STT 861 Theory of Probability and Statistics I, Fall 2005
Instructor:
Yijun Zuo
Office: A440 Wells Hall
Tel: 517-432-5413, Email:
Office Hours:
MW 10:00am-11:00am A440 WH (or by
appointment)
Class Time:
MWF 9:10am-10:00am C103 WH
Textbook:
Mathematical Statistics and Data Analysis
(by John A. Rice, Duxbury Press)
Prerequisite:
MTH 320 or concurrently
Grading:
Exams 60% (9/21 Exam I, 10/17 Exam II, 100 points each, 12/13 Final Exam,
200 points)
Homework 40% (about 8 sets of assignments)
4.0(>=90%), 3.5(85%-89%), 3.0(80%-84%), 2.5(75%-79%), 2.0(<75%)
Assignments:
Assignments will be due at the beginning of lecture on the days indicated
Late homework is not accepted
Important Dates:
August 29 First day of Classes
September
2
Close of adds
September
5
Labor Day, University
Closed
September 22
End
of 100% refund
October
18
Middle of the semester:
Last date to drop course with no grade reported
November 24 &
25 Thanksgiving Day, University Closed
December
9
Last Day of Classes
December 13
Final exam (7:45-9:45am)
Topics:
1. Probability
2. Random Variables
3. Joint distributions (Exam I on 9/21)
4. Expected Values
5. Limit Theorems (Exam II on 10/17)
6. Distributions
derived from the normal distribution
7. Survey Sampling
8. Estimation of parameters and fitting of probability (Final on 12/13)
Instructional objectives:
Discrete and
continuous random variables and vectors, important probability models
Inequalities and limit laws, sampling
distributions and functions of random vectors
Statistical inference
The instructor reserves the
right to make any changes deemed academically necessary