Math 4216
Fall 1996
Office hours: Weds. 11-12, Thurs. 1-2
- Some standard distributions and the shorthand I'll use in referring to them.
- A summary of reproductive properties and facts about linear combinations.
- A sample first exam from a previous quarter.
- A power function plot for the "mail room example."
- Grading: There will be two one hour exams worth 100 points each and a final exam worth one or two hundred points, whichever gives the higher course average. It is recommended that the student work at least the problems on the following list; some exam questions will consist of exactly these problems or minor variations.
Problems: Assignments will include the following.
3rd Ed.
Section Problems
5.1 1,3,6,8,11
5.2 1,2,8,12,13
5.3 1,2,5,8
5.4 1,4,5,6,9,12,13
2.10 1,3,6,12
3.3 1,3,6,7,15,18,19
3.5 1,3,5,6,8,11
4.7 1,2,4,5,8,9
6.2 1,2,3,5,7
6.1 1,2,6
6.4 3,4,8,9,15,18
6.5 2,3,6,7
6.6 2,5,11
6.7 1,7,12
7.2 1,11
7.1 1
7.3 1,7
7.4 1,4
7.9 2,3
7.10 4,8 (first part only)
8.2 4
7.6 2
8.4 3,8
8.5 1,6
8.7 1,9
4 th Ed.
Section Problems
5.2 1,3,6,8,11
5.3 1,2,11,12,13
5.4 1,2,5,7
5.5 1,4,7,8,11,14,15
3.7 1,3,6,12
4.2 6,8,13,
4.3 1,6,14
4.3 9,11,13,14,17
4.4 19
5.7 1,2,4,5,8,9
6.6 1,2,3,5,7
6.1 1,2,6
6.2 7,10,18,9,13,16
6.3 2,1,6,7
6.4 2,9,13
6.5 1,7,12
7.2 1,12
7.1 1
7.3 1,7
7.4 13,2
7.5 2,3
7.6 4,8
8.4 3,8
9.5 6,2
9.5 12,13
These are problem citations from the third and fourth editions of
Probability and Statistical Inference
by
R. Hogg and A. Tanis.
The fourth edition is the text for Ma 4215 and this course.