Math 477 (Probability)

Prof. Weibel (Section 2)

Spring 2011
Homework Assignments

All assignments are due in class. You must show your work for credit.


Due Problems
May 2Chapter 8: #2, 3, 4, 7, 10, 11, 19, 23(a,b,d)
April 25Chapter 6: #31, 40, 41, 42 ;  Chapter 7: #36, 41, 48, 54, 75
April 11Chapter 7: #4, 5, 7, 12, 13, 26b, 30, 33, 38
April 4 Chapter 6: #9, 11, 13, 14, 20, 22, 29, 30
March 28Chapter 5: #34, 35, 38, 40;  Chapter 6: #1, 2a, 7, 8
March 21Chapter 5: #4, 5, 13, 16, 21, 26, 29, 32
March 3Chapter 4: #54, 66, 71, 72, 74(b,c), 75, 79, 82*   (* or 80)
Feb. 24Chapter 4: #4, 21(b), 23, 25, 27, 28, 31, 37, 38
Feb. 17Chapter 3: #28, 33, 39, 50, 63, 70, 81, 89
Feb. 10Chapter 3: #1, 5, 10, 12, 15, 17, 27, 37
Feb. 3Chapter 2: #4(b), 9, 12, 15, 26, 34, 46
Jan. 27Chapter 1: #5, 7, 12, 14, 17, 20, 21, 25, 27


Enrichment (= Challenging) Problems
These problems are not graded, and will not be on the exams.

ChapterTheoretical Problems
Chapter 8 (8.1-3) # TK
Chapter 7
 7.1-2, 7.4, 7.5, 7.7
#2 (median), 4, 7 (stochastically >), 11, 12 (Cantor), 15, 17, 19
#33 (streak), 38 (least squares), 44 (branching process), 46
Chapter 6 (6.1-3) #2, 5 (E[XY]), 6, 7 (χ²), 10 (flashlight), 12, 14, 15
Show that ρ is the correlation of X and Y in a bivariate normal distribution
Chapter 5 #2, 7, 10 (inflection), 16 (failure), 19, 21 (½!), 22, 25, 31 (lognormal)
Chapter 4 #4, 7, 13 (Max Likelihood Estimate), 14 (families),
      15 & 17 (even/odd), 20, 27, 28, 32 (deja vu)
Chapter 3 #3, 5, 7 (extinction), 14 (beat the Devil), 17, 26, 29 (rule of succession)
Chapter 2#8(b) (partitions), 16, 18 (Fibonacci), 19


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