Probability
Math 336
Brad Hartlaub
Fall 2016

Course Syllabus

August 26
August 29
August 31
Sept. 2 - Problem Session
Sept. 5
Sept. 7
Sept. 9 - Problem Session
Sept. 12
Sept. 14
Sept. 16 - Problem Session
Sept. 19
Sept. 21
Sept. 23 - Problem Session
Sept. 26 - Problem Session
Sept. 28
Sept. 30
Oct. 3 - Problem Session/Review for Exam
Oct. 5 - Exam #1
Oct. 10 - Uniform and Normal Dist; Transformation of Variables Technique #2
Oct. 12
Oct. 14 - Problem Session (HW #5 and HW#6)
Oct. 17 - Continue with Exponential and Gamma distributions
Oct. 19
Oct. 21
Oct. 24 - Problem Session
Oct. 26 - Problem Session
Oct. 28
Oct. 31 - Problem Session
Nov. 2
Nov. 4 - Complete covariance and correlation properties
Nov. 7 - Problem Session
Nov. 9 - Problem Session
Nov. 11
Nov. 14
Nov. 16 - Problem Session/Review for the Exam
Nov. 18 - Exam #2
Nov. 28 - Proof of the CLT
Nov. 30 - Probability generating functions and lab time for projects
Dec. 2 - Lab time for projects
Dec. 5 - Project Presentations
- Mary Liz Brady and Caroline Daugherty - Inverse Transformations and Simulation
- Boning Shi and Tudor Stoian - Student's t distribution
Dec. 7 - Project Presentations
- Derek Foret and Oliver VandenBerg - Bayesian Estimation and Inference
- Alexander Powell, Ethan Shapiro, and Nico Danner - Beta distribution and estimation for NBA shooting
Dec. 9 - Project Presentataions
- Carrie Stevens and Josh Abrams - Pareto Distribution and Applications
- Cameron Feenstra and David Resnekov - Markov Chains

HW#1 - Due on Friday, Sept. 2
HW#2 - Due on Friday, Sept. 9
HW #3 - Due on Monday, Sept. 19
HW #4 - Due on Friday, Sept. 23
HW #5 - PS on Monday, Oct. 3; Theoretical Exercises are due on Oct. 14
HW #6 - Due on Friday, Oct. 14
HW #7 - Due on Monday, Oct. 24
HW #8 - Due on Monday, Oct. 31
HW #9 - Due on Monday, Nov. 7; Problem 22 and Exercises 10, 35, 45, and 48 will be collected on Friday, Nov. 11
HW #10 - Due on Wednesday, Nov. 16