Test 3 is scheduled for the first hour or so of class on Wednesday 25 April.
Review problems are here:
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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