Course Schedule

ECE 304: Probability, Statistics, and Reality
Spring 2003

Old Dominion University
College of Engineering and Technology
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Linda Vahala


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Schedule of Class Activities, Assignments, and Important Dates
DATE

Topics and Activities

Assignments

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Jan 22  .

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Jan 27 Homework Assignment #1

Assignment #1: 1.2.1, 1.3.2, 1.4.5, 1.5.2, 1.7.4, 1.9.1

Jan 29 Contest #1

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Feb 3 Homework Assignment #2

Assignment #2: 2.2.4, 2.3.3, 2.4.1, 2.5.2, 2.6.6, 2.8.1

Feb 5 Contest #2

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Feb 10 Homework Assignment #3

Assignment #3: 3.1.1, 3.2.2, 3.4.1, 3.6.1, 3.7.1, 3.8.3

Feb 12 Contest #3

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Feb 17 Homework Assignment #4

Assignment #4: 4.2.4, 4.3.2, 4.4.1, 4.5.1, 4.7.3, 4.8.4

Feb 19 Contest #4

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Feb 26 MID-TERM Examination
Closed book; Closed notes; 1 sheet of Formulae

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Mar 5 Homework Assignment #5

Assignment #5 5.1.1, 5.2.1, 5.4.2, 5.6.2, 5.7.1, 5.9.2

Mar 10-12  .

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Mar 17 Contest #5

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Mar 26 Homework Assignment #6

Assignment #6: 6.2.4, 6.3.1, 6.4.1, 6.5.1, 6.7.1, 6.8.1

Mar 31 Contest #6

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Apr 2 Homework Assignment #7

Assignment #7: 7.1.3, 7.2.1, 7.3.1, 7.4.2, 7.6.2, 7.7.2

Apr 7 Contest #7

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Apr 7  .

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Apr 9 Contest #8

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Apr 14 Homework Assignment #8

Assignment #8: 8.1.1, 8.2.1, 8.2.2, 8.2.3, 8.3.1, 8.3.2

Apr 16 Contest #9

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Apr 16 Project Due

Project Due

Apr 21  .

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Apr 23 Homework Assignment #9

Assignment #9: 9.1.2, 9.2.2, 9.3.1, 9.4.1, 9.4.2, 9.5.3

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May 2 FINAL EXAMINATION 12:30 pm-3:30 pm
Closed Book; Closed Notes; 3 sheets of Formulae

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Detail of Course Content
Topic
Description
Sections from Text

Probability

Probability Axioms, Conditional Probability, Independence, Tree Diagrams, Probability Counting, Independent Trials, Reliability Theory

Chpt. 1

Discrete R.V

Probability Mass Function (PMF). Discrete Random Variables, Cumulative Distribution Function (CDF), Functions of a R.V, Expected values, Variance, Special discrete PMF's, Conditional PMF

Chpt. 2

Cont. R. V

CDF, Probability Density Function (PDF), Expected Values, Variance, Special PDF's, Gaussian PDF, PDF's for Derived R.V's, Conditional PDF

Chpt  4

Multiple Cont.

Joint CDF, Joint PDF, Marginal PDF, Functions of 2 R.V, Expected R.V Values, Variance, Conditional PDF, Independent R.V's, Jointly Gaussian R.V

Chpt 5

Stochastic Processes

iid's, expected values, correlations, stationary and wide sense stationary processes

Chpt. 6

Sums of R.V

PDF of sums of 2 r.v's, Moment Generating Function (MGF), iid, MGF for iid, Sums of Gaussian r.v's, Central Limit Theorem

Chpt. 7

Sample Mean

expected value, variance, Markov, Chebyshev, Chernoff, Laws of Large numbers

Chpt. 8

Statistical Inference

Significance testing, hypothesis testing  MAP, ML

Chpt. 9

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