Test 3 review UPDATED

Test 3 is scheduled for the first hour or so of class on Wednesday 25 April.

 

Review problems are here:

MAT2572Test3ReviewSpring2018

Answers and some hints are here: UPDATE the answer to #3 is now included

MAT2572Test3ReviewAnswersSpring2018

Please let us know on Piazza if you find any typographical or other errors in these!

 

This test will include the following topics: (My notes on the special distributions are here: MAT2572RVsDistributions)

• Variance and standard deviation of a finite RV

• Expected value (mean), Variance, and standard deviation of a continuous RV

• Binomial distribution

• Hypergeometric distribution

• Poisson distribution

• Estimating binomial probability using Poisson

• Normal distribution

Estimating binomial probability using normal distribution (including the continuity correction)

 

 

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