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\centerline{\bf{CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, HAYWARD}}
\centerline{\bf{DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS}}
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\centerline{\bf{Statistics 3401 Introduction to Probability Theory I}}
\centerline{\bf{Fall 2001}}

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\bf{Lecture:}&MW 6-8, NSc 207\\
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\bf{Instructor:}&Prof. Eric A. Suess&\bf{Office Hours:}&MW 5-6pm\\
&NSc 319&&\\
&510-885-3879&&\\
&esuess@csuhayward.edu&&\\
&www.telecom.csuhayward.edu/$\sim$esuess/\\
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{\bf Required Text:}
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\item[$\bullet$] Wackerly, Mendenhall, and Scheaffer: Mathematical Statistics with
Applications, 6th ed., Duxbury, 2002.
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%{\bf Recommended Text:}
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%\item[$\bullet$] Krause and Olson: The Basics of S and S-Plus, Second Edition, Springer-Verlag, 2000
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{\bf Topics:}

In this course we will cover the fundamentals of Probability Theory.

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\item[$\bullet$] Rules of Probability
\item[$\bullet$] Counting Rules
\item[$\bullet$] Discrete and Continuous probability distributions
\item[$\bullet$] Expectation and Variance of random variables
\item[$\bullet$] Moment Generating Functions
\item[$\bullet$] Multivariate probability distributions
\item[$\bullet$] Marginal and Conditional probability distributions
\item[$\bullet$] Functions of random variables
\item[$\bullet$] Sampling Distributions
\item[$\bullet$] Central Limit Theorem
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{\bf Homework:}

Weekly homework assignments will be assigned and collected on Mondays.  The assignments will include
problems from the textbook and will sometimes require the use of computer software.

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{\bf Computers:}

The Windows software, R, will be introduced and used for some of the homework
assignments.

http://www.r-project.org/

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{\bf References:}
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\item[$\bullet$] Venerables and Smith: Notes on R: A Programming Environment for Data Analysis and Graphics
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{\bf Grading:}

Homework 40\%, Midterm I 20\%, Midterm II 20\%, Final 20\%

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