MATH 3500 - Probability


A mathematical introduction to univariate probability theory with some applications, particularly to statistics. Topics will include the basic rules of probability, conditional probability, independent events, the Law of total probability, Bayes' Theorem, univariate random variables, discrete and continuous distributions and the density function, expectation, variance, higher moments, and special discrete and continuous distributions such as Bernoulli, binomial, Poisson, uniform, exponential, gamma and normal.

Requisites: MATH 2302 and (MATH 3050 or CS 3000) and (MATH 2500 or COMS 3520 or GEOG 2710 or GEOL 3050 or ISE 3040 or ISE 3200 or PSY 2110 or QBA 2010)) and WARNING: not ISE 3210
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Eligible grades: A-F,WP,WF,FN,FS,AU,I


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