Stat 330 A (Spring 2015): Teaching schedule
Last update: January 9, 2015
Below is the tentative schedule for the semester with weekly topics as well as associated slide sets,
sections from the textbook Probability and Statistics for Computer Science (2nd. ed), and sections
from Professor Hoffman’s book.
Week
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
Topic
Experiments
Probability
Permutations
Combinations
Conditional probability
Bayes’ rule
Discrete random variables
Expectation and variance
Discrete distributions
Covariance
Slide set
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9,10
11
Mid-term I*
Continuous random variables
12
Continuous distributions
13
Normal distribution
14
Central limit theorem
15
Stochastic processes
16
Stationary distribution
17
Poisson process
18
Birth-death process
19
Balance equations
20
Mid-term II*
Queuing systems
21
M/M/1/C queue
22
M/M/k queue
23
Descriptive statistics
24
Graphical statistics
25
Method of moments
26
Maximum likelihood estimation 27
Confidence intervals
28
Mid-term III*
Hypothesis testing
29
Simple linear regression
30
31
Textbook sections
1
2.1–2.2
2.3
2.3
2.4
2.4
3.1
3.3
3.4
3.2
Hoffman book
1.1
1.2-1.3
1.4
1.4
1.5–1.6
1.7
2.1
2.1.1
2.2
2.2.5
4.1
4.2
4.2.4
4.3
6.1
6.2
6.3
2.3
2.4
2.4.4
2.5
4
7.1–7.2
7.4
7.5
8.1–8.2
8.3
9.1
9.2
9.3
5.1–5.2
5.3
5.4
9.4
11.1
11.2
6.3
6.4
* The coverage of exams will be announced a week before the exams.
4.1
4.1
6.1
6.2