Introduction to Probability Theory

Catalog description

STAT(MATH) 414 is an introduction to the theory of probability for students in statistics, mathematics, engineering, computer science, and related fields. The course presents students with calculus-based probability concepts and those concepts can be used to describe the uncertainties present in real applications. Topics include probability spaces, discrete and continuous random variables, transformations, expectations, generating functions, conditional distributions, law of large numbers, central limit theorems. Students may take only one course from STAT(MATH) 414 and 418.