Course Description For STAB52
Instructor
Professor Michael Evans
Office: S627A
Tel: (416)287-7274
email: mevans@utstat.utoronto.ca
Time and Place
Tuesdays and Thursdays 10-11 in ????
Website
http://www.utstat.utoronto.ca/mikevans/stab47/stab47s.html
Office Hours
Tuesdays and Thursdays 11-1 in S627A or by appointment.
Text
The course requires the following texts.
- Probability and Statistics: The Science of Uncertainty by
Michael J. Evans and Jeffrey S. Rosenthal, published by W.H. Freeman.
- Minitab Manual to accompany this text.
Course Description
STAB52H is a theoretical course. It is concerned with the mathematics of
probability theory.
Tutorials
Every student has to register in a tutorial through ROSI.
Do this as soon as possible. Attendance at tutorials
is mandatory. Some of the total mark will be determined will be based
on work done in the tutorials. There are no tutorials during the first week
of classes.
Evaluation
- There will be either a quiz held each week in your assigned
tutorial or you will be required to hand in an assignment to your tutor.
These are worth a total of 15%. See the course schedule to determine
when the quizzes will be conducted and on what material these will be based.
- The midterm exam (held on Feb. 1) is worth 30%.
- The final exam is worth 55%.