Instructor: Michael D. Roy (e-mail)
Syllabus: (pdf)

Textbook: Henk Tijms, Understanding Probability: Chance Rules in Everyday Life, 2nd Ed.

Prerequisites: MATH 2001 and 2300 or APPM 1360.

Homework: Homework assignments will be posted below every Friday. Assignments are due the following Wednesday. Solutions will be posted periodically.

• Assignment 1: Due June 8, 2011
  1. Read: 2.1-2.3, 2.5, all of chapter 7
  2. Do: p. 64: 2.2, 2.7; p. 229: 7.6; p. 239: 7.18
  3. Consider (but don't hand in): p. 64: 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.13; p. 229: 7.5, 7.7; p. 231: 7.10, 7.11; p. 239: 7.19; p. 242: 7.21
  μ = 9.86/12, σ = 2.27
  Solutions: (pdf)
• Assignment 2: Due June 16, 2011
  1. Read: 4.1-4.2, 5.1-5.7, 5.11
  2. Do: p. 134: 4.6, 4.28; p. 200: 5.4, 5.8, 5.16
  3. Consider: p. 134: 4.3, 4.19, 4.30; p. 200: 5.1, 5.3, 5.5, 5.15, 5.21
  μ = 12.11/15, σ = 4.04
  Solutions: (pdf)
• Assignment 3: Due June 22, 2011
  1. Read: Chapter 6
  2. Do: p. 217: 6.2, 6.11, 6.17
  3. Consider: p. 217: 6.8, 6.9, 6.15, 6.16
  μ = 8.05/9, σ = 1.59
  Solutions: (pdf)
• Assignment 4: Due June 29, 2011
  1. Read: Chapter 8, 9.1-9.5
  2. Do: p. 247: 8.4; p. 250: 8.8; p. 255: 8.18; p. 267: 9.3; p. 270: 9.10; p. 274: 9.13
  3. Consider: p. 245: 8.1, 8.2; p. 249: 8.7; p. 250: 8.14; p. 255: 8.17; p. 270: 9.9; p. 277: 9.17
  μ = 14.76/18, σ = 4.49
  Solutions: (pdf)
• Assignment 5:
  1. Read: 10.1-10.2, 4.2.4
  2. Consider: p. 290: 10.3; p. 292: 10.7, 10.10; p. 294: 10.13, 10.17; p. 134: 4.31, 4.36
  Solutions: (pdf)
• Challenge problems (pdf) (Just for fun.)

Exams: We will have exams on June 15 and July 1. Review sheets and exam solutions will be posted below.

• Midterm Review (pdf) Solutions: (pdf)
• Exam 1 solutions (pdf) (μ = 68.22/100, σ = 18.55)
• Final Review (pdf) Solutions: (pdf)
• Exam 2 solutions (pdf) (μ = 86.45/100, σ = 15.71)

Grading: Your grade will be computed as follows:
     Homework: 20%
     Exams: 40% each