Activities / Problem Sets / Group Assignments

Problem Sets

Problem Sets are due at the beginning of class, on paper / in-person! The one exception is the final two problem sets, which must be fully typeset and are therefore easier to submit on Moodle.

  • Problem Set 1, due Wednesday 2/4 (.pdf, .tex)
    • No typesetting required
  • Problem Set 2, due Wednesday 2/11 (.pdf, .tex)
    • No typesetting required
  • Problem Set 3, due Wednesday 2/18 (.pdf, .tex)
    • No typesetting required
  • Problem Set 4, due Wednesday 2/25 (.pdf, .tex)
    • 1 exercise in LaTeX required
  • Problem Set 5, due Wednesday 3/4 (.pdf, .tex)
    • 2 exercises in LaTeX required
  • Problem Set 6, due Monday 3/30 (.pdf, .tex)
    • 3 exercises in LaTeX required
  • Problem Set 7, due Monday 4/13 (submitted on Moodle) (.pdf, .tex)
    • All exercises in LaTeX!
  • Problem Set 8, due Wednesday 4/29 (submitted on Moodle) (.pdf, .tex)
    • All exercises in LaTeX!

Activities

Unit 1: Events

Unit 2: Single Random Variables

  • Discrete RVs: Binomial & Poisson
  • Continuous RVs: Uniform & Normal
  • Properties of RVs: Expectation & Variance
  • Cumulative Distribution Functions

Unit 3: Functions of Random Variables

  • Functions of RVs: Simulation
  • Functions of RVs: Theory
  • Moment Generating Functions

Unit 4: Multiple Random Variables

  • Multiple RVs: Intuition
  • Joint & Conditional Models
  • Correlation & Bivariate Normal

Unit 5: Sampling Distributions

  • Sampling Distributions
  • Central Limit Theorem

Group Assignments

  • Group Assignment 1, due Monday 2/23
  • Group Assignment 2, due Wednesday 3/4
  • Group Assignment 3, due Wednesday 4/1
  • Group Assignment 4, due Wednesday 4/15