SIEO 3600. Introduction to Probability and Statistics

Spring, 2008. Mondays and Wednesdays 2:40PM--3:55PM in Room: 207 Mathematics

RECITATION EVERY FRIDAY: 11AM--12:30PM in Room 520 Math

Office hours on Friday, March 7: 1PM--2:30PM, 321 Mudd (TA Pingkai Liu) and 2:30PM--4PM, 317 Mudd (CA Alex Breskin)


Last Updated: 5/08/08
Syllabus/prerequisites for the course


Instructor: Professor Karl Sigman
Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research

Phone: (212) 854-3556
FAX: (212) 854-8103

karl.sigman@columbia.edu
http://www.columbia.edu/~ks20

Office hours: TBA

COURSE WEB SITE:

http://www.columbia.edu/~ks20/3600-08/3600-08.html


Required Text: Montgomery and Runger Applied Statistics and Probability for Engineers, 4th edition, John Wiley and Sons, Inc. (4th Edition ONLY!! There is an online E-book Edition too: http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470241136,miniSiteCd-DE.html)

Grading:Homework : 10%; Midterm Exam 45%; Final exam 45%. Midterms and Final are open textbook, open notes.
Teaching Assistant I: Behzad Nouri

Office hours: TBA

Email:

bn2164@columbia.edu

Teaching Assistant II: Pingkai Liu

Office hours: Fridays, 1PM--2:30PM, 321 Mudd

Email:

pl2278@columbia.edu

Weekly Homework Assignments (due in class the following Monday unless otherwise specified; late hmwk is penalized!)

  1. HMWK1. LAST PROBLEM UPDATED on Jan. 26 (Not to be turned in, for review only; solutions will be posted over the weekend. But do this for your own good before class on Monday, January 28)
  2. HMWK2. Due in class on Monday, February 4.
  3. HMWK3. Due in class on Monday, February 11.
  4. HMWK4. Due in class on Monday, February 18.
  5. HMWK5. Due in class on Monday, February 25.
  6. HMWK6. Due in class on Monday, March 3.
  7. HMWK7. Due in class on Monday, March 31.
  8. HMWK8. Due in class on Monday, April 7.
  9. HMWK9. Due in class on Monday, April 14.
  10. HMWK10. Due in class on Monday, April 21.
  11. HMWK11. Due in class on Monday, April 28.
  12. HMWK12. Due in class on Monday, May 5.

Homework Solutions

  1. HMWK1.
  2. HMWK2.
  3. HMWK3.
  4. HMWK4.
  5. HMWK5.
  6. HMWK6.
  7. HMWK7.
  8. HMWK8.
  9. HMWK9.
  10. HMWK10.
  11. HMWK11.
  12. HMWK12.

Lecture Notes

  1. Introduction to estimating a mean and constructing confidence intervals(Updated Wed., March 26.)

Midterm Exam Information

PLEASE MAKE NOTE OF THESE DATES, NO CHANGES ALLOWED

Final Exam Information