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MA 41600, Spring 2022

Course Description

Credit Hours: 3.00. (STAT 416) An introduction to mathematical probability suitable as a preparation for actuarial science, statistical theory, and mathematical modeling. General probability rules, conditional probability and Bayes theorem, discrete and continuous random variables, moments and moment generating functions, joint and conditional distributions, standard discrete and continuous distributions and their properties, law of large numbers and central limit theorem. Typically offered Fall Spring.

Instructor Info.

Section Room Time Instructor Office
MA 41600 165 UNIV 303 10:30am MWF Wang, Jing MATH 420
MA 41600 166 UNIV 303 11:30am MWF Wang, Jing MATH 420
MA 41600 167 REC 114 3:30pm MWF Liu, Haibo No Office
MA 41600 168 REC 114 4:30pm MWF Liu, Haibo No Office
MA 41600 170 REC 307 1:30pm MWF Owada, Takashi No Office
MA 41600 171 UNIV 217 12:30pm MWF Dasgupta, Anirban No Office
MA 41600 172 REC 121 2:30pm MWF Owada, Takashi No Office
MA 41600 173 REC 114 2:30pm MWF Dasgupta, Anirban No Office

Course Materials

Section Type Title Author
172 Textbook First Course in Probability, A (10th) Sheldon Ross
172 Textbook A First Course in Probability (10th) Sheldon Ross
168 Textbook A First Course in Probability (10th) Sheldon Ross
168 Textbook First Course in Probability, A (10th) Sheldon Ross
167 Textbook First Course in Probability, A (10th) Sheldon Ross
167 Textbook A First Course in Probability (10th) Sheldon Ross
173 Textbook First Course in Probability, A (10th) Sheldon Ross
173 Textbook An Introduction to Probability Theory and Its Applications, Volume 1 - Second Book required: Basic Probability Theory by Robert B. Ash, Dover Publications, ISBN:9780486466286. A reference text, not required is: Fundamentals of Probability, A First Course by Anirban DasGupta, Springer, ISBN: 9781461425816. Free copies of all 3 books are online. (3rd) William Feller
165 Textbook A First Course in Probability (10th) Sheldon Ross
170 Textbook First Course in Probability, A (10th) Sheldon Ross
170 Textbook A First Course in Probability (10th) Sheldon Ross
166 Textbook A First Course in Probability (10th) Sheldon Ross
171 Textbook An Introduction to Probabiity Theory and its Applications Volume 1 (3rd) William Feller
171 Textbook Fundamentals of Probability, A First Course (2010.0) Anirban DasGupta
171 Textbook An Introduction to Probability Theory and Its Applications, Volume 1 - Second Book required: Basic Probability Theory by Robert B. Ash, Dover Publications, ISBN:9780486466286. A reference text, not required is: Fundamentals of Probability, A First Course by Anirban DasGupta, Springer, ISBN: 9781461425816. Free copies of all 3 books are online. (3rd) William Feller
171 Textbook Basic Probability Theory (illustrated) Robert B. Ash

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