Wednesdays 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon. A tutorial schedule and information on problems assigned is available. A list of selected problems is available in postcript format here.
Composition of Final Mark:
Final Exam 50%
Midterm Test* 30%
Bi-weekly Quizzes 20%
* The midterm test will take place on Monday, February 22, 1999, 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. in
SF1013.
Notices about this course are kept separately.
Homework is assigned every week and students are expected to be prepared
to discuss the homework problems during the weekly tutorials. A short quiz
will take place in the last 25 minutes of designated tutorial sessions .
In all exams (quizzes, midterm, and final) a single two-sided aid sheet
and non-programmable calculators are the only aids allowed.
distribution functions; density functions;
functions of a random variable;
expected value; Chebyshev's Inequality; characteristic functions,
computer generation of pseudorandom variates.
Multiple Random Variables:
joint distribution and density
functions; independence; conditional expectation; functions of several
random variables; expected value.
Long Term Averages:
sums of random variables; laws of
large numbers; Central Limit Theorem.