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