| Instructor | Orlando Merino, merino@math.uri.edu, 874-4442, Tyler Hall 220 |
| Office Hrs | To be announced |
| Text | Introduction to Mathematical Statistics, by R. J. Larsen and M. L. Marx, 3rd Edition, Prentice Hall, ISBN: 0 13 922303 7 |
| Topics | Chapters 2, 3 and 4 of the textbook |
| Evaluation | Weekly homework (15%), quizzes (15%), two exams
(20 % each), a comprehensive final exam (30 %) Note: 50% of the final exam will be on sections discussed after test 2 |
| Date | Planned Topic and/or evaluation | Actual Topic covered | Homework Problems |
| Thursday Sep 9 | Introduction, 2.2 | Introduction, 2.2 | 2.2.1 through 2.2.4, 2.2.9,2.2.10, 2.2.14, 2.2.16, 2.2.18 |
| Tuesday Sep 14 | 2.3 + quiz | 2.3 + quiz | 2.3.4, 2.3.5, 2.3.6, 2.3.10 |
| Thursday Sep 16 | 2.4, 2.5 | 2.4, 2.5 | 2.4.5, 2.4.6, 2.4.7, 2.4.9, 2.5.2, 2.5.6, 2.5.11 |
| Tuesday Sep 21 | 2.6 + quiz | 2.6 + quiz | 2.6.1, 2.6.2, 2.6.10, 2.6.14, 2.6.20, 2.6.28 |
| Thursday Sep 23 | 2.7, 2.8 | 2.7, 2.8 | 2.7.4, 2.7.13, 2.7.15, 2.8.1, 2.8.3, 2.8.7 |
| Tuesday Sep 28 | 2.9 + quiz | 2.9 + quiz | 2.9.5, 2.9.17,2.9.25, 2.9.33abc, 2.9.44, 2.9.45, 2.9.48 |
| Thursday Sep 30 | 2.10, review | 2.10, review | 2.10.1, 2.10.3, 2.10.5, 2.10.8, 2.10.10 |
| Tuesday Oct 5 | test 1 | test 1 | |
| Thursday Oct 7 | 3.1, 3.2 | 3.1, 3.2 | 3.2.1 through 3.2.12, except for 3.2.8 |
| Tuesday Oct 12 | 3.3 + quiz | 3.3 + quiz | 3.3.1, 3.3.6, 3.3.15, 3.3.17 |
| Thursday Oct 14 | 3.4, 3.5 | 3.4, 3.5 (up to p.158) | 3.4.3, 3.4.6, 3.4.10, 3.5.1, 3.5.3, 3.5.7, 3.5.10 |
| Tuesday Oct 19 | 3.6 + quiz | 3.5 (p.158-166) + quiz |
3.5.15, 3.5.20, 3.5.23, and Find marginal pdfs for X, Y as in problem 3.5.15 |
| Thursday Oct 21 | 3.7, 3.8 | 3.6, 3.7 (p.176-178 only) |
3.6.4, 3.6.7, 3.6.8, 3.6.12, 3.7.19, 3.7.22, 3.7.23 |
| Tuesday Oct 26 | 3.9 + quiz | 3.9, 3.10 + quiz | 3.9.17 a,c; 3.10.6, 3.10.10, 3.10.11, 3.10.18, 3.10.20,3.10.27 |
| Thursday Oct 28 | 3.10, 3.11 | 3.11 (up to p.213) | 3.11.1, 3.11.5, 3.11.8, 3.11.10 |
| Tuesday Nov 2 | no class (election day) | no class | |
| Thursday Nov 4 | review | 3.8 + quiz | 3.8.1, 3.8.2, 3.8.3, 3.8.6 (will not be collected) |
| Tuesday Nov 9 | Exam 2 | Exam 2 (3.1-3.11) | |
| Thursday Nov 11 | 3.12, 3.13 | 3.11, 3.12, 3.13 | 3.11.4, 3.11.14, 3.11.15, 3.11.19, 3.12.3, 3.12.7, 3.13.5 |
| Tuesday Nov 16 | 3.14 + quiz | 3.14 + quiz | 3.14.1, 3.14.2, 3.14.3 |
| Thursday Nov 18 | 3.15, 3.16 | 3.15, 3.16 | 3.15.1, 3.15.2, 3.16.1, 3.16.2, 3.16.7, 3.16.9, 3.16.10, 3.16.16 |
| Tuesday Nov 23 | review + quiz | quiz 3.14-3.16 | |
| Thursday Nov 25 | No class (Thanksgiving Holiday | ||
| Tuesday Nov 30 | 4.1, 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.2.2, 4.2.10, 4.2.14, 4.2.16, 4.2.25 |
| Thursday Dec 2 | 4.3 + 4.4 | 4.3 (up to p. 276) | 4.3.6, 4.3.7, 4.3.9, 4.3.15,
4.3.17, 4.3.18 [ans: (X-lambda)/sqrt(lambda) ], 4.3.19 |
| Tuesday Dec 7 | 4.5+ quiz | 4.3 (p. 277-286) + quiz |
4.3.21, 4.3.25, 4.3.26, 4.3.27, 4.3.36, 4.3.39 |
| Thursday Dec 9 | 4.6 | 4.4, 4.5, 4.6 | 4.4.1, 4.4.2, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6.2, 4.6.4 |