CE 251 PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS SPRING 2020
Instructor:
Dr.
Jale Tezcan ()
Office: B-32
Office hours: MWF 10:00 am- 10:50 am and 12:00 pm- 12:50 pm (or by appointment)
Grader: Rabin Basnet
()
Office: D100
Office hour: Tuesday 2 pm -3 pm
May 8
Grades updated.
April 29
Grades updated.
Practice Problems on Uncertainty and Solutions
April 22
Grades updated.
Homework 10 is due April 29. Email your homework as a single PDF file to Mr. Basnet by 5 pm on the due date.
April 15
Grades updated.
Homework 9 is due April 22. Email your homework as a single PDF file to Mr. Basnet by 5 pm on the due date.
April 8:
Grades updated.
Homework 8 is due April 15. Email your homework as a single PDF file to Mr. Basnet by 5 pm on the due date.
April 1:
Homework 7 is due April 8. Email your homework as a single PDF file to Mr. Basnet by 5 pm on the due date.
Mar 30:
Mar 25:
Homework 6 is due April 1. Email your homework as a single PDF file to Mr. Basnet by 5 pm on the due date.
Mar 20:
Important Changes. Read this first.
Hypothetical homework assignment: CE340_HW5_TezcanJale.pdf
Mar 17:
Information regarding changes to homework submission and other aspects of the course will be announced by March 20.
Grades updated.
Mar 4
Grades updated.
Feb 26:
Grades updated.
Feb 19:
Grades updated.
Homework 5 is due Feb 26.
Feb 12:
Grades updated.
Homework 4 is due Feb 19.
Feb 5:
Grades updated.
Homework 3 is due Feb 12.
Jan 29:
Homework 2 is due Feb 5.
Jan 27:
Grader contact information and office hour added.
Jan 22:
Homework 1 is due Jan 29.
Jan 15:
If you have submitted a codename, please check to see if it is listed in the Grades section.
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Week |
Date |
Topic |
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1 |
Jan 15 |
Elementary set operations |
|
2 |
Jan 22 |
Permutations and combinations |
|
3 |
Jan 29 |
Measures of central tendency and dispersion |
|
4 |
Feb 5 |
Bivariate statistics: correlation and
covariance |
|
5 |
Feb 12 |
Simple linear regression |
|
6 |
Feb 19 |
Laws of probability |
|
7 |
Feb 26 |
Conditional probability and independence of two events |
|
8 |
Mar 4 |
MIDTERM |
|
9 |
Mar 11 |
SPRING
BREAK |
|
10 |
Mar 18 |
No class due to Extended Spring Break |
|
11 |
Mar 25 |
Law of total
probability and Bayes’ rule |
|
12 |
Apr 1 |
Discrete random variables
|
|
13 |
Apr 8 |
Discrete random variables |
|
14 |
Apr 15 |
Continuous random variables |
|
15 |
Apr 22 |
Continuous random variables |
|
16 |
Apr 29 |
Propagation of uncertainty |
|
17 |
May 6 |
FINAL
EXAM (8:00 am-10 am)
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*
The Final Exam Calendar is expected to be finalized by the 4th
week of the semester. Final Exam Calendars are maintained by the Office of
the Registrar (http://registrar.siu.edu/calendars/finalexam.php)
GRADING CRITERIA

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| _2642068 | 70 | 78 | 99 | 100 | 100 | 86 | 80 | 97 | 96 | 98 | 87 | 97 |
| _333 | 78 | 95 | 96 | 100 | 100 | 92 | 100 | 0 | 100 | 95 | 87 | 100 |
| _35223522 | 85 | 100 | 94 | 100 | 100 | 72 | 100 | 96 | 100 | 82 | 87 | 92 |
| _67301 | 78 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 91 | 100 | 100 | 98 | 98 | 87 | 98 |
| _77777777 | 62 | 100 | 95 | 95 | 92 | 100 | 100 | 0 | 100 | 44 | 87 | 92 |
| ABC123 | 0 | 100 | 99 | 100 | 95 | 85 | 100 | 96 | 0 | 95 | 87 | 73 |
| ACW38637 | 80 | 95 | 94 | 100 | 100 | 95 | 90 | 95 | 100 | 98 | 87 | 100 |
| sunset21 | 76 | 100 | 95 | 82 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 95 | 66 | 80 | 100 | 90 |