Classes: TuThu 2-3:30 Cory 277.
Prerequisites: One year of calculus.
Textbook: Probability, by Jim Pitman, Springer-Verlag
Students are strongly encouraged to read the text. It includes many examples and extra exercises which augment the concepts being discussed.
Instructor: Elchanan Mossel
(mossel@stat dot berkeley
dot edu)
Office hours: Tue 10-11 (Student
learning
center), We 11-12 (Evans 423)
.
GSI: Ron Peled (s134a@stat dot berkeley dot edu)
Office hours: We 11-12 and 2-3, Thu 12:30-1:30 (Evans 330)
If you have any questions about your HW grade please contact Ron.
You can pick up your HW at Ron office hours.
.
Study Groups Meetings at Student Learning Center: Tue & Thu 11-12 starting at the 3rd week of teaching.
Students are strongly encouraged to attend the
group
meetings at the
Homework: Homework is due at the beginning of class on Thursday (unless otherwise specified). No late homework will be accepted.
Homework solutions will be posted in a glass case on the third floor of Evans Hall. You can pick up your HW at the GSI office hours.
HW that are not picked up will be in an envelope outside the GSI office (Evans 435) the following week.
Class study groups: In the first week of class the students will be asked to form study groups of 2-4 students. The groups will meet to review the material and discuss homework assignments. Each student is responsible to write, submit and understand her/his own homework assignment.
Warning:
You should be aware that copying solutions, in whole or in part,
from other
students in the class or any other source without acknowledgment
constitutes cheating. Any student found to be cheating risks
automatically failing the class, and being referred to the Office of
Student Conduct.
Midterm: (tentatively) Thu, October 13, 14:00-15:30pm -- Chapters 1-3.
Final: Wednesday, December 14, 12:30-3:30pm,2060 VALLEY LSB -- Chapters 1-6.
No make up exams
will be given.
No one may take the final exam early.
Grading: maximum of
(20% homework,
30% midterm, 50% final) and (20% homework 80% final).
Home Work assignments from Pitman's book in "Section[Problems] (Page)" format (HW grade is based on 10 best HW sets):
Homework due Sep 8: 1.1[8] (p 10), 1.2[3] (p 18), 1.3[9,11,12] (p 31), 1.4[4,6](p 45-46), 1.5[7,8] (p 54-55),1.6.[6,7,8](p 70-71)
Homework due Sep 15: 2.1[4,6,10,12] (p 91-92) 2.2[1,7,8,13] (p 108-109)
Homework due Sep 22: 2.4[3,8,9,10] (p 121-122) 2.5[4,6,8,12] (p 128-129)
Homework due Sep 29: 2.Review[16,26] (p 134-135) 3.1[6,8,14,16,18,24] (p 159-161)
Homework due Oct 6: 3.2[11,14,17,22] (p 182-184) 3.3[8,14,21,27] (p 202-207)
Homework due Oct 13: 3.4[2,4,10,12,18] (p 217-220) 3.5[2,10,16] (p 234-235) (hw is due at the beginning of the midterm)
Homework due Oct 20: 3.Rev[7,21,23(a only; the final answer in the back of the book is wrong)] (p 251-254) 4.1[2,6,12] (p 275-276)
Homework due Oct 27: 4.2[4,6,8,9] (p 293-294) 4.4[4,6,9,10] (p 309-310)
Homework due Nov 3: 4.5[4,6,9] (p 323-324) 4.6[3] (p 330) 5.1[4,5,6,9] (p 345)
Homework due Nov 10: 5.2[7,8,10,12,14,16] (p 355-354) 5.3[4,12] (p 367,369).
Homework due Nov 22: 5.4[7,9,11,12,13] (p 384-385) 6.1[6,8,9] (p 399-400) 6.2[2,4,6,12] (p 407-408).
Homework due Dec 1: 6.3[5,9,10(a,b),12] (p 426-427) 6.4[8,10,20,21,22] (p 445, 447) 6.5[4,6,11] (p 462-463).
Homework due Dec 8: Final review.
Midterm Review problems and info
Final: Review problems and info.
Slides: Following Pitman's book in "Date/Section" format.
For best view in PowerPoint, you may want to install TexPoint. The HTML is better viewed in IE.
Aug 30/1.1-1.3: PPT HTML PDF Sep
1/1.4-1.5: PPT
HTML PDF
Sep 6/1.6:
PPT HTML PDF Sep
8/2.1: PPT HTML PDF
Sep 13/2.2:
PPT HTML PDF Sep
15/2.4: PPT HTML PDF
Sep 20/2.5:
PPT HTML PDF Sep
22/3.1: PPT HTML PDF
Sep 27/3.2:
PPT HTML PDF Sep
29/3.3: PPT HTML PDF
Oct 4 /3.4:
PPT HTML PDF Oct 6
/3.5: PPT HTML PDF
Oct 18/4.1:
PPT HTML PDF Oct
20/4.2: PPT HTML PDF
Oct 25/4.4: PPT HTML PDF Oct 27/4.5: PPT HTML PDF
Nov 8 / 5.3: PPT HTML PDF Nov 10/ 5.4: PPT HTML PDF
Nov15 /6.1-6.2: PPT HTML PDF Nov 17/ 6.3: PPT HTML PDF
Nov 22/6.4: PPT HTML PDF Nov 29/6.5: PPT HTML PDF
Other links: Glossary of statistical terms.
Probability Web Applets by Susan Holems.