School of Information and Computer Science
Department of Statistics

Statistics 67 - INTRODUCTION TO PROBABILITY & STATISTICS

Class Info
Gang Liang
346G Computer Science
949-824-9795 (o)
liang@uci.edu
Office hours: TW 2:45-4pm or by appointment

Lecture: MWF 12:00-12:50pm @ SE2 1304

Discussion: Tu 4-4:50pm @ SSTR 100

Class syllabus and some adminitria are here.

Success in statistical analysis depends on continually juxtaposing the real world and the conceptual world. We use concepts to guide our understanding of the real world; we use the real world to steer us to better concepts and increased future understanding.
- Samuel A. Schmitt
Misc Links
Textbook   Introduction to Probability and Statistics,
4th Edition, by J.S. Milton, J.C Arnold


Mailing list   37600-S06@classes.uci.edu, archive, FAQ, How to write math symbols in text emails?

Grades   http://eee.uci.edu/toolbox/gradebook

Class Schedule
Week 01   sample space, axioms of probability, discrete uniform law, additive/multiplicative rules
Week 02   counting, conditional distributions, independence, Bayes's theorem
Week 03   random variables, expectation, mean, variance, important discrete distributions
Week 04   joint/conditional/marginal probability, continuous random variables
Week 05   some important continuouse distributions, transformation of variables, midterm
Week 06   joint/marginal distribution, independence, marginal/conditional expectation
Week 07   probability model, maximum likelihood estimate, methods of moment
Week 08   central limit theorem, law of large number, confidence intervals
Week 09   simple linear regression, regression effect
Week 10   all questions answered
Homework and Exams
Homework 1, solution, Due April 14 (Fri)
Homework 2, solution, Due April 21 (Fri)
Homework 3, solution, Due April 28 (Fri)
Homework 4, solution, Due May 8 (Mon)
Homework 5, solution, Due May 12 (Fri)
Homework 6, solution, Due May 19 (Fri)
Homework 7, solution, Due May 26 (Fri)
Homework 8, solution, Due Jun 2 (Fri)
Homework 9, solution

Sample Midterm, solution
Sample Final, solution
Last Modified: Monday, 03-Apr-2006 11:05:56 PDT by Gang Liang.