Math 362 Fall 2010

Introduction to Probability Theory

Known Swami issues and changes:

Date	Issue
12/16	Added buttons to find endorsed solutions quickly. They are currently available on "assignment/show" and "solution/show" pages.
11/30	Credit summaries for assignment and grader credits are available at the top of the "Student Dashboard".
11/20	The format in which an individual assignment is displayed is changed. The assignments now use jsMath to display equations of much better quality than before.
11/15	It is possible now at a click of a mouse to request a grade appeal or review. The grade review may be requested for ANY grade, not just your own. Grade appeal/review buttons are on the solution pages and grade pages.
11/15	Reduced the number of days to finalize the grade to 10.
10/08	Limited the number of days to finalize the grades. Currently set to 30, but will be decreased to 10. No grader credit will be offerred after the grade is finalized.
10/07	Added a column on Solutions page showing the number of grades for each solution.
10/06	Added a calendar that shows assignment due dates in calendar form.
9/26	Added "express download/grading" links to the solution table. See last column.
9/26	Fixed the grading feature after I received reports that you could not grade.
9/10	You can now change the password. Please change it ASAP, using the highest strengh.

Due Wednesday, September 8: Solve Excercises 2.9 and 2.10 from the book. Prepare them for electronic submission. The solution should be in PDF format, or be a scanned image in PNG or JPEG format. Please make sure each page is not more than 20-30 kilobytes in size by playing with the settings of your software. For those of you who ordered a book by mail, here is the link to the pages that contain the assignment.
Due Wednesday, September 8: Read all sections up to 2.4 inclusive. Be able to solve all exercises in section up to 2.4 inclusive.
Friday, September 10, 2010: Prepare for a 15-minute quiz on homework excercises to be given on at the beginning of the class. (The result of the quiz will be applied towards your homework score, and will have the weight of a homework assignment.)
Friday, August 27: Install R on your computer, or make sure you have access to a computer with R installed. Review the R tutorials available on-line. Pick one that is consistent with your level of computing skills. Explore R help system and basic commands.