Course Description For STAB52

Instructor

Professor Michael Evans
Office: S627A
Tel: (416)287-7274
email: mevans@utstat.utoronto.ca

Time and Place

Tuesdays and Thursdays 11-12 in S319

Website

http://www.utstat.utoronto.ca/mikevans/stab52/stab52.html

Office Hours

Tuesdays and Thursdays 12-2 in S627A or by appointment.

Text

The course requires the following texts.

Probability and Statistics: The Science of Uncertainty by Michael J. Evans and Jeffrey S. Rosenthal, published by W.H. Freeman.
Minitab Manual to accompany this text.

Course Description

STAB52H is a theoretical course. It is concerned with the mathematics of probability theory.

Tutorials

Every student has to register in a tutorial through ROSI. Do this as soon as possible. Attendance at tutorials is mandatory. Some of the total mark will be determined will be based on work done in the tutorials. There are no tutorials during the first week of classes.

Evaluation

There will be either a quiz held each week in your assigned tutorial or you will be required to hand in an assignment to your tutor. These are worth a total of 15%. See the course schedule to determine when the quizzes will be conducted and on what material these will be based.
The midterm exam (held on Feb. 1) is worth 30%.
The final exam is worth 55%.

Minitab

Minitab is the software package used in the course. It is very easy to use but it also has some fairly sophisticated capabilities. Minitab is available on the Windows machines in the computer lab. After you login just click on the Minitab icon. You may wish to purchase a version of Minitab for your own computer. It is not mandatory that you do this as the software is provided on the College machines. Alternatively you can "rent" Minitab from e-academy.com.