MATH 3770 Statistics and Applications

Spring 2010

TR 9:35-10:55 Skiles 249

Professor Federico Bonetto

Office Hours: TR 11-12, Skiles 133B.
Grader Name: Heidi Yang
Grader Office Hours: TBA.

The course will introduce the basic notion of probability theory and its application to statistics. The focus will be on the discussion of applications.

The text that will be used is:

Jay L. Devore, Probability and Statistics, 7th or 6th ed., Thomson

The syllabus can be found here.

There will be two midterm.

The exercise listed are for HW collection. I will collect them every two weeks and grade 2 or 3 exercises among the one assigned. In case of differences between the 7th and 6th editions of the book I will indicate in square brackets the number relative to the 6th edition.

The final grade will be based on the following rules: 45% final, 35% midterms, 20% HW. Curving will be done on the final result.

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See the webpage of the spring 2007 class for previous tests and material.

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Second HW due on February 9th.

The first midterm will be on February 16th.

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Fourth HW due on March 16th.

The second midterm will be on March 16th.

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Retake test. Since the results of the second midterm where not good I will curve them by multiplying all score by a factor of 1.8. Moreover, this is an optional test for those of you that want to improve their result on the second midterm. The test is due next Thursday at the beginning of calss. You are not supposed to collaborate with other student or to seek external help.

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Preparation material for the final. Here is a link to collected previous term exams with some solutions.