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REQUIRED:
Lecture Notes for Math 447 - Probability by Michael Fochler (your instructor)
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This document is work in progress and will be modified as
the course unfolds.
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Older editions of the document will eventually be deleted.
You can find them posted in reverse chronological order in this table:
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2025-03-06 version
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Addenda to chapter 9: Approximating a binomial distribution with
a Poisson distribution
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2025-03-04 version
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Created examples for binomial, geometric, negative binomial,
hypergeometric, and Poisson distributions in the addenda
to chapter 9.
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2025-02-20 version
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Created exercise with solution for quiz 1, problem 4
in new section 2.9.2 (Other Exercises) of chapter 2.
in the title of ch.8.
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2025-02-18 version
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Title change of ch.8.2: Removed "Random" from
"Random Sampling and Urn Models With and Without Replacement"
in the title of ch.8.
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2025-02-11 version
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Replaces ver 2025-01-23:
Minor fixes
Do not print it (yet)!
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2025-01-23 version
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Replaces ver 2025-01-20:
Rewrote the Preimages section and moved it into ch.2
Do not print it (yet)!
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2025-01-20 version
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Replaces ver 2025-01-19.
Do not print it (yet)!
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2025-01-19 version
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Some updates and corrections, but more will be forthcoming soon.
Do not print it (yet)!
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2024-11-24 version
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First release for the Spring 2025 semester.
There will be major changes for the upcoming semester.
Do not print it (yet)! I expect to publish at least one
new release before the start of the semester.
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REQUIRED:
Mathematical Statistics with Applications 7th Edition
by Dennis Wackerly (Author), William Mendenhall (Author), Richard L. Scheaffer
(Cengage)
(the "WMS text" or just "WMS"):
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NOT required:
Cengage Webassign for WSM
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You have the option of buying an electronic version of the text that comes
with WebAssign, but as far as I know, you lose access to everything after six months
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Since WebAssign is not required, you have the option of obtaining a used version.
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Should you take Math 448 at a later time, your instructor
may use the same book and require WebAssign access to go with it.
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Optional: Linear Algebra
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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.
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The
lecture notes from Paul Dawkins on linear algebra,
available at
https://www.cs.cornell.edu/courses/cs485/2006sp/LinAlg_Complete.pdf
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have the advantage that they cost nothing.
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Additional Links
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The list below is likely to grow as the semester progresses.
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Errors found in the non--MF course material:
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WMS 7Ed errors
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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.
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The
Instructions for the first midterm
can be found
here
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Formula collection for the SECOND MIDTERM
can be found
here
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Solutions for selected quiz and exam problems:
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Quiz 01-07
(quiz 7 solutions added on Mar 5)
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Midterm 1
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