Announcements

• The final exam is Friday, December 11. It will cover all the topics covered in homework assignments, that is, Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4.1-4.2, 5, 6.1-6.5. As a practice exam, solve the following problems: 1.7.21, 2.7.21, 2.7.47, 2.7.81, 3.5.9, 4.7.5, 5.6.29, 6.7.5, 6.7.13, 6.7.35. Also review your graded homeworks, examples and theorems in the text, and lecture notes. If you want even more practice problems, try 1.7.17, 2.7.22, 2.7.82, 3.5.14, 5.6.28, 6.7.12, 6.7.34.
• A handout on continuous and discrete distributions Updated to include the formulas for the concrete distributions which appeared in the course.

Homework

• Homework 12, not to be turned in.
  • Read sections 4.1-4.4.
  • Section 4.7, problems 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 19, 21, 23.
• Homework 11, due December 3 (if you want it returned on December 8), otherwise due December 8.
  • Read sections 6.4-6.5, 4.1-4.3.
  • Section 6.7, problems 21, 22*, 29, 30*, 31, 32*, 33, 34*, 35, 36*, 39, 40*, 43, 44*, 45, 46*.
• Homework 10, due November 24.
  • Read sections 6.1-6.4.
  • Section 6.7, problems 1, 2*, 3, 4*, 5, 6*, 7, 9, 10*, 11, 12*, 13, 14*, 15, 16*, 17, 18*.
• The second midterm exam was Tuesday, November 10. It covered Chapter 3 and sections 5.1-5.3 of the textbook. Solutions are posted on eCampus. The exam mean was 82.
• Homework 9, due November 17. You should solve problems 21-28 on this assignment before the exam on November 10, but you do not need to turn them in until the following week.
  • Read sections 5.3-5.5.
  • Section 5.6, problems 21, 22*, 23, 24*, 27, 28*, 31, 32*, 33, 34*, 35, 36(a,c,d)*, 39, 40*.
• Homework 8, due November 3. Note that this week, there are odd-numbered problems which should also be turned in.
  • Read sections 5.1-5.3.
  • Section 5.6, problems 1, 2*, 3, 4*, 5*, 7, 8*, 9, 10*, 12*, 13, 15*, 16*, Extra problem.
  • Extra problem. Let f(x) = (1 + a x)/2 for -1 ≤ x ≤ 1 and f(x) = 0 otherwise, where -1 ≤ a ≤ 1. Show that f is a density function, and find the corresponding distribution function. Find the median of this distribution in terms of a.
• Homework 7, due October 27.
  • Read sections 3.3-3.4.
  • Section 3.5, problems 34*, 35, 38*, 39, 40*, 41, 52*, 53, 56*, 57, 58*, 59, 60*, 61, 62*, 63, 64*.
• Homework 6, due October 20.
  • Read sections 3.1-3.3.
  • Section 3.5, problems 3, 4*, 5, 6*, 7, 8*, 9, 12*, 13, 14*, 19, 20*, 21, 22*, 25, 26*, 27, 28*, 30*, 31.
• The first midterm exam was Thursday, October 8. It covered Chapters 1 and 2 of the textbook. Solutions are posted on eCampus. The exam mean was 71.
• Homework 5, due October 6.
  • Read sections 2.4-2.6.
  • Section 2.7, problems 52*, 53, 54*, 55, 56*, 61, 62*, 63, 64*, 65, 66(a)*, 73, 74*, 77, 78*, 79, 80*, 82*.
• Homework 4, due September 29.
  • Read sections 2.3-2.4.
  • Section 2.7, problems 37, 38*, 39, 40*, 41, 42*, 43, 44*, 45, 46*, 47, 48*, 49, 50*, 51.
• Homework 3, due September 22.
  • Read sections 2.1-2.3.
  • Section 2.7, problems 1, 2*, 3, 4*, 8*, 9, 10*, 11, 14*, 15, 16*, 17, 18, 21, 22*, 25, 26*, 28*, 29, 30*, 31. Problem 34 is now declared``extra credit''.
• Homework 2, due September 15.
  • Read sections 1.4-1.6.
  • Section 1.7, problems 35, 36*, 37, 38*, 40*, 41, 42*, 43, 48*, 49, 50*, 51, 52*, 55.
• Homework 1, due September 10 (rather than September 8).
  • Read sections 1.1-1.4.
  • Section 1.7, problems 3, 4*, 5, 8*, 9, 10*, 11, 14*, 17, 18*, 20*, 21, 22*, 23, 24*, 25, 26*, 27, 28*, 31.