Instructor: Alexei Borodin

Office: Room 2-282

Email: borodin [at] math . mit .edu

Lectures: T R 1:00 - 2:30 pm in 4-370

Office Hours: T 2:30 - 3:30 pm and by appointment

Other: Please see Below


COURSE DESCRIPTION

Elementary introduction with applications. Basic probability models. Combinatorics. Random variables. Discrete and continuous probability distributions. Statistical estimation and testing. Confidence intervals. Introduction to linear regression.

Prerequisites: Calculus I (GIR)

Text Book: A Modern Introduction to Probability and Statistics, Dekking, Kraaikamp, Lopuhaa, M , ISBN-1849969523
Probability, Pitman, ISBN-0387979743