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This document provides information about the AMS310: Survey of Probability and Statistics course for Spring 2012. It outlines the instructor, teaching assistants, lecture times, textbook, homework assignments, exams, grading policy, course outline, and policies regarding cheating and disabilities. The instructor is Andrey Bernstein and lectures will be on Mondays, Wednesdays from 3:50-5:10pm in Harriman Hall 137. There will be 11 homework assignments, 2 midterms, and a cumulative final exam. Grades will be calculated based on homework, midterm, and final exam scores. Topics will include descriptive statistics, probability, random variables, sampling distributions, estimation, and hypotheses testing.

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This document provides information about the AMS310: Survey of Probability and Statistics course for Spring 2012. It outlines the instructor, teaching assistants, lecture times, textbook, homework assignments, exams, grading policy, course outline, and policies regarding cheating and disabilities. The instructor is Andrey Bernstein and lectures will be on Mondays, Wednesdays from 3:50-5:10pm in Harriman Hall 137. There will be 11 homework assignments, 2 midterms, and a cumulative final exam. Grades will be calculated based on homework, midterm, and final exam scores. Topics will include descriptive statistics, probability, random variables, sampling distributions, estimation, and hypotheses testing.

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AMS310: Survey of Probability and Statistics, Spring 2012

Instructor: Andrey Bernstein, Math Tower 1-117, 632-9361, [email protected] Oce hours (tentative): Mon (5:20-6:20), Wed (12:00-1:00, 5:20-6:20), or by appointment, or whenever you drop by and I am free. Course Web Site: at Blackboard

Teaching Assistants: Margaret Brown ([email protected]); oce hours: TBA Seong Kang ([email protected]); oce hours: Tuesday and Thursday 11:30-12:20, Harriman 010 Yawen Sun ([email protected]); oce hours: Friday 1:30-3:30, Harriman 010 Lectures: Monday, Wednesday, 3:50-5:10, in Harriman Hall 137 Pre/Corequisites: AMS 201 or 210 or MAT 211 Text: Miller & Freunds Probability and Statistics for Engineers, Eighth Edition, by R. A. Johnson (Prentice Hall, ISBN: 0321640772) Homeworks: There will be 11 equally-weighted homework sets, due in class on Wednesdays: 2/1, 2/8, 2/15, 2/29, 3/7, 3/14, 3/21, 4/11, 4/18, 4/25, 5/2. The lowest score will be dropped before computing your homework average. Homeworks will be due at the beginning of class on the due date. Warning: Do not wait until the night before a homework is due before you begin; problems will require thought and eort. Homework Policy: No late homework will be accepted. You may discuss homework problems with other students currently taking the course, with the TA, and with the instructor. But the work that you turn in should always be your own write-up, and you should show that you personally understand everything that you write. Please make certain that your writing is neat and clear, and that you have expressed your reasoning, not just the nal answer. Please staple! Exams: There will be two in-class midterms (tentatively, February 22 and March 28), and a cumulative nal exam (Monday, May 14, 5:157:45pm). All exams will be closed notes and book. A letter-sized hand-written (not typed or xeroxed) formula sheet and a non-graphing calculator will be allowed in the exam. Grades: Your total average score will be the maximum of the following four weighted averages: 0.25h + 0.2m1 + 0.2m2 + 0.35f , 0.25h + 0.05m1 + 0.2m2 + 0.5f , 0.25h + 0.2m1 + 0.05m2 + 0.5f , 0.2h + 0.05m1 + 0.05m2 + 0.7f , where h denotes homework average (after dropping lowest score), m1 and m2 denote the scores on the midterms, and f denotes the score on the nal exam. (h, mi , f [0, 100]) I will use your total average score to assign a letter grade; there is no pre-established scale or curve. (If there is a huge disparity among h, mi , f , I may, at my discretion, curve the numbers before computing the maximum in the formulas above.) Course Outline: Chapters 1 through 8 of the text book will be covered, with some variation depending on the availability of time. Tentative list of topics include: Descriptive statistics Probability Random variables and their probability distributions (both discrete and continuous) Joint distributions Sampling distributions Point estimation Hypotheses testing Cheating Policy: This is very clear and very simple: Cheating, to any degree, will result in an automatic failure of the course, prosecution to the fullest extent of the law (e.g., dismissal), and a letter placed on permanent le with the University. There are no excuses for cheating; if you have extenuating circumstances, see me *before* you even contemplate cheating. Disability Policy: If you have a physical, psychological, medical or learning disability that may impact your course work, please contact Disability Support Services, ECC (Educational Communications Center) Building, room 128, (631) 632-6748. They will determine with you what accommodations are necessary and appropriate. All information and documentation is condential. Students who require assistance during emergency evacuation are encouraged to discuss their needs with their professors and Disability Support Services. For procedures and information, go to the following web site: http://studentaffairs.stonybrook.edu/disabilityservices/.

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