Summer 2009
Probability (S4105Q)
Benjamin Yakir
M-Th 6:15pm-7:50pm, 227 Mudd
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INFORMATION FOR THE FINAL:
The final exam is on the last class of the course (Thursday, August 13).
The structure and instructions for the final are exactly the same as those for the midterm.
In particular, you will be required to solve four out of five problems. However, expect the
problems to be somewhat harder. The theme of the problems are taken
from the homework assignments, one from the material up to the midterm and one from each of the chapters 5-8,
up to and including the homework assignment of August 6. Nonetheless, the solution to any of the problems may
depend on
knowledge aquired at the other parts of the course. The material of the last week will
not be part of the final.
The mean score in the midterm was 2.94 (out of 4) with a standard deviations of about 1.
The solution to theoretical question 11 of Chapter 5 was added.
Homework
- Reading material and course instructions are given in the syllabus.
- Solutions to the homework assignments can be found
here.
- In some excercises you may be required to compute probabilities of events in the normal distribution.
You may use for that The Standard Normal Distribution Table.
The week of July 6-9. Submit on July 13
- Homework 07-06-09: Chapter 1, Problems 5, 9, 11, 18. Theory 3,8,9,20.
- Homework 07-07-09: Chapter 1, Self test 4, 8, 10, 14, 16.
- Homework 07-08-09: Chapter 2, Problems 2,9,13,27,43. Theory 9,19,20.
- Homework 07-09-09: Chapter 2, Self test 3, 4, 6, 7, 15, 20.
(Solutions are given at the end of the book.)
My solutions can be found here.
The week of July 13-16. Submit on July 20
- Homework 07-13-09: Chapter 3, Problems 5, 9, 12, 15. Theory 3, 8.
- Homework 07-14-09: Chapter 3, Problems 29, 37, 57, 60, 66. Theory 15.
Additional solutions.
- Homework 07-15-09: Chapter 3, Problems 74, 76, 86. Theory 16, 18, 28.
Additional solutions.
- Homework 07-16-09: Chapter 3, Self test 3, 6, 12, 15, 21, 27.
(Solutions are given at the end of the book.)
The week of July 20-23. Submit on July 27
- Homework 07-20-09: Chapter 4, Problems 7, 8, 29, 35, 38. Theory 4, 10.
Additional solutions.
- Homework 07-21-09: Chapter 4, Problems 48, 49, 58, 65. Theory 13, 27, 28.
Additional solutions.
- Homework 07-22-09: Chapter 4, Self test 1, 9, 13, 15, 17, 21, 26.
- Homework 07-23-09: Prepare for the midterm. The midterm will look something like
this. Solution to the example test is given
here.
Update: here is a link to the midterm.
The week of July 27-30. Submit on August 3
- Homework 07-27-09: Chapter 5, Problems 1, 4, 6, 16, 18, 19. Theory 2, 5, 11.
Additional solutions.
- Homework 07-28-09: Chapter 5, Theory 29 (Solution 5.28), 31 (Solution 5.30).
Self test 2, 3, 4, 10, 13, 18, 19.
(Solutions are given at the end of the book.)
- Homework 07-29-09: Chapter 6, Problems 1, 8, 9, 13, 14, 19, 20, 22.
Additional solutions.
- Homework 07-30-09: Chapter 6, Self test 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 18.
(Solutions are given at the end of the book.)