Unless specified otherwise, all assignments are due at midnight on the due date listed.
Lecture/practice notes will be released after the topic is completed in class. This gives you time to fill out the course packet out of your own brain first (recall), then you can review these notes to catch something you missed.
Current status of the PDF notes - sec 01 that I write in during the 2pm class & most videos. These PDF notes - sec02 contain live notes that I take during the 3:30 pm class.
Some videos linked were created by Dr. Gray in fall for her section of 350. Most examples she works through should be identical to the ones in the course packet, but there likely will be deviations.
| Date | Topic | Notes | Read | Watch | Practice | Assess |
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| Welcome! | ||||||
| 01/25 | Introduction to the class |
Syllabus Installing R and R Studio |
Welcome Video How to use Learn R Tutorials How to do HW1 |
Hw0 Due (01/27) |
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| 01/27 | Working with R and R Studio | Intro to R |
R and R Markdown Indexing Vectors |
Ch.1 Solutions |
Quiz 00 (Due 01/26) [2pm] [3:30pm] |
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| Probability | ||||||
| 02/01 | Probability Basics | Notes | Ch 2.1 |
Venn Diagrams Disjoint Sets Set operations Probability axions proof part1 Probability axions proof part2 Pg 18 Example |
Ch.2.1 Solutions |
Quiz 01 (Due 02/09) [2pm] [3:30pm] |
| 02/10 | Simulations | Notes | Ch 2.2 |
Computing Probabilities Replication YTI Extra problems |
Ch.2.2 Solutions |
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| 02/17 | Conditional Probability | Notes | Ch 2.3 |
Tulips Conditional Probability - Kathy Conditional Probability - Robin Independent Events Machine failure Graduation Requirements Child Mortality Simulating Conditional Probability Law of Total Probability Bayes Rule |
Ch.2.3 Solutions |
Quiz 02 (Due 02/21) [2pm] [3:30pm] |
| 03/01 | Counting Arguments | Notes | Ch 2.4 |
Multiplication Sorority pledge Gender equality in promotions Urns and chips |
None |
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| Exam | ||||||
| 03/03 | Exam 1 (Ch 1 & Ch 2) | Mostly Ch 2.1-2.3 |
In class exam 3/3 (All students show up) Take home released 3/3, due 3/7. |
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| Discrete Random Variables | ||||||
| 03/08 | Probabilty Mass Functions |
Notes 3.1 Blank notes |
Ch 3.1 |
Random Variables Probability Mass Functions Simulating PMFs Sampling from a known pmf |
Ch.3.1 Due (03/21) Solutions |
Quiz 03 (Due 03/09) [2pm] [3:30pm] |
| 03/22 | Expected Value & Variance |
Notes 3.2 Blank notes |
Ch 3.2, Ch 3.5 |
Expected Value Variance |
Ch.3.2 Due (03/30) Solutions |
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| 03/24 | Functions of a random variable |
Notes 3.3 Blank notes |
3.4 |
Functions of Random Variables Independent RVs Rules of Expectation Rules of Variance |
Ch.3.3 Due (04/01) Solutions |
Quiz 04 (Due 03/28) [2pm] [3:30pm] |
| Independence | Ch 3.5.1 | |||||
| Named Discrete Distributions | ||||||
| 03/29 | Bernoulli Distribution |
Notes 3.4 Blank notes |
Ch 3.3 | |||
| 04/05 | Binomial Distribution | Notes | Ch 3.3.1 | Binomial Distribution | ||
| 04/05 | Geometric Distribution | Notes | Ch 3.3.2 | Geometric Distribution |
Quiz 05 (Due 04/06) [2pm] [3:30pm] |
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| 04/07 | Negative Binomial Distribution | Notes | Ch 3.6.2 |
NegBin - Introduction NegBin - Ex. Oil NegBin - Ex. Engines |
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| 04/07 | Poisson Distribution | Notes | Ch 3.6.1 | Poisson Distribution | ||
| 04/12 | Hypergeometric Distribution | Notes | Ch 3.6.3 |
Hypergeometric - Intro Hypergeometric - Examples Hypergeometric - You Try It |
Ch.3.4 Due (04/16) Solutions |
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| Exam | ||||||
| 04/19 | Exam 2 | Ch 3 |
In class - 4/19 Take home emailed out on 4/15 AM. Due via Gradescope Wed 4/20 at 9am (hard cutoff) |
Quiz 06 (Exam Review - Take 2) (Due 04/14) by 12 noon [2pm] [3:30pm] |
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| Continuous Random Variables | ||||||
| 04/21 | Probability Density Functions |
Notes Blank notes |
Ch 4.1 |
PDFs CDFs |
Ch.4.1 Due (04/27) Solutions |
Quiz 07 (Ch 4.1) (Due 04/26 Noon) [2pm] [3:30pm] |
| 04/26 | Expected Value |
Notes 4.2 and 4.3 Blank notes |
Ch 4.2 | Expected Value of a Continuous RV |
Ch.4.2_4.3 Due (05/03) Solutions |
Quiz 08 (Ch 4.2-4.4) (Due 05/03 Noon) [2pm] [3:30pm] |
| 04/26 | Variance & Standard Deviation | Notes | Ch 4.3 | Variance of a Continuous RV | ||
| 04/28 | Normal Random Variables |
Notes 4.4 Blank notes |
Ch 4.4 |
The Normal Distribution Inverse Normal |
Ch.4.4 Due (05/10) Solutions |
Quiz 09 (Ch 4.4-4.5) (Due 05/10 Noon) [2pm] [3:30pm] |
| 05/05 | Uniform & Exponential Random Variables |
Notes 4.5 Blank notes |
Ch 4.5 | The Uniform Distribution The Exponential Distribution |
Ch.4.5 Due (05/15) Solutions |
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| Simulation of Random Variables | ||||||
| 05/10 | Estimating Continuous Distributions | Ch 5.3 | ||||
| Finals Week | ||||||
| Exam 3 (Ch 4) | Wednesday 5/18 4-6pm LANG 302 | Practice Exam Solutions | ||||
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