MATH 311:   Probability and Statistics I, Section 003


This is the website for Section 003 of MATH 311, Fall 2009. All information pertinent to that section is available from this site. In particular, homework assignments will be posted here. Please check this site regularly.

Midterm exam will be on Thursday, Oct. 22 during the regular class time. It is closed books, closed notes exam. It will cover section covered on the first three homework assignments. In particular, variance from Sec. 3.3 will NOT be on midterm.

Prerequisites

Calculus sequence

Instructor  Office  Office Hours  Phone  Email 
Pawel Hitczenko Korman 270 T  1:00pm-2:00pm  Th 5:00pm-6:00pm 895-2622  (real) initiallastname@math.drexel.edu
Please send me email if you need an appointment at another time.

Lectures

Section 003  T Th 10:00-11:50pm  Matheson 412

Text

Required:  J. L. Devore, Probability and Statistics , Thomson/Brooks/Cole,  7th ed.

Grading

The course grade will be apportioned as follows:
 
homework assignemnts 30% (lowest will be dropped)
midterm exam 30%    
final exam 40%
A plus/minus grading is adopted for that course. The grades will be assigned based, roughly, on a 5 point scale, A+ for 95-100, A for 90-94, A- for 85-89, etc. Some deviations in students' favor are possible (across the whole section, NEVER in individual cases). Homework will be assigned on a weekly basis. Significant part of each assignment will be graded. No late homeworks will be accepted, but the lowest score will be dropped.

Policies

Lateness and Absence

Midterm and final exams makeups will not be allowed, except for the REAL emergencies. Those should be communicated to (and agreed to by) me ahead od time whenever possible. If not possible it will have to be supported by a solid evidence.

Withdrawing from the course

You may withdraw from the course up to the last day of the sixth week of class. If you do not withdraw by then, you will receive a grade for the course.

Academic Honesty

The university's Academic Honesty policy is in full effect for this course. Please read Section 11: "Academic Honesty" in the Drexel University Student Handbook to make sure you are familiar with this policy.

Course Calendar

[subject to change]   no classes on 11/26
Week 1  9/21-9/25  Sec. 2.1 - 2.3
Week 2  9/28-10/2  Sec. 2.3, 2.4; last day to drop: 10/2
Week 3  10/5-10/9  Sec. 2.5-3.1
Week 4  10/12-10/16  Sec. 3.2-3.3
Week 5  10/19-10/23   Sec. 3.4-3.6 Midterm on 10/22 (to be confirmed) 
Week 6  10/26 - 10/30   Sec. 4.1-4.2; last day to withdraw: 10/30
Week 7  11/2-11/6    Sec. 4.3.-4.4  
Week 8  11/9-11/13   Sec. 4.5-5.1 
Week 9  11/16-11/20  Sec. 5.1-5.3
Week 10  11/23-11/27   Sec. 5.4-5.5 
Week 11  11/30-12/4  extra topics, catch up