SM230 Syllabus - Spring 1997 -- USNA

John C. Turner, revision date 1/7/97

Return to SM230 home page.

The text is a draft of a new text by Profs. Turner and Fowler.

This syllabus is accessible from the USNA WWW page. From the USNA home page, select Division of Math and Science under USNA Divisions and Departments. Next select Mathematics Department and "Which math courses have Web sites?". From there, pick SM230. The WWW page for SM230 will be updated during the semester.

  1. W 1/08 - 1.01-1.03 First day of the rest of the course.
  2. F 1/10 - 1.04 Sets and Venn diagrams. p.1.34 #1-6
  3. M 1/13 - 1.05 Venn diagrams and probability
  4. W 1/15 - 1.06 Conditional probability. p.1.35 # 1(a), 4(a)-(d), 11, 12, 14
  5. F 1/17 - 1.07 Bayes Theorem. p. 1.35 #2(b), 3, 5, 7, 8.
  6. W 1/22 - 1.08-1.09 Independence, Correlation. p.1.35 #1(b), 2(a), 4(e), p.1.38 3-5
  7. T 1/23 - 1.10 Searching p1.39 #1 (a),(b), 2 (a), 6 (a)-(d)
  8. F 1/24 - 1.10 Searching spreadsheets: (1) Simple (2) Single Sector
  9. M 1/27 - 1.11 Single sector search. #1 (c),(d), 2 (b)-(f), 4, 5,
  10. W 1/29 - 1.12 Monty Hall p.1.42 #1-5 Play "Let's Make a Deal" on the Web.
  11. F 1/31 - 1.12 (see above)
  12. M 2/03 - Review Sample Test #1
  13. W 2/05 - Test 1
  14. F 2/07 - 2.01-2.04 Bernoulli Process.p.2.23 #1-5 Calculator programs.
  15. M 2/10 - 2.05 Worked examples. p.2.24 #6-10
  16. W 2/12 - 2.05 (see above)
  17. F 2/14 - 2.06 Negative binomial. p.2.26 #15, 17-19, 22
  18. W 2/19 - 2.06 (see above)
  19. F 2/21 - 2.07 Hypergeometric. p.2.27 #23, 25-27, 29 Calculator programs
  20. M 2/24 - 3.01 Poisson distribution. p.3.18 #1, 2, 9 Calculator programs
  21. W 2/26 - 3.02 Exponential distribution. p.3.22 #7 (a)-(c), 9
  22. F 2/28 - 3.03 Erlang distribution. p.3.21 #5, 7 (d), 8 (c)-(d), 10
  23. M 3/10 - 3.05 Markov property. p.3.21 #4, 5 (c)-(d), (h)-(i)
  24. W 3/12 - 3.06 Max of exponentials. p.3.22 #6
  25. F 3/14 - Review Sample Test #2
  26. M 3/17 - Test 2
  27. W 3/19 - 4.01-4.02 Sums of random variables. p.4.27 #1-3
  28. F 3/21 - 4.02 Spreadsheet for sums.
  29. M 3/24 - 4.03 Central Limit Theorem. p.4.28 #4-8
  30. W 3/26 - 4.04 Calculator program for ZCDF. Calculator programs.
  31. F 3/28 - 4.05-4.06 Means and standard deviations. p.4.32 #16, 18, 19
  32. M 3/31 - 4.07 Normal approximation to binomial. p. 4.30 #10-15
  33. W 4/02 - 4.07 (see above)
  34. F 4/04 - 4.08 Sums and averages. p. 4.34 #20-24
  35. M 4/07 - 4.10 Computer assignment for sums.
  36. W 4/09 - Review Sample Test #3
  37. F 4/11 - Test 3
  38. M 4/14 - 5.01 Uniform distribution. p. 5.15 #1-3
  39. W 4/16 - 5.02 Functions of random variables. p.5.17 #1-4, 7, 8
  40. F 4/18 - 5.02 (see above)
  41. M 4/21 - 5.03 Simulation. p. 5.18 #1-3, 6
  42. W 4/23 - 5.03 (see above)
  43. F 4/25 - Review old finals
  44. M 4/28 - Review
  45. W 4/30 - Review
John C. Turner
jct@nadn.navy.mil