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Fall 2024
Aug 12, 2025 |
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| DL 0056M - Random Variables Bell Curves |
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Associated Term:
Fall 2024
Learning Objectives: • Discrete and continuous probability random variables • The properties of distribution random variables such as the expected value, variance, and moment generating function • Functions of random variables and how they can be used in computer simulation applications • Joint (two-dimensional) random variables and how to extract marginal (one-dimensional) and conditional information from them • The concepts of independence and correlation Required Materials: Internet connection (DSL, LAN, or cable connection desirable) Adobe Acrobat PDF reader (to download for free, visit get.adobe.com/reader/) R statistical software (to download for free, visit cran.r-project.org) (or similar statistics packages such as Minitab, JMP, SAS, etc.) Excel (or equivalent) Bonus software: Any “real,” high-level language such as MATLAB, Python, etc. Technical Requirements: |
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