Spring 2020
STAT 140 001 - LEC 001
Probability for Data Science
Current Enrollment
Total Open Seats:
26
Enrolled: 271
Waitlisted: 0
Capacity: 297
Waitlist Max: 1
No Reserved Seats
Hours & Workload
3 hours of instructor presentation of course materials per week, 7 hours of outside work hours per week, 1 hours of extra meetings for the review or elaboration of course materials per week, and 2 hours of the exchange of opinions or questions on course material per week.
Final Exam
FRI, MAY 15TH
07:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Internet/Online
Course Catalog Description
An introduction to probability, emphasizing the combined use of mathematics and programming to solve problems. Random variables, discrete and continuous families of distributions. Bounds and approximations. Dependence, conditioning, Bayes methods. Convergence, Markov chains. Least squares prediction. Random permutations, symmetry, order statistics. Use of numerical computation, graphics, simulation, and computer algebra.
Rules & Requirements
Requisites
- Statistics/Computer Science/Information C8, or Statistics/Computer Science C100, or both Stat 20 and Computer Science 61A; and one year of calculus at the level of Mathematics 1A-1B or higher. Corequisite: Mathematics 54, Electrical Engineering 16A, Statistics 89A, Mathematics 110 or equivalent linear algebra.
Credit Restrictions
Students who have earned credit for Stat 134 will not receive credit for Stat 140.
Repeat Rules
Course is not repeatable for credit.
Reserved Seats
Current Enrollment
No Reserved Seats