06110290: Probability (Autumn 2011)
Announcements General Course Goals Texts Grading Syllabus Assignments
| Times | Wednesday class 6-8 (13:15-15:30) |
| Room | Zijingang Campus, West Building 2-209 |
| Instructor | Ligang Liu ( ligangliu@zju.edu.cn ) |
| TA | Ruizhen Hu (ruizhen.hu@gmail.com) |
| Credit | 2 |
| Prerequisite | Mathematical Analysis, Linear Algebra |
| Webpage | http://www.math.zju.edu.cn/ligangliu/Courses/Probability_2011-2012 |
This course provides an elementary introduction to probability and statistics with applications. Topics include: basic probability models; combinatorics; random variables; discrete and continuous probability distributions; statistical estimation and testing; confidence intervals; and an introduction to linear regression.
Required textbook:
《概率论、数理统计与随机过程》，张帼奋主编，浙江大学出版社，2011年7月第一版.
Comments: In addition to drawing on your conceptual understanding of the mathematics you have seen so far in your college work, I expect that you will find that this course makes very heavy use of several specific computational topics from calculus (methods of integration such as substitution, integration by parts, some partial fractions) and linear algebra (computing eigenvalues and eigenvectors of matrices). You will need to be able to carry out the relevant processes symbolically by hand to complete many of the problems that will be assigned. You may need to "brush up" on these topics when we get into the sections of the course where these methods are used. You will probably want to refer to your college calculus and linear algebra texts as references.
Credit toward the semester grade will be allocated to each of the components as indicated in the following table.
| Assignments | 30% |
| Final Exam | 70% |
Note: Final examination will be in-class, closed-book. More information will be provided prior to it. If you ever have a question about the grading policy, or about your standing in the course, please feel free to consult with me.
Note: Here you can view or download the notes that we use in class. DO NOT depend solely on these notes as many details are missing. You should read the textbook and take notes in class.
Homework
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Last modified: Oct. 27, 2011