Source: http://mrwright.org/teaching/math262s18/
Timestamp: 2019-04-20 21:03:21+00:00

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Welcome to Probability Theory! For course info and policies, please see the syllabus. For grades, log into Moodle. If you need help, ask a question on the Q & A Forum or contact Prof. Wright.
Complete the Syllabus Quiz and the Help Session Scheduling Poll.
Read §1.1 and §1.2 (at least through page 10) and answer the questions on the Reading Guide (also on the back of your worksheet from class). Bring the Reading Guide with you to the next class.
Read §1.3 and answer the questions on the Reading Guide.
Finish Homework 1 (due Wednesday at 4pm in the homework mailbox).
Read this article by Carol Dweck and answer the questions on the Reading Guide. Also make a conjecture about the cookie problem on the Reading Guide.
Begin Homework 2 (due 4pm Monday).
Read §1.4 and answer the questions on the Reading Guide.
Finish Homework 2 (due 4pm Monday).
Read (or re-read) Section 1.4.3, then read §1.5. Answer the questions on the Reading Guide.
Begin Homework 3 (due 4pm Friday).
Read §1.6 and answer the questions on the Reading Guide.
Finish Homework 3 (due 4pm Friday).
If possible, bring a laptop with R and RStudio to class on Friday. You can download R here and download RStudio here.
Begin Homework 4 (due 4pm Wednesday).
There is no reading assignment for Monday, but this would be a good time to review Chapter 1.
Read §2.1 and §2.2, and answer the questions on the Reading Guide.
Finish Homework 4 (due 4pm Wednesday).
Read §2.3 and answer the questions on the Reading Guide.
Read §2.4 and answer the questions on the Reading Guide.
Work on Homework 5 (due 4pm Wednesday).
Finish Homework 5 (due 4pm Wednesday).
There is no reading assignment for Wednesday, but this would be an excellent time to review §2.1–2.4.
This exam will cover Sections 1.1 through 1.5 and 2.1 through 2.3.
Calculators will be permitted, but probably not very helpful, and certainly not necessary.
Books, notes, and internet-capable devices will not be permitted during the exam.
A review page, with suggested problems, is available here.
Read §2.5 and answer the questions on the Reading Guide.
Begin Homework 6 (due 4pm Wednesday).
Read §2.6.1 and answer the questions on the Reading Guide.
Read §2.6.2 and answer the questions on the Reading Guide.
Begin Homework 7 (due 4pm Monday).
Reading §2.7 and answer the questions on the Reading Guide.
Re-read §2.7. This section should make more sense now than the first time you read it. There is no reading guide for Wednesday.
Read §2.8 and answer the questions on the Reading Guide.
If possible, bring a computer with R and RStudio to class on Friday.
Have a great spring break! No class March 26 – April 2.
Read §3.1 and answer the questions on the Reading Guide.
Read §3.2 and answer the questions on the Reading Guide.
Read §3.3 and answer the questions on the Reading Guide.
Read §3.4.1 and answer the questions on the Reading Guide.
Read §3.4.2 and answer the questions on the Reading Guide.
Read §3.7 and answer the questions on the Reading Guide.
Re-read §3.7, focusing on Examples 3.39–3.41.
Complete the take-home exam problems before next class.
This exam will cover Sections 2.1 through 2.7 and 3.1 through 3.4.
Click here for more information and suggested review problems.
Read §4.1 and answer the questions on the Reading Guide.
Begin Homework 12 (due 4pm Wednesday).
Read §4.2 and answer the questions on the Reading Guide.
Finish Homework 12 (due 4pm Wednesday).
Note: No help session on Wednesday evening this week.
Read from the beginning of §4.3 up to the §4.3.1 heading (pages 264–268 in the Second Edition of the text). Answer the questions on the Reading Guide.
Begin Homework 13 (due 4pm Monday).
Read §4.3.1 and §4.3.2. Answer the questions on the Reading Guide.
Finish Homework 13 (due 4pm Monday).
Read §4.4 and answer the questions on the Reading Guide.
Begin Homework 14 (due 4pm Friday).
Read §4.5.1 and §4.5.2. Answer the questions on the Reading Guide.
Finish Homework 14 (due 4pm Friday).
Read §4.5.3 and §4.5.4. Answer the questions on the Reading Guide.
Read §4.6 and answer the questions on the Reading Guide.
Re-read §4.6. There is no new reading guide for Wednesday.
Read §4.9 and answer the questions on the Reading Guide.
Complete the take-home portion of the final exam.
This exam will be cumulative, with emphasis on Chapter 4.
The exam will consist of an in-class portion and a short take-home portion.
The take-home portion will be distributed on May 16 and due at the final exam time on May 19. For this portion of the exam you may use your textbook, your notes, the course web site, a calculator, R, Mathematica, and Wolfram Alpha, but not other people, web sites, books, etc. Remember the honor code!
For the in-class portion: books, notes, and internet-capable devices will not be permitted. Calculators will be permitted, but probably not very helpful, and certainly not necessary.

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