BA Specialization - Probability & Statistics I

MATH 2076  Probability & Statistics I

Prerequisites:

MATH 1037

Restrictions:

This is an introductory statistics course. A student in a degree program cannot retain credit for more than nine credits of introductory statistics courses.

Hours:

Four hours of lecture per week for one term.

Credits:

3

Description:

Students explore the following topics: sets and counting; probability and relative frequency; conditional probability; Bayes' theorem; independence; discrete and continuous random variables; binomial, Poisson and normal distributions; functions of random variables; generating functions; characteristic functions; moments; compound distributions; Markov chains and their limiting probabilities.