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

Office hour: TBD

GSI: TBD

Office hours: TBD

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

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

Grading : max of (10% hwk., 40% midterm, 50% final) and (10% hwk., 90% final).

HOMEWORK SCHEDULE (No late homework accepted)

1. due Thursday 1/29: 1.1 8, 1.3 8 10, 1.4 8 10, 1.5 4, 1.6 4 6

2. due Thursday 2/5: 2.1 2 6 12, 2.2 2 8 12,

3. due Thursday 2/12: 2.4 4 6, 2.5 4 6 12c) 12e), 3.1 6 14

4. due Thursday 2/19: 3.2 8 14 18 20 22

5. due Thursday 2/26: 3.3 2 4 6 8 16

6. due Thursday 3/5: 3.4 4 8 10, 3.5 8 10 12

MIDTERM in 241 CORY Thursday 3/12. Closed book. Bring a one page (single side) formula summary, to be turned in with exam. Normal table will be provided.
Copy of exam with solutions: [.pdf]
Midterm Scores: [9, 9, 9, 10, 12, 13, 13, 14, 14, 14, 15, 15, 15, 15, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 17, 17, 17, 17, 17, 17, 18, 18, 18, 19, 19, 19, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 22, 22, 22, 22] Histogram of Scores: [.pdf]

7. due Thursday 3/19: 4.1 2 4 6 12,

SPRING BREAK

8. due Thursday 4/2: 4.2 4 6 8, 4.4 2 4 6

9. due Thursday 4/9: 4.5 4 6, 5.1 2 4 6

10. due Thursday 4/16: 5.2 4 8 10, 5.3 2 4 8

11. due Thursday 4/23: 6.1 2 4, 6.2 2 4, 6.3 2 4 10

12. due Thursday 4/30: 6.4 4 8 10, 6.5 2 4 6 12

Last class: Thursday 5/7

EXAM: TUESDAY, MAY 19, 2009 8-11A. 210 Wheeler. Two pages of notes allowed. Calculators OK.