Instructor: Jim Pitman, Department of Statistics, U.C. Berkeley.

Office hours: Monday 2PM 303 Evans and Thursday 11-12 Math-Stat Drop In, Atrium, Cezar Chavez

GSI: Jing Lei. Office hours: Mon 1-3, 387 Evans, and Wed 1-3, 307 Evans.

Email: s134b at stat dot berkeley dot edu

Homework assignments from the text Probability by J.P. (Springer-Verlag)

Midterm exam in class Thursday October 12 covers Chapters 1 - 3.

Grading : max of (20% hwk., 30% midterm, 50% final) and (20% hwk., 80% final).

HOMEWORK SCHEDULE (No late homework accepted)

1. due Tues 9/5: 1.1 8, 1.3 8 10, 1.4 8 10, 1.5 4, 1.6 4 6

2. due Tues 9/12: 2.1 2 6 12, 2.2 2 8 12,

3. due Tues 9/19: 2.4 4 6, 2.5 4 6 12c) 12e), 3.1 6 14

4. due Tues 9/26: 3.2 8 14 18 20 22

5. due Tues 10/3: 3.3 2 4 6 8 16

6. due Tues 10/10: 3.4 4 8 10, 3.5 8 10 12

MIDTERM REVIEW in class Tues 10/10

MIDTERM in class Thurs 10/12

7. due Tues 10/24: 4.1 2 4 6 12,

8. due Tues 10/31: 4.2 4 6 8, 4.4 2 4 6

9. due Tues 11/7: 4.5 4 6, 5.1 2 4 6

10. due Tues 11/14: 5.2 4 8 10, 5.3 2 4 8

11. due Tues 11/21: 6.1 2 4, 6.2 2 4, 6.3 2 4 10

Thurs 11/23 THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY

12. due Tues 11/28: 6.4 4 8 10, 6.5 2 4 6 12

Final THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2006 8-11 AM