Mathematics 342 - Probability

Fall
2019
01
4.00
Mark Peterson
MWF 02:55PM-04:10PM
Mount Holyoke College
108131
Clapp Laboratory 401
mpeterso@mtholyoke.edu
This course develops the ideas of probability simultaneously from experimental and theoretical perspectives. The laboratory provides a range of experiences that enhance and sharpen the theoretical approach and, moreover, allows us to observe regularities in complex phenomena and to conjecture theorems. Topics include: introductory experiments; axiomatic probability; random variables, expectation, and variance; discrete distributions; continuous distributions; stochastic processes; functions of random variables; estimation and hypothesis testing.
Prereq: MATH-203.
Permission is required for interchange registration during the add/drop period only.