Course Syllabus
Introduction to Probability and Statistics (02834720)
Instructor: Junni Zhang Program:2010 Intake of Undergraduate Semester: Fall 2011 Time: Tuesday 8:00-9:50am
Thursday 8:00-9:50am
Credit Hour:64 Credits:4
Prerequisite:Calculus, Linear Algebra Location: Room 102
Contact Information: Office: Room 473 in Guanghua Building #2. Tel: 62757922. E-mail: zjn@https://www.sodocs.net/doc/b46105767.html,.
Brief Course Description
This course will introduce basics in probability theory and mathematical statistics, including probability, conditional probability, random variable, expectation and variance, special probability distributions, sampling distribution, point estimation, confidence interval, hypothesis testing, linear regression, ANOV A, etc.
Course Objectives
Students should understand basic concepts in probability theory and mathematical statistics, learn commonly used probability distributions, and be able to conduct basic statistical inferences.
Teaching Methods
Lectures, Q&A and group project presentation. IT tools to be used in the classroom (if any)
Powerpoint presentations will be used in the classroom. Excel will be used for demonstration at times.
R will be taught at the exercise sessions.
Textbooks
Probability and Statistics, Revised Edition by Xiangzhong Fang, Ligang Lu, Dongfeng Li, Higher Education Press, 2005.
References and readings
1. Lecture notes.
2. Reference books:
(a) Morris H. DeGroot and Mark Schervish (2001), Probability and Statistics,
Addison Wesley, 3rd edition.
(b) John A. Rice (1994), Mathematical Statistics and Data Analysis, 2nd edition,
Duxbury Press.
(c) 陈家鼎等(1993),《数理统计学讲义》,高等教育出版社。
(d) 陈希孺(2000),《概率论与数理统计》,中国科学技术大学出版社。
Course Assessment
Y our final grade will be based on five components:
1.Homework assigned on a weekly basis will account for 24%.
Y ou may discuss homework problems with other students, but you must write them up independently. Homework is due at the beginning of class on the due date. Note that homework that is turned in later than the end of class on the due date will not be graded. It is understood that from time to time your schedule may not allow you to turn in your homework on time, so your lowest homework score will be dropped when computing your final grade.
2.Two quizzes, each accounting for 3%.
3.One group project will account for 10%.
4.Midterm exam will account for 30%.
5.Final exam will account for 30%.
Note that cheating is strictly not allowed and will result in zero score on the respective part.