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Fall 2024
Aug 09, 2025 |
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| DL 0056M - Random Variables Bell Curves |
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This course discusses properties and applications of random variables. When you’re done, you’ll have enough firepower to undertake a wide variety of modeling and analysis problems; and you’ll be well-prepared for the upcoming statistics courses.
We’ll begin by introducing the concepts of discrete and continuous random variables. For instance, how many customers are likely to arrive in the next hour (discrete)? What’s the probability that a lightbulb will last more than a year (continuous)?
We’ll learn about various properties of random variables such as the expected value, variance, and moment generating function. This will lead us to a discussion of functions of random variables. Such functions have many uses, including some wonderful applications in computer simulations.
If you enjoy random variables, then you’ll really love joint (two-dimensional) random variables. We’ll provide methodology to extract marginal (one-dimensional) and conditional information from these big boys. This work will enable us to study the important concepts of independence and correlation.
Along the way, we’ll start working with the R statistical package to do some of our calculations and analysis.
Recommended Prerequisites:
Introductory knowledge of theory and basic calculus, as well as the material from the first course in this series (A Gentle Introduction to Probability).
Prior experience in Excel, or similar application.
4.000 Continuing Education Units 40.000 Lecture hours Syllabus Available Grade Basis: Z Industrial & Systems Engr Division Professional Education Department Course Attributes: PE edX Platform, PE-LI Online | Asynchronous |
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