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Instructor: | Jim Pitman |
| Title: | Introduction to Probability and Statistics |
| Format: | 3 lectures per week (MWF 11-12) + 2 hours lab (MW 2-3 or 3-4 or 4-5) |
| Prerequisite: | One semester of calculus |
| Credit: | 4 units. Students who have taken STAT 2, 2X, 5, 21, 21X, or 25 will receive no credit for 20. |
| Description: | For students with mathematical background who wish to acquire basic concepts. Relative frequencies, discrete probability, random variables, expectation. Testing hypotheses. Estimation. Illustrations from various fields. |
| Lecture_Schedule: | http://www.stat.Berkeley.EDU/users/pitman/s20s08/sched08.html |
| Office_Hours: | TBD |
| GSIs: | Andy Staudt and Laura Derksen |
| Office_Hours: |
Laura: W 9-11 in Evans 387 Andy: M 10-11 and 12-2 in Evans 307 |
| Section Details: | Recommended problems and topics |
| Text: | Statistics (4th edition), by Freedman, Pisani, and Purves. |
| Calculator: | You will need one that raises numbers to a power and computes factorials. Statistical calculators are unnecessary. |
| Quizzes: | Will be given 5 times during the term in section. Each will be about 40 minutes long and will be worth 10 points. No make-up quizzes will be given. Your lowest quiz score will be dropped in the computation of your overall quiz score. |
| Exams: |
There will be one midterm, in class. And one final (exam group 1), room to be announced. You must take the final exam to get a passing grade. If you cannot take the final at the date and time given below, you cannot take this class. There will be no late, early, or repeat exams.
Midterm (15 points): MONDAY MARCH 17, in class. Final (45 points): SATURDAY, MAY 17, 12:30-3:30 PM, room to be announced. |
| Grades: |
Overall scores will be computed as follows:
Quizzes 40 points Larger of: midterm, 1/3 of final 15 points Final 45 pointsThis means: do at least four of your quizzes well, and if you mess up on the midterm, work hard for the final. If your score on the final (as a proportion of 45) is greater than your score on the midterm (as a proportion of 15) then your midterm score will be replaced by your prorated final exam score. No individual letter grades will be given for quizzes, midterm or final. Your letter grade for the course will be based on your overall score. |
| Further_Links: |
[ Philip Stark's glossary]
[Distribution of Heights] |