MATH 201: Introduction to Probability
Note: If this course is being taught this semester, more information can be found at the course home page.
Cross Listed
STT 201
Prerequisites
MTH 162 (MTH 164 is highly recommended)
This course is a prerequisite or co-requisite for
Description
Random events influence all areas of human endeavor, from the sciences and social sciences to business. This course supplies the mathematical framework for analyzing probabilities. In addition, it provides a background for the study of statistics, one of the most widespread applications of mathematics.
Topics covered
Probability spaces; combinatorial problems; discrete and continuous distributions; independence and dependence; moment generating functions; joint distributions; expectation and variance; sums of random variables; central limit theorem; laws of large numbers.