Homework/Syllabus

Disclaimer: The list of topics and due date for each assignment is tentative as will be updated as the semester progresses.

Homework guidelines: Each assignment is to be stapled in the upper left and appropriately titled with the assignment number and your name appearing on the upper right hand corner of the first page. Solutions should appear in the order the questions are listed on the homework, with bonus questions at the end. If for some reason you put them out of order, please make appropriate notes to redirect the grader. The assignment is to be written legibly and in complete sentences. You will be graded not only on your final answer, but also on your explanation and justification of it. Your arguments should be clear and logically correct. Justify each step. Cite theorems and results when it is not obvious what you are using. You may use my solutions to examples in class as a guide. The general principle is: you want to convince the grader you completely understand how to solve it; present your solution as if you were teaching a classmate who didn't know how to solve the problem.
Please also be sure to read the homework policies on the Course Information page.

Assignment Topics Due
Homework 1Sample Spaces Wed Aug 31
----------Mon Sep 5 : Labor day holiday----------
Homework 2Probability Function, Conditional ProbabilityWed Sep 7
Homework 3IndependenceWed Sep 14
Homework 4Combinatorics Wed Sep 21
Exam 1Material to date Wed Sep 28
Homework 5Binomial and hypergeometric probabilities Wed Oct 5
----------Fri Oct 7: Anti-Texas holiday----------
Homework 6Random variables Wed Oct 12
Homework 7Expected values Wed Oct 19
Homework 8Variance Wed Oct 26
Homework 9Joint densities Wed Nov 2
Exam 2Material to date Fri Nov 11
Homework 10Order statistics and conditional densities Mon Nov 21
-------------Thankful Rest: Wed Nov 23 - Fri Nov 25--------------
Homework 11Poisson distributions Wed Nov 30
Homework 12Normal distributions Wed Dec 7
Final Exam Everything to date Thu Dec 15, 8am
Bonus SetBonus Fri Dec 16, noon


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