STA
4321- Introduction
to Probability
STA 5325 - Fundamentals of
Probability
Instructor: Larry Winner
Office: FLO 228
Phone: (352) 273-2995
E-mail: winner@stat.ufl.edu
Office Hours: M 12:00-1:00 Tu 8:30-10:00 W 9:30-10:30 Th 10:00-11:30
TA:
Minji Lee, Office: FLO 203, e-mail: mlee9@ufl.edu
Office Hours: M 7th Period, Tu 8th Period,
Th 3rd Period
Trung Ha, Office: FLO 115A e-mail:
httrung@stat.ufl.edu Office Hours: W 11:30-2:30. F
11:30-2:30
Syllabus Word PDF
Exam 2 - Friday, October 9: Sections: 3.5,3.7,3.8,3.9,3.11,4.1-4.5
Exam 3 - Wednesday, November 4: Sections: 4.5-4.10, 5.1-5.5
Exam 4 - Monday, Dec. 7: Sections: 5.6-5.9, 5.11, 6.1-6.5, 6.7
Spring 2007 Grade Cut-offs for 4321 (No "minuses" back then): A=90+, B+=85-90, B=75-85, C+=70-75, C=60-70
Spring 2007 Exams
Exam 1 Solutions (1 Version)
Exam 2 Solutions (1 Version)
Exam 3 Solutions (1 Version)
Exam 4 Solutions (6th Period Version)
Exam 5 Solutions (5th Period)
Exam 5 Solutions (6th Period)
Final Exam Solutions (5th Period)
Final Exam Solutions (6th Period)
Exams 1-5 Cumulative Distribution
Functions
Project 1 - Due 10/9/15 (in class) EXCEL Template for Output (Based on 100 Samples, n=20 sub-intervals, p=.10)
Project 2 - Due 11/23/15 (in class)
EXCEL
Instructions for Plots and
Generating Random Samples from Distributions (PPT)
Instructions for
Histograms in EXCEL
(WORD)
2006 Exams
Exam1
Exam2 (Version1)
Exam2 (Version2)
Exam3 (Version1)
Exam3 (Version2)
Final Exam Solutions (Rinker Hall)
Final Exam Solutions (Norman Hall)
Instructions for Histograms in EXCEL
(WORD)
Useful Results from Calculus (WORD)
EXCEL Probability Distribution
Functions (WORD)
EXCEL Instructions for Plots and
Generating Random Samples from Distributions (PPT)
Chapter 1 Materials
Rock n Roll Marathon Example R Program
NFL Combine Example R Program EXCEL
Chapter 2 Materials
Probability (PPT)
Basic Probability Problems (WORD) EXCEL File with Tables
Coin Toss Simulation (EXCEL)
NASCAR Race Start/Finish (EXCEL)
Roulette Wheel (EXCEL)
Roulette Probability Exercises
(WORD)
Roulette
Wheel Partial Solution (EXCEL)
5 Card Poker Hands (WORD)
Florida Lotto Winning Numbers (Numbers 1:49 5/7/1988-10/21/1999, 1:53 10/24/1999-8/29/2015)
Applications of Bayes' Rule (PPT)
Airline Simulation Exercise (WORD)
Chapter 3 Materials
Discrete Random Variables (PPT)
Deflategate - Binomial Distribution (EXCEL)
Airline Reservations - Binomial
Distribution (WORD)
Airline Reservations - Expected
Revenues (EXCEL)
Delta Atlanta On-Time Operations - Binomial/Geometric Distributions (PPT)
Wars by Year - Poisson Distribution
(PPT)
English Premier League Goals (PPT)
Wars by Year Data (EXCEL)
Florida Lotto - Pick 6 - Hypergeometic Distribution (PPT)
US Currency $100 Bills - Negative Binomial (EXCEL)
Bonus Problems
Chapter 4 Materials
Rock n Roll Marathon Example R Program
NFL Combine Example R Program EXCEL
Anita Wlodarczyk Competitive Hammer Throw Distances R Program
Proportion Positive Reviews on Rotten Tomatoes R Program
Seattle Monthly Rainfall 1949-2014 R Program
Continuous Probability
Distributions (PPT)
Ice Cream Carts on Linear (Uniform) Beach (EXCEL)
Exponential and Gamma
Density
Functions (EXCEL)
Aluminum Part Lifetime Data (EXCEL)
Philadelphia Rain
Data/Histogram (EXCEL)
U.S. County Per Capita Retail Sales
Data/Histogram (EXCEL)
Beta Beach Example (EXCEL)
Bonus Problems - Sections 4.1-4.5
NCAA Basketball Data (EXCEL)
Bonus Problems - Sections 4.6,4.7,4.10
Normal Density Function (Up
to 6 at once) (EXCEL)
Gamma Density Function (Up
to 6 at once) (EXCEL)
Beta Density Function (Up
to 6 at once) (EXCEL)
Chapter 5 Materials
Multivariate Probability
Distributions (PPT)
IQ and Stock Market Participation WORD EXCEL
Television Sales (EXCEL)
Stock Price Example (WORD)
Political Poll Example - Multinomial
Distribution (WORD)
Multinomial Distribution - Premier League Soccer Game Outcomes (PPT)
Conditional Expectations - Television
Sales (PPT)
Bivariate Normal Density
(Includes 3-D plot that updates with parameter changes) (EXCEL)
Bonus Problems
(Also see Political Poll example) (WORD)
Bivariate Normal Distribution and
Inheritance of Height (PPT)
Bayesian Updating of Probabilities
(WORD)
Chapter 6
& 7
Materials
Functions of Random Variables
(PPT)
Linear City - Courier Costs
Approximations to Distributions:
Limit Theorems (PPT)
Derivation
of Student's t and the F Distributions (PPT)
Bonus Problems Section 6.6 and Chapter 7
(WORD)
Plot of Fish Catching Example (EXCEL)
Sampling Distributions - NHL and EPL BMIs (R)
Sampling Distributions - Rock&Roll Marathon Velocities (R)