BTRY 4080 Theory of Probability (also STSCI 4080)
Fall. 4 credits. Prerequisites: MATH 1110, 1120, at least concurrent enrollment in 2130 or 2220 or equivalents. Recommended: at least one introductory course in statistical methods.
Introduction to probability theory: axiomatic foundations; combinatorics and equally likely events; conditional probability and independence; discrete and continuous random variables, their distributions and moments; generating functions; transformations; extensions to problems involving two or more random variables; random samples. Can serve as either one-semester introduction or a foundation for a course in statistical theory.