Course Info: NS-0282
| Course | NS-0282 Probability Theory |
| Long Title | Probability Theory |
| Term | 2018F |
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Textbook information |
| Meeting Info | Cole Science Center 3-OPEN on M,W,F from 10:30-11:50 |
| Faculty | Geremias Polanco Encarnacion |
| Capacity | 25 |
| Available | 17 |
| Waitlist | 0 |
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| Cumulative Skill(s) | Quantitative Skills |
| Additional Info | In this course students are generally expected to spend at least 6 to 8 hours a week of preparation and work outside of class time. |
| Description | In this course we move from Wall Street to the North Pole, with a stop at the hospital and a little break at the casinos -- because from financial markets to meteorology, sports projections to medical testing, and scientific studies to gambling, probability and statistics are fundamental to analyzing data and making predictions that are scientifically sound. They are invaluable tools for any subject of study in any of the sciences. In this introductory course to probability we cover topics that include the calculus of probability, combinatorial analysis, random variables, expectation, distribution functions, moment-generating functions, central limit theorem and joint distributions. Computers are used throughout. Problem sets are assigned for almost every class. |