This is the course website for Statistics 116, Theory of Probability, Spring Quarter 2005. More material will be added as the course progresses.

Instructor: Șerban Nacu

IMPORTANT: The midterm date has been changed so it falls before the course drop deadline. The midterm will be on Wednesday, April 20 during class.

Syllabus (PDF)

Office Hours

Homework 1 due 4/8

Find the random number generator

Homework 2 due 4/15

Section assignments are posted on coursework.

Homework 3 due 4/22

The MIDTERM will be Wednesday, April 20. It will be closed book. Bring a calculator (you will need it). No other aids will be allowed.

This is a review of some of the material you should know for the midterm.

Sample midterms: midterm 1 (with solutions) and midterm 2 (sorry, no solutions). These were given in previous years, so they don't cover exactly the same material that we covered.

Homework 4 due 4/29

Midterm

Lecture notes on Bayesian Updating

Conditional Probability: concepts review

Homework 5 due 5/6

Homework 6 due 5/13

Homework 7 due 5/20

Homework 8 due 5/27 (LAST ONE!)

Some practice finals from previous years: final #1 with solutions, final #2 with solutions, final #3 (includes solutions) and final #4 (includes solutions).