STAT 51600 - Basic Probability And Applications

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Purdue University-Main Campus

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Credit Hours: 3.00. A first course in probability, intended to serve as a background for statistics and other applications. Sample spaces and axioms of probability, discrete and continuous random variables, conditional probability and Bayes' theorem, joint and conditional probability distributions, expectations, moments and moment generating functions, law of large numbers, and central limit theorem. (The probability material in course one of the Society of Actuaries and the Casualty Actuarial Society is covered by this course.) The distance offering of this course originates from the West Lafayette campus, is offered through streaming video via ProEd, and may be made available at the Calumet campus. Typically offered Fall Spring. 3.000 Credit Hours Levels: Graduate, Professional, Undergraduate Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture College of Science College Statistics Department Course Attributes: CH Technical Electives, IE Technical Electives, Upper Division

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.purdue.edu

Phone Number:

(765) 494-4600

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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