MAT 2371 Introduction to Probability

3 units
Mathematics
Faculty of Science
Probability axioms and their consequences. Conditional probability and independence. Random variables, distributions and densities, moments, sampling distributions. Weak law of large numbers, sums of independent random variables, moment generating functions, convergence concepts, the central limit theorem.

Components:

Lecture

Requirements:

Prerequisite: MAT 1322 or MAT 1325 or MAT 1332 . The courses MAT 2371 , MAT 2377 , ADM 2303 , ECO 3150, HSS 2381 , PSY 2106 cannot be combined for units.

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Organized

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Clear Expectations

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Learned a Lot

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Recommend

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Workload

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Fair Assessments

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