MATH 1853 LINEAR ALGEBRA, PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS

(Second Part) Syllabus: Elementary Complex Variables; Basic Probability Laws; Random Variables, Probability Distribution, Expectation and Variance; Binomial, Geometric, and Poisson Distribution; Normal Distribution; Sampling distribution, Point Estimates and Confidence Interval.
               

Instructor: Prof. Wai-Ki CHING (Room 414, Run Run Shaw Building, Email: wching@hku.hk).

Consultation Hours: TUE 9:30-11:30 & FRI 9:30-10:30.

Time Table (Lectures):

Class A: MON, TUE, FRI (8:30 - 9:20) LE 4

Class B: MON, THU, THU (12:30 - 13:20) LE 5

Demonstrator: Dr. Fai Lung TSANG (Room 316, Run Run Shaw Building, E-mail: fail@hku.hk).

Consultation hours: Fri 11:30 - 13:30.

Method of Assessment: Assignments and Final Examination.

Probability and Statistics (Notes in PDF):

  • Part 0 Set Theory and Basic Calculus,
  • Part 1 Elementary Complex Variables,
  • Part 2 Basic Probability Laws, Random Variables, Probability Distributions,
  • Part 3 Binomial, Geometric, Poisson, Normal Distributions,
  • Part 4 Sampling Distribution, Point Estimates and Confidence Interval,
  • Tutorial 1.
  • Tutorial 2.
  • Tutorial 3.
  • Tutorial 4.
  • Tutorial 5.

    How to Hand in Your Assignment?

  • Assignment 1.
  • Assignment 2.
  • Assignment 3.
  • Assignment 4.

    Past exam papers are in library.

  • Pass Exam Papers.