Below is a preliminary schedule for STA103. Please note that this may be revised considerably as the term progresses.
| Date(s) | Topics | Relevant text | Labs, Quizzes | Suggested homework problems |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30JUN | Intro to the course and to probability & statistics in general. | 1.1-1.6, 2.1-2.2 | 1.9,1.20,1.22 | |
| 01JUL, 02JUL | Review of set notations and basic combinatorics, basic probability, Bayes' Rule. | 2.3-2.4, 2.5, 2.7-2.11 | 2.3, 2.9, 2.16, 2.17; 2.31, 2.35, 2.37, 2.54; 2.21, 2.25 ,2.44, 2.50, 2.57, 2.61, 2.62; 2.71, 2.96; 2.102, 2.109, 2.112 | |
| 03JUL, 07JUL | Discrete random variables, expected values. | 3.1-3.5, 3.8 | Quiz 1 on 03JUL; Lab 1 on 03JUL; | 3.7, 3.29, 3.36; 3.10, 3.13, 3.17; 3.10, 3.23, 3.42; 3.57, 3.97, 3.110 |
| 08JUL, 09JUL, 10JUL | Continuous RV's. | 4.1-4.7 | Quiz 2 on 09JUL, Lab 2 on 10JUL | 4.10, 4.13, 4.19, 4.20, 4.24, 4.31, 4.39, 4.50, 4.58, 4.75, 4.86, 4.101 |
| 11JUL, 14JUL | Multivariate prob. dist, marginal and conditional prob. dist., covariance. | 5.1-5.5, 5.6, 5.7, 5.10 | Quiz 3 on 14JUL | 5.1, 5.6, 5.11, 5.17, 5.22, 5.27; 5.39, 5.49, 5.62, 5.64, 5.75, 5.77 |
| 15JUL | Transformations of RV's. | 6.1-6.4 | 6.2, 6.3, 6.11, 6.22, 6.29 | |
| 16JUL, 17JUL | Sampling distributions, central limit theorem, Normal approximation. | 7.1-7.2, 7.3, 7.5 | Quiz 4 on 17JUL | 7.3, 7.10, 7.19, 7.23, 7.24, 7.28, 7.42 |
| 18JUL | Midterm Exam. | |||
| 21JUL, 22JUL | Point estimation, method of moments, MLE. | 8.1-8.3, 9.6, 9.7 | Lab 3 on 22JUL | 8.2, 8.4, 8.6, 8.9; 9.62, 9.67, 9.69, 9.70; 9.76, 9.77(a,b), 9.78, 9.81, 9.82 |
| 23JUL, 24JUL | Properties of point estimators. | 9.1, 9.3-9.5 | Quiz 5 on 23JUL | 9.13, 9.14; 9.30, 9.31 |
| 25JUL, 28JUL, 29JUL | Hypothesis testing, type I & II errors, likelihood ratio test. | 10.1-10.3, *10.4, 10.6, 10.8, *10.9, *10.11 | Quiz 6 on 28JUL, Lab 4 on 29JUL | 10.2, 10.3, 10.7, 10.8, 10.15; 10.13, 10.23; 10.52, 10.54, 10.60; *10.67, *10.33, *10.34 |
| 30JUL, 31JUL | Confidence intervals. | 8.5-8.8, 10.5 | Quiz 7 on 31JUL | 8.45, 8.47, 8.50, 8.68, 8.70, 8.76; 8.35, 8.36, 8.37, 8.40 |
| 01AUG, 04AUG | Simple linear regression. | 11.1, 11.3, *11.4, 11.5, 11.7 | 11.5, 11.6, 11.10, *11.11, *11.16, *11.18, 11.22, 11.26, 11.43 | |
| 05AUG | Final review. | Quiz 8 on 05JUL | ||
| 06AUG | Final review. | |||
| 07AUG | Reading period, no class. |
| First STA103 class | Monday, June 30. |
| Midterm exam | 11:00am~12:15pm, Friday, July 18th. |
| Last STA103 class | Thursday, August 7. |
| Final exam | 2:00pm~5:00pm, Friday, August 8. |