| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| April 1 |
Overview Reading: BT 1.1, 1.2, 1.6, Intro to Schnapsen, Rules of Schnapsen |
| April 3 |
Counting: product rule, permutations Reading: Safety First (Schnapsen analysis) |
| April 5 |
Counting: k-permutations, combinations Trick mechanics |
| April 8 | Counting: more combinations, pigeonhole |
| April 10 | probability axioms, equiprobable outcomes |
| April 12 |
conditional probability Reading: BT 1.3, All the Aces |
| April 15 | more conditional probability |
| April 17 |
total probability, Bayes' Rule Reading: BT 1.4 |
| April 19 |
independence Reading: BT 1.5 |
| April 22 | more independence |
| April 24 |
random variables Reading: BT 2.1-2.3 |
| April 26 |
expectation Reading: BT 2.4, Expected Game Points |
| April 29 |
expected game points in Schnapsen Reading: It All Depends |
| May 1 | variance |
| May 3 |
joint PMF Reading: BT 2.5-2.7, How Much Help... |
| May 6 | Midterm review, HW4 solutions |
| May 10 | binomial distribution |
| May 13 | Poisson distribution |
| May 15 |
continuous random variables Reading: BT 3.1-3.2 |
| May 17 |
uniform, exponential, normal Reading: BT 3.3 |
| May 20 |
central limit theorem Reading: BT 5.4 |
| May 22 | analysis of randomized Quicksort |
| May 24 |
Markov and Chebyshev inequalities Reading: BT 5.1 |
| May 29 | Chernoff bounds |
| May 31 |
law of large numbers Reading: BT 5.2, 5.5 |
| June 3 |
maximum likelihood estimate Reading: BT 9.1 |
| June 5 | confidence intervals |
| June 7 |
final exam review review of distributions |