Math 493 Assignments - Fall 2011

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  • Problems in text are from
    DeGroot, Morris, and Mark Schervish,
    Probability and Statistics, 4th edition, Addison-Wesley Publ.

    
    
    

    HOMEWORK #1 due Monday 9-19
            Section 1.4 (page 15)  --  2, 6, 8, 10
                    (Notes: In Problem 6, interpret ``as subsets of S'' as ``list the points in the event''. Viewing S as a set of ordered pairs may be helpful.
    In Problem 8, the text uses the symbol A both for ``blood type'' and as a particular event, namely that the point reacts with the anti-A antigen. In your answer, write the event A as C and the event B as D. )
            Section 1.5 (page 21)  --  1, 2, 4, 8, 9
            Section 1.6 (page 25)  --  4, 6, 8
                    (Notes: In Problems 6 and 8, treat sample spaces as equally-weighted sets of ordered pairs or ordered triples or etc. as in the de Mere examples.)

    
    

    HOMEWORK #2 due Monday 10-3
            (Leave answers in terms of binomial and multinomial coefficients and factorials if you wish.)
            Section 1.7 (page 32)  --  2, 8
            Section 1.8 (page 41)  --  4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 18
            Section 1.9 (page 45)  --  2, 3, 4, 6
                    (Warning: The answer in the back of the back for Problem 3 (Section 1.9) is incorrect.)

    
    

    HOMEWORK #3 due Monday 10-24
            Section 1.12 (page 53)  --  6
            Section 2.1 (page 65)  --  4, 6, 12, 14
            Section 2.2 (page 75)  --  6, 8, 10, 12
            Section 2.3 (page 84)  --  4, 6


    (Return to the math office in Cupples I Room 100 or to Prof. Sawyer.)

    
    

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