Statistics 309

Introduction to Mathematical Statistics I

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Course Information

• Course Syllabus

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Course Schedule

Day	Date	Topic	Text	Extras
W	Sept. 2	Introduction	Chapter 1	Notes Plots
F	Sept. 4	Properties of Probability Models	Chapter 1
M	Sept. 7	Labor Day
W	Sept. 9	Combinatorial Probability	Chapter 1	Assignment 1 due Inclusion-Exclusion Notes
F	Sept. 11	Combinatorial Probability	Chapter 1
M	Sept. 14	Combinatorial Probability	Chapter 1
W	Sept. 16	Conditional Probability and Independence	Chapter 1	Assignment 2 due Note on longest run of heads
F	Sept. 18	Conditional Probability and Independence	Chapter 1
M	Sept. 21	Problem Session	Chapter 1
W	Sept. 23	Random Variables	Chapter 2	Assignment 3 due
F	Sept. 25	Distributions	Chapter 2
M	Sept. 28	Discrete Distributions	Chapter 2
W	Sept. 30	Discrete Distributions	Chapter 2	Assignment 4 due
F	Oct. 2	Exams 1A and 1B (cover Chapter 1)
M	Oct. 5	Continuous Distributions	Chapter 2
W	Oct. 7	Continuous Distributions	Chapter 2	Assignment 5 due
F	Oct. 9	Cumulative Distribution Functions	Chapter 2
M	Oct. 12	One-dimensional Change of Variable	Chapter 2
W	Oct. 14	One-dimensional Change of Variable	Chapter 2	Assignment 6 due correction.pdf
F	Oct. 16	Joint Distributions	Chapter 2
M	Oct. 19	Conditioning and Independence	Chapter 2
W	Oct. 21	Multidimensional Change of Variable	Chapter 2	Assignment 7 due jacobian.pdf
F	Oct. 23	Simulation/Problem Session	Chapter 2
M	Oct. 26	Problem Session	Chapter 3
W	Oct. 28	Expectation of Discrete Random Variables	Chapter 3	Assignment 8 due
F	Oct. 30	Expectation of Discrete Random Variables	Chapter 3
M	Nov. 2	Expectation of Random Variables	Chapter 3
W	Nov. 4	Expectation of Random Variables	Chapter 3	Assignment 9 due
F	Nov. 6	Exams 2A and 2B (cover Chapter 2)		Chapter 2 Summary
M	Nov. 9	Expectation Examples	Chapter 3
W	Nov. 11	Generating Functions	Chapter 3	Assignment 10 due
F	Nov. 13	Conditional Expectation	Chapter 3
M	Nov. 16	Inequalities	Chapter 3
W	Nov. 18	Sampling Distributions	Chapter 4
F	Nov. 20	Convergence in Probability Convergence with Probability 1	Chapter 4	Assignment 11 due
M	Nov. 23	Convergence in Distribution	Chapter 4
W	Nov. 25	Normal Distribution Theory	Chapter 4	Assignment 12 due
F	Nov. 27	Thanksgiving Break
M	Nov. 30	Exam 3A and 3B (cover Chapter 3)		Chapter 3 Summary
W	Dec. 2	Problem Session	Chapter 4
F	Dec. 4	Simple Random Walk	Chapter 11	Assignment 13 due
M	Dec. 7	Markov Chains	Chapter 11
W	Dec. 9	Markov Chains	Chapter 11
F	Dec. 11	Problem Session	Chapter 11	Assignment 14 due
M	Dec. 14	Exams 4A and 11A (cover Chapters 4 and 11)
S	Dec. 19	Final Exam Period	Replacement Exams	7:45-9:45 am

Chapter Summaries

Summary
Chapter 2 Summary
Chapter 3 Summary
Chapter 4 Summary

Homework Assignments

• Assignments are due by 5:00 P.M. on the date due.
• Assignments received before 5:00 P.M. the first school day after the due date receive at most 2 points.
• Assignments received before 5:00 P.M. the second school day after the due date receive at most 1 point.

Assignment	Date Given	Date Due	Extras	Solutions
Assignment #1	September 2	September 9		Solution #1
Assignment #2	September 10	September 16		Solution #2
Assignment #3	September 16	September 23		Solution #3
Assignment #4	September 24	September 30		Solution #4
Assignment #5	October 2	October 7		Solution #5
Assignment #6	October 9	October 14		Solution #6
Assignment #7	October 15	October 21		Solution #7
Assignment #8	October 21	October 28		Solution #8
Assignment #9	October 30	November 4	R Installation R Probability Distributions	Solution #9
Assignment #10	November 9	November 11		Solution #10
Assignment #11	November 11	November 18
Assignment #12	November 20	November 25

Exam Solutions

Exam	Date Given	Solutions
Exam 1A	October 2	Solution
Exam 1B	October 3	Solution
Exam 2A	November 6	Solution
Exam 2B	November 6	Solution

Final Exam Information