Math 30440, Section 01 --- Introduction to Probability and Statistics

University of Notre Dame, Spring 2008

ARRANGEMENTS	ASSIGNMENTS
General information (pdf)	Homeworks and exams

FINAL: MONDAY MAY 5 1.45pm-3.45pm, NIEU 118

MAKE-UP FINAL: TUESDAY MAY 6 4pm-6pm, HAYE 125

Here is Francis Galton's 1886 paper discussing regression towards mediocrity (now refered to as regression towards the mean).

Here's a short summary of all of the distributions that you should be familiar with for the second exam.

Here are some sample problems to use in your preparation for the second exam. Solutions are here

Chi-squared distribution calculator: http://www.stat.tamu.edu/~west/applets/chisqdemo.html

Here are the three online applets I showed in class on Friday (Feb 22) that illustrate the normal distribution:
- Dice rolling simulation: http://www.stat.sc.edu/~west/javahtml/CLT.html
- The distribution of many repaeated independent Bernoulli trials: http://bcs.whfreeman.com/ips4e/cat_010/applets/CLT-Binomial.html
- The normal distribution for various values of its parameters: http://www-stat.stanford.edu/~naras/jsm/NormalDensity/NormalDensity.html

Binomial distribution calculator: http://cnx.org/content/m11024/latest/ (scroll down)

Poisson distribution calculator: http://www.stat.tamu.edu/~west/applets/poissoncal.html

There will be an EXAMPLES SESSION on Wednesday, Feb 13, room and time TBA (but almost certainly 3.30pm-4.30pm, Hayes-Healy 129). Come by to ask questions about the third and fourth homeworks, and the practice exam.

There will be an EXAMPLES SESSION on Monday, Feb 4, in 129 Hayes-Healy, from 4.30pm to 5.30pm. Come by to ask questions about the first two homeworks.

Here's a note on combinatorial arguments that may be useful for the first homework.

Created by David Galvin, and last revised on January 14, 2008.