UM 201 is a 3 credit course on probability and statistics taught by Mrinal K. Ghosh. The course covers basic probability concepts like conditional probability, Bayes' theorem, random variables, distributions, expectation, variance, limit theorems, sampling, parameter estimation, hypothesis testing, regression, correlation and analysis of variance. Five suggested textbooks are provided.
UM 201 is a 3 credit course on probability and statistics taught by Mrinal K. Ghosh. The course covers basic probability concepts like conditional probability, Bayes' theorem, random variables, distributions, expectation, variance, limit theorems, sampling, parameter estimation, hypothesis testing, regression, correlation and analysis of variance. Five suggested textbooks are provided.
UM 201 is a 3 credit course on probability and statistics taught by Mrinal K. Ghosh. The course covers basic probability concepts like conditional probability, Bayes' theorem, random variables, distributions, expectation, variance, limit theorems, sampling, parameter estimation, hypothesis testing, regression, correlation and analysis of variance. Five suggested textbooks are provided.
UM 201 is a 3 credit course on probability and statistics taught by Mrinal K. Ghosh. The course covers basic probability concepts like conditional probability, Bayes' theorem, random variables, distributions, expectation, variance, limit theorems, sampling, parameter estimation, hypothesis testing, regression, correlation and analysis of variance. Five suggested textbooks are provided.
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UM 201: Probability and Statistics (3:0) Basic notions of probability,
conditional probability and independence, Bayes’ theorem, random
variables and distributions, expectation and variance, conditional expectation, moment generating functions, limit theorems. Samples and sampling distributions, estimations of parameters, testing of hypotheses, regression, correlation and analysis of variance. Instructor: Mrinal K. Ghosh Suggested Books: 1. Ross, S., Introduction to Probability and Statistics for Engineers and Scientists, Academic Press; 4th ed. (2009) 2. Freedman, Pisani and Purves, Statistics, Viva Books; 4th ed. (2011) 3. Feller, W., An Introduction to Probability Theory and its Applications - Vol. 1, Wiley; 3rd ed. (2008) 4. Ross, S., A First Course in Probability, Pearson Education; 9th ed. (2013) 5. Athreya, S., Sarkar, D. and Tanner, S., Probability and Statistics (with Examples using R), Unfinished book, last Compilation April 25th 2016, available at http://www.isibang.ac.in/~athreya/psweur/index.htmlUM 201: Probability and Statistics (3:0) Basic notions of probability, conditional probability and independence, Bayes’ theorem, random variables and distributions, expectation and variance, conditional expectation, moment generating functions, limit theorems. Samples and sampling distributions, estimations of parameters, testing of hypotheses, regression, correlation and analysis of variance. Instructor: Mrinal K. Ghosh Suggested Books: 1. Ross, S., Introduction to Probability and Statistics for Engineers and Scientists, Academic Press; 4th ed. (2009) 2. Freedman, Pisani and Purves, Statistics, Viva Books; 4th ed. (2011) 3. Feller, W., An Introduction to Probability Theory and its Applications - Vol. 1, Wiley; 3rd ed. (2008) 4. Ross, S., A First Course in Probability, Pearson Education; 9th ed. (2013) 5. Athreya, S., Sarkar, D. and Tanner, S., Probability and Statistics (with Examples using R), Unfinished book, last Compilation April 25th 2016, available at http://www.isibang.ac.in/~athreya/psweur/index.htmlUM 201: Probability and Statistics (3:0) Basic notions of probability, conditional probability and independence, Bayes’ theorem, random variables and distributions, expectation and variance, conditional expectation, moment generating functions, limit theorems. Samples and sampling distributions, estimations of parameters, testing of hypotheses, regression, correlation and analysis of variance. Instructor: Mrinal K. Ghosh Suggested Books: 1. Ross, S., Introduction to Probability and Statistics for Engineers and Scientists, Academic Press; 4th ed. (2009) 2. Freedman, Pisani and Purves, Statistics, Viva Books; 4th ed. (2011) 3. Feller, W., An Introduction to Probability Theory and its Applications - Vol. 1, Wiley; 3rd ed. (2008) 4. Ross, S., A First Course in Probability, Pearson Education; 9th ed. (2013) 5. Athreya, S., Sarkar, D. and Tanner, S., Probability and Statistics (with Examples using R), Unfinished book, last Compilation April 25th 2016, available at http://www.isibang.ac.in/~athreya/psweur/index.htmlUM 201: Probability and Statistics (3:0) Basic notions of probability, conditional probability and independence, Bayes’ theorem, random variables and distributions, expectation and variance, conditional expectation, moment generating functions, limit theorems. Samples and sampling distributions, estimations of parameters, testing of hypotheses, regression, correlation and analysis of variance. Instructor: Mrinal K. Ghosh Suggested Books: 1. Ross, S., Introduction to Probability and Statistics for Engineers and Scientists, Academic Press; 4th ed. (2009) 2. Freedman, Pisani and Purves, Statistics, Viva Books; 4th ed. (2011) 3. Feller, W., An Introduction to Probability Theory and its Applications - Vol. 1, Wiley; 3rd ed. (2008) 4. Ross, S., A First Course in Probability, Pearson Education; 9th ed. (2013) 5. Athreya, S., Sarkar, D. and Tanner, S., Probability and Statistics (with Examples using R), Unfinished book, last Compilation April 25th 2016, available at http://www.isibang.ac.in/~athreya/psweur/index.htmlUM 201: Probability and Statistics (3:0) Basic notions of probability, conditional probability and independence, Bayes’ theorem, random variables and distributions, expectation and variance, conditional expectation, moment generating functions, limit theorems. Samples and sampling distributions, estimations of parameters, testing of hypotheses, regression, correlation and analysis of variance. Instructor: Mrinal K. Ghosh Suggested Books: 1. Ross, S., Introduction to Probability and Statistics for Engineers and Scientists, Academic Press; 4th ed. (2009) 2. Freedman, Pisani and Purves, Statistics, Viva Books; 4th ed. (2011) 3. Feller, W., An Introduction to Probability Theory and its Applications - Vol. 1, Wiley; 3rd ed. (2008) 4. Ross, S., A First Course in Probability, Pearson Education; 9th ed. (2013) 5. Athreya, S., Sarkar, D. and Tanner, S., Probability and Statistics (with Examples using R), Unfinished book, last Compilation April 25th 2016, available at http://www.isibang.ac.in/~athreya/psweur/index.html