STAT 100A: Introduction to Probability

Time and place: TR 10:00AM-11:50AM, WGYOUNG CS24
Instructor: Ying Nian Wu, ywu@stat.ucla.edu
Office hours: TR 9:20AM-10:00AM, 2:20PM-3:00PM, MS 8971

Midterm: July 15, Tue 10:00AM-10:50AM in class
Final: July 31, Thu 10:00AM-11:50AM in class

Topics

Basic concepts, axioms, and rules of probability and conditional probability
Discrete and continuous random variables, expectation and variance
Joint distributions, conditioning, covariance and correlation
Law of large number and central limit theorem

Textbook

Ross, S., A First Course in Probability, 8th or 9th edition (not required, useful as a reference).

Coursework

attendance (5%), weekly homework (35%), midterm (20%), final (40%).

Course webpage

http://www.stat.ucla.edu/~ywu/100A.html