This is an archived course. A more recent version may be available at ocw.mit.edu.
Lectures: 3 sessions / week, 1 hour / session
Ross, Sheldon. A First Course in Probability. 8th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2009. ISBN: 9780136033134.
This course introduces students to probability and random variables. Topics include distribution functions, binomial, geometric, hypergeometric, and Poisson distributions. The other topics covered are uniform, exponential, normal, gamma and beta distributions; conditional probability; Bayes theorem; joint distributions; Chebyshev inequality; law of large numbers; and central limit theorem.
| ACTIVITIES | PERCENTAGES |
|---|---|
| Problem Sets | 20% |
| Midterms | 40% |
| Final Exam | 40% |
There will be ten problem sets assigned throughout the semester, but there will be no problem sets in the weeks that have exams.
There will be two mid-term exams, as well as a final exam for the course.
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