Math 447   -    Probability Theory, Section 2   -    Fall 2023  

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Last update: December 8, 2023 - 8:45 PM
NOTE that this document specifically pertains to Section 5 of the course!
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Course Material for Section 5 of Math 447

   
REQUIRED: Mathematical Statistics with Applications 7th Edition by Dennis Wackerly (Author), William Mendenhall (Author), Richard L. Scheaffer (Cengage) (the "WMS text" or just "WMS"):
   
REQUIRED: Cengage Webassign for WSM
   
  1. WebAssign is required since you need it to submit your homework.
  2. I understand that an online version of WSM text comes as part of WebAssign. Thus, you need not purchase the very expensive hardcopy,
  3. Look up the campus bookstore website for the course material for this class!
  4. Update, Thurday, August 24, 2023: Instructions how to get access to the Cengage website for this course.

    Link to the Cengage course: Math 447 Section 02 - Michael Fochler 02      

  5. If you click on this link, it will give you instructions how to proceed to the course site.
  6. This allows you to access the e-text version of the WMS book and to assignments which will be graded by WebAssign.
  7. You have limited access for, I believe, two weeks. Then you must pay or you will lose that access.
   
REQUIRED: Lecture Notes for Math 447 - Probability by Michael Fochler (your instructor)
   
  1. This document is work in progress and will be modified as the course unfolds.
  2. Older editions of the document will eventually be deleted. You can find them posted in reverse chronological order in this table:

    2023-12-07 version       This is the inal release for the Fall 2023 semester. All older versions have been deleted.

   
Optional: Linear Algebra
    If you did not (yet) take a linear algebra class (not a requirement) and you want to know more about matrices than what you learned in Math 323, here is a good reference.
   
  1. The lecture notes from Paul Dawkins on linear algebra, available at https://www.cs.cornell.edu/courses/cs485/2006sp/LinAlg_Complete.pdf , have the advantage that they cost nothing.
   
Additional Links
    The list below is likely to grow as the semester progresses.
   
  1. The Instructions for the final exam can be found here . Be sure to review them!
  2. Formula collection for the FINAL EXAM can be found here . This is the final version!
  3. Sample exam problems: Check this out: Practice exam for midterm 1 with solutions . I got this exam from Prof. Weisblatt and Haines. Ignore problem 6 (moment generating functions)! Note that my midterm will pose much easier questions! Also, you find a more detailed solution to #2 in the new chapter "Sample Problems for Exams" of my lecture notes.
  4. Formula collection for the second midterm can be found here .