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

University of Notre Dame, Spring 2009

http://www.nd.edu/~dgalvin1/30440/

Announcements

• Final Exam:
  • Wednesday, May 6, 1.45-3.45, NIEW 118
  
  
  • Here is a summary of all the topics to be covered on the final. Notice that it does not include anything from chapter 9.
  
  
  • Here is a practice test (longer than the actual test!), with solutions.
  
  
  • Solutions to *all* homeworks now posted to the assignments page.
  
  
  • Review Sessions:
    • Monday 7-9pm, Hayes-Healy 229 (Prof. Gerdes)
    • Tuesday 3-5pm, Hayes-Healy 129 (Prof. Galvin)
  
  
  • Upcoming office hours:
    • Wednesday 3-4pm
    • Thursday 4-5.30pm
    • Friday: 2-4.30pm
    • Weedend: I'll be out of town, and out of email range
    • Monday: 3pm-5pm
    • Tuesday: 11am-1pm
    • Wednesday: I don't know what time I'll be in tomorrow (Doctor's appointment), but it should be around noon. You should find me in my office from then until 1.30
  
  
  
  
• Here are the excel files from the two in-class examples on linear regression.


• Here's a list of interval estimates that we've seen.


• Here are some notes giving justifications for the central limit theorem and the equation for the sample variance.


• Help! I've fallen and I don't know which distribution to use to get up!


• Here's a list of common distributions with information about their parameters and uses.


• SECOND MIDTERM: Tuesday, March 17, 8am-9.15am, 155 DeBartolo. Information about the make-up will be available closer to the time. Everything from the first exam is fair game, as well as: 4.8, 4.9 5.1, 5.2, 5.3 (definition only), 5.4, 5.5, 5.6 and 5.8.1. You may bring up to three pages of handwritten notes.
  • Review sessions: Prof. Gerdes (who teaches Sec 02) will hold open office hours in HH 112 from 4pm to 5pm Monday, and from 6.20pm to 9pm; I will hold a review session on Monday from 5pm to 6.20pm in De Bartolo 126. Please come prepared with questions!
  • Office hours: Monday from 3pm to 5pm.
  • Practice problems: There are two sets. The first is a practice exam with questions similar in style to the actual exam, and a similar length (solutions are here). The second is a miscellaneous collection of problems that you might also like to look over as preparation (solutions here)


• Office hours: From now on, I'll be trying to stick to the following regular pattern of office hours. M 3-4, W 10.40-11.40 and 3-4. Homeworks will be collected in class on Wednesdays, but I will also allow them to be left in my mailbox up to 3pm Thursday (hence the Wed afternoon office hours).


• Power point on Poisson distribution (created by Larry Winner, U. Fla.)


• Poisson distribution calculator: http://rockem.stat.sc.edu/prototype/calculators/index.php3?dist=Poisson


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


• FIRST MIDTERM: Thursday, February 12, 8am-9.15am, 155 DeBartolo Hall. Information about the make-up will be available closer to the time. The exam will cover all of chapters 3 and 4, *except* 4.3.2, 4.8 and 4.9.
  • Review sessions: Prof. Gerdes (who teaches Sec 02) will hold a review session on Tuesday at 7pm, Hayes-Healy 229; I will hold one on Wednesday from 4.20 to 5.50, Hayes-Healy 129. Come prepared with questions.
  • Practice problems: here are some problems that you might like to do as preparation.


• ROOM CHANGE! Starting Friday, January 16, this class will meet in NIEU 127


• I'll be in my office from 3pm to 5pm this coming Friday (Jan 16)

Created by David Galvin, and last revised on December 15, 2008.