Schedule

The schedule below is a record of what we have actually done as well as an approximate projection of what we will do. Assignments, worksheets, and exams will be posted here after they are distributed in class. Solutions to odd-numbered problems are in the textbook and you should use them to check your work. Note that earlier-numbered problems are often more abstract and for this reason may be more difficult than later problems. You may want to start with problems from the "Applied Exercises" section.

• Week 1
  • 9/2: 1.1,2,3
  • 9/4: 1.3,4 and a worksheet. Homework due 9/11:
    • 7th edition Chapter 1: 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 26, 27, 34, 36, 45
    • 8th edition Chapter 1: 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 26, 27, 34, 37, 44
• Week 2
  • 9/9: 2.1,2,3
  • 9/11: 2.4,5 and turn in homework. New homework due 9/18 9/21:
    • Chapter 2: 6, 7, 8, 21, 22, 31, 54, 64, 65, 78, 89, 111
• Week 3
  • 9/14: 2.6,7
  • 9/18: 2.7,8,9, begin a worksheet (which you should bring to class on Monday)
• Week 4
  • 9/21: 3.1,2 and homework is due
  • 9/23: 3.2, 4, 5, 6, 7 (discrete only) the worksheet is due and homework (due 9/28):
    • Chapter 2: 108, 112
    • Chapter 3: 5, 6, 9, 12, 13, 42, 43, 71, 72, 73
  • 9/25: 3.3 and the worksheet is due
• Week 5
  • 9/28: 3.7,8 and homework is due
  • 9/30: review
  • 10/2: Exam covering through chapter 3 (but only dealing with the basics of continuous distributions)
• Week 6
  • 10/5: 3.5,6 and a worksheet
  • 10/7: 3.7 and discuss the worksheet
  • 10/9: 4.1 and homework (due 10/16):
    • Chapter 3: 24, 25, 34, 56, 57, 68, 102, 108
    • Chapter 4: 6, 7, 10
• Week 7
  • 10/12: 4.2. Extra exam problem due today.
  • 10/14: 4.2 round 2.
  • 10/16: a worksheet, homework due today. New homework (due 10/23):
    • Chapter 4: 23, 25, 26, 27, 33, 36, 64.
• Week 8
  • 10/20: 4.3
  • 10/23: 4.5 and homework is due.
• Week 9
  • 10/26: 4.4,5 and homework is due.
  • 10/28: 4.6 and homework (due 11/2 11/4):
    • Chapter 4: 31, 32, 35, 45, 46, 75, 78, 79, 82.
  • 10/30: 4.7-9
• Week 10
  • 11/2: 5.1-4
  • 11/4: a worksheet (due Friday)
  • 11/6: 5.5,7 and homework due 11/13
    • Chapter 5: 1, 3a, 4, 7, 43a, 44, 49, 52, 59, 63, 77, 80.
    • Read a newpaper and write down the first non-zero digit of the first 10 numbers you encounter
• Week 11
  • 11/9: Begin chapter 6 with a worksheet
  • 11/11: 6.1-3
  • 11/13: 6.3,5 and homework assigned (due 11/18):
    • Chapter 6: 4, 11, 13, 14 (α₃ only), 15, 52, 54, 57, 63, 66, 70, 73, 80.
• Week 12
  • 11/16: 6.6,7
  • 11/18: Finish chapter 6 Canceled due to wind storm.
  • 11/20: Almost finish chapter 6, special distributions.
• Week 13
  • 11/23: Review.
  • 11/24: Exam 2 due by midnight (hard copy or or email).
• Week 14
  • 11/30: 7.2
  • 12/2: 7.3
  • 12/4: 7.5 and homework assigned (due 12/9) (due 12/11):
    • Chapter 7: 1, 3, 4, 12, 17, 18, 43, 44, 47, 52, 61, 63
• Week 15
  • 12/7: The Central Limit Theorem (section 8.2).
  • 12/9: Examples of the CLT, a worksheet on the Pareto principle.
  • 12/11: Finish the worksheet and review for the final. A review guide.
• Finals week
  • Office hours:
    • Monday 2:00-3:00
    • Tuesday 10:00-11:30
    • Wednesday 10:00-11:30
    • Thursday 10:00-11:00
    • Friday 10:00-11:00
    • Or by appointment.
  • Final Exam: Wednesday 8:00-10:00.
  • Take-home portion of the final exam due by 11:59 pm Friday.
  • Final Exam Schedule

Links and information

• Syllabus (pdf)
• Final exam schedule (pdf)
• Academic calendar
• Virtual Laboratories in Probability and Statistics
• Grinstead and Snell's Introduction to Probability
• WolframAlpha
• Office hours: MWF 2:00-3:00, Tu 9:30-10:30, and M 3:00-4:00 in the Math Lab or by appointment.

Logan Axon
Department of Mathematics
MSC 2615
Gonzaga University
Spokane, WA 99258
Office: Herak 221
Phone: 509.313.3897
Email: axon@gonzaga.edu

Last updated 12/16/2015