STATISTICS 151 APPLIED PROBABILITY COURSE GUIDELINES

STATISTICS 151
APPLIED PROBABILITY
COURSE GUIDELINES
Brian MacPherson
Department of Math and Statistics
[email protected]
Course Homepage:
http://www.cems.uvm.edu/~bvmacp/stat151/
Required Textbook: Robert V. Hogg and Elliot A. Tanis. Probability and Statistical Inference
( 8th Edition). Prentice Hall.
Upper Saddle River, NJ, 2010. ISBN: 978-0321-584-755.
Prerequisites:
TWO semesters of calculus (including integration).
Class Handouts:
These can be found at
http://www.cems.uvm.edu/~bvmacp/stat151/handouts.html
Optional Reading:
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(Baily/Howe Library)
Sheldon Ross. A First Course in Probability.
JL Devore. Probability and Statistics for Engineering and the Sciences.
Meyer Dwass. Probability and Statistics.
AB Clark and RL Disney. Probability and Random Processes.
Office Hours: Monday & Wednesday 5:30 - 6:15.
GRADING: Your overall grade will be determined as follows.
COMPONENT
PERCENT
Quizzes
Exam I
Exam II
Final Exam
25
25
25
25
TOTAL
100
Special Needs
I will be happy to accommodate any students with special needs. If you wish me to do this for
you, you must arrange to have official documentation sent to me from the Office of Specialized
Student Services. I will need to know this as early as possible so that we can make appropriate
arrangements.