John C. Kieffer
Room 6-179 EE/CS
612-625-8574
kieffer@ece.umn.edu
Probability & Stochastic Processes, Second Edition, by R. Yates & D. Goodman
Homework (15%): We will collect several homework assignments. See Homework web page.
Recitation (5%): There are 14 recitations, beginning Week 2. There is a 10 minute ``lab report" handed in at end of each recitation. See Recitations web page.
Exams (80%): Exams are closed book and calculators are not allowed. However, you will be allowed to use a formula sheet that you prepare yourself.
Exam 1, Friday, February 23 (24%)
Exam 2, Friday, April 6 (24%)
Final Exam, 8:00am--10:00am Friday, May 11 (32%)
Students can keep track of their homework and exam scores by using the WebCT system. Here is how you access the system:
Go to http://myu.umn.edu
Click the Click here to Sign-In link at the upper left
Log in with your UMN Internet ID and password
Click the my Toolkit tab
In the To Do List, scroll down click the link to your section
Experiments, Models, and Probabilities (6 Lectures)
Chapter 1 of Yates-Goodman, Lectures 1-6 of Lecture Notes
Single Random Variables (8 Lectures)
Chapters 2-3 of Yates-Goodman, Lectures 7-14 of Lecture Notes
Multiple Random Variables (11 Lectures)
Chapters 4,5,9 of Yates-Goodman, Lectures 15-25 of Lecture Notes
Statistics (5 Lectures)
Chapters 6-7 of Yates-Goodman, Lectures 26-30 of Lecture Notes
Random Processes (12 lectures)
Chapters 10-11 of Yates-Goodman, Lectures 31-42 of Lecture Notes
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