FALL 2011
STAT 3611 Introduction to Probability and Statistics
Instructor: Yongcheng Qi
Telephone: 726-7597,
E-mail: yqi@d.umn.edu
Office Hours: Mondays 1:00-3:00, Wednesdays 1:00-3:00, or by appointment
Prerequisites: Differential and Integral Calculus through integration by parts. Math 1290 or Math 1296 under semesters
Classes: MWThF (Cina 102) 9:00--9:50
Textbook: Probability and Statistics for Engineers and Scientists: 9/e (2012), by Walpole, Myers, Myers & Ye (ISBN-13: 9780321629111)
Exams: There will be two midterm exams and one final exam. The 1st midterm will be on Oct 14, Friday, and the 2nd Nov 18, Friday. The final exam has been scheduled on Dec 21, Wednesday, 10:00--11:55. If you must miss an exam, be sure to make arrangements before the exam. No makeup exam otherwise.
Quizzes: There are 10 or 11 quizzes given on Fridays (weekly, except the first and last weeks and the two weeks with exams).
Exercises: There will be written homework assignments. Problems will be assigned once a week and usually due on Wednesdays. Some, but not necessarily all, of the problems will be graded. You must follow the Mathematics and Statistics Department's minimum standards (see handouts), but you do not need to copy the problems. Make every effort to hand in homework on time; late homework will only be accepted under exceptional circumstances.
Grading: Homework 20% Quizzes 15%
Midterms 40% (20% each) Final 25%
Topics: Sections 1.3, 1.4, 1.6;
2.1-2.7; 3.1-3.4; 4.1-4.3; 5.1-5.5; 6.1-6.7; 8.1-8.6; 9.1-9.5, 9.8,
9.10-9.12; 10.1-10.5
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