 4.3.1 Due Oct. 14 Solutions
Chapter 4:  4.4.1; 4.5.2; 4.6.1; 4.7.1; 4.9.3; 4.10.2 Due Oct. 21 Solutions
Chapter 4:  4.11.1; 4.11.2; 4.11.5;     Chapter 6:  6.2.2; 6.2.3 Due Oct. 28 Solutions
Chapter 6:  6.5.1 (b); 6.5.6; 6.6.3; 6.7.3 (a,b,d); 6.8.1 Due Nov. 30 Solutions

Interactive Examples on Counting - A collection of applets by Adriano Garsia

Permutations and Combinations -- Details with examples and historical remarks

Bayesian spam filtering [Article]        The Gambler's Ruin Problem     
BBC article on `Tiger count'
Formula blamed for the recent financial melt down

Central Limit Theorem:   CLT 1   CLT 2

Normal Probability tables:   Table 1   Table2   Table 3    Z-score applet

Special distributions:   Other resources     The St. Petersburg Paradox