Instructor: Ethem ALPAYDIN, alpaydin AT boun DOT edu DOT tr
Teaching Assistant: Mehmet GÖNEN, gonen AT boun DOT edu DOT tr

Catalog Data

Introduction to probability theory. Random variables, expectation, variance and moment generating functions. Distributions: Bernoulli, binomial, uniform, Gaussian, exponential, Poisson, gamma. Introduction to statistical concepts. Sampling and sample statistics. Point and interval estimation. Hypothesis testing. Regression. Numerical and computational aspects of random variable generation, sampling, and estimation.

Textbook

  • R. E. WALPOLE, R. H. MYERS, S. L. MYERS, K. YE Probability and Statistics for Engineers and Scientists, 8th Edition, Prentice-Hall (Pearson), 2006.

Topics

  1. Introduction
  2. Probability
  3. Random Variables and Probability Distributions
  4. Mathematical Expectation
  5. Discrete and Continuous Probability Distributions
  6. Sampling
  7. Sample Estimation
  8. Hypothesis Testing
  9. Regression

Grading

  • 3 Mid-terms (60%)
    • Mid-term#1 (20%) Monday, November 02, 2009, 17:00 @ NH105
    • Mid-term#2 (20%) Monday, December 07, 2009, 17:00 @ NH105
    • Mid-term#3 (20%) Monday, December 28, 2009, 17:00 @ NH105
  • Final (30%)
  • Project (10%) ps pdf