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Probability & Statistics

This course covers modern probability, statistics, and statistical inference. Topics include discrete and continuous random variables and their distributions, statistical estimation techniques like confidence intervals, and hypothesis testing methods such as comparing means and proportions. The course uses the textbook "Probability & Statistics for Engineers & Scientists" and covers chapters on basic probability concepts, random variables and distributions, sampling, estimation, and hypothesis testing.

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Probability & Statistics

This course covers modern probability, statistics, and statistical inference. Topics include discrete and continuous random variables and their distributions, statistical estimation techniques like confidence intervals, and hypothesis testing methods such as comparing means and proportions. The course uses the textbook "Probability & Statistics for Engineers & Scientists" and covers chapters on basic probability concepts, random variables and distributions, sampling, estimation, and hypothesis testing.

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PROBABILITY & STATISTICS

21:640:327 (3 credits) COURSE DESCRIPTION: Modern probability, statistics, and statistical inference; discrete and continuous distributions of random variables, statistical inference, hypothesis testing, linear regression, and correlation. PREREQUISITE: 21:640:119 (Basic Calculus), or 21:640:135 (Calculus I), or 21:640:155 (Honors Calculus I), or permission of instructor TEXTBOOK: " Probability & Statistics for Engineers & Scientists, (8th edition), by Walpole, Myers, Myers & Ye, published by Prentice Hall. DEPARTMENT WEB SITE: http://math.newark.rutgers.edu THIS COURSE COVERS THE FOLLOWING: Chapter 1: Basic discrete probability: sample space, events, probability of events, additive and multiplicative rules, conditional probability, Bayes rule Chapter 2: Random variables: mean, variance, Chebyshevs theorem Chapter 3. Discrete probability distributions: uniform, binomial, multinomial, hypergeometric, negative binomial, geometric, Poisson distributions Chapter 4:
Continuous probability distributions: uniform, normal, gamma, exponential, _2 distributions

Chapter 5: Sampling: random sampling, sampling distributions of means and variances, t distribution, F distribution Chapter 6: Estimation: one- and two-sample estimations of means and proportions, and their differences Chapter 7: Hypothesis testing: introduction to statistical inference, one and two-tailed tests, P values, specific tests for comparing means and proportions

2 Department of Mathematics & Computer Science Smith Hall 216, 101 Warren Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102 Phone: (973) 353-5156 Fax: (973) 353-5270

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