STAT 241

STAT 241, Probability Theory with Applications

Fall 2012

Instructor: Harrison H. Zhou.
e-mail: huibin.zhou@yale.edu.
Office hours: Thursday 4:00-6:00pm

T.A.: Zhao Ren.
e-mail: zhao.ren@yale.edu.
Office hours: Wednesday 4:00-5:00PM
James Williams.
e-mail: james.s.williams@yale.edu.
Office hours: Thursday 9:00-10:00AM
David Brenda.
e-mail: william.brinda@yale.edu.
Office hours: Tuesday 4:00-5:00PM
TA session: Thursday 6:30-7:30. Homework discussion. We meet in 24 Hillhouse Avenue, Room 107. Optional, but strongly recommended.

Class Time and Location: MWF 9:25-10:15am. WLH208 (William L. Harkness Hall, 100 Wall St).

Course Description: A first course in probability theory: probability spaces, random variables, expectations and probabilities, conditional probability, independence, some discrete and continuous distributions, central limit theorem, law of large numbers. After or concurrent with Mathematics 120a or b or equivalents.

References: "Introduction to Probability" by Charles M. Grinstead and J. Laurie Snell. Download the book.

DRAFT OF COURSE SYLLABUS: SYLLABUS will be updated.