TOPIC | TEXT BY ROSS | STUDY GUIDE |
Introduction & Sample Space and Events | § 1.1-1.2 | § I.1-I.2
§ I.3 |
Probabilities | § 1.3 | § I.4-I.5 |
Conditional Probabilities | § 1.4 | § I.5 |
Independent Events | § 1.5 | § I.5 |
Bayes' Formula | § 1.6 | § I.5 |
Random Variables | § 2.1 | § II.2-II.3 |
Discrete Random Variables | § 2.2 | § II.1 Discrete Mathematics,
Binomial Theorem, Geometric Series, Maclaurin Series |
Continuous Random Variables | § 2.3 | § II.1 The Derivative of a Function, Derivatives of the Composite Functions, The Definite Integral, Antidifferentiation, Evaluation of the Integrals, Methods of Integration, Some Special Functions |
Expectation of a Random Variable | § 2.4 | § II.1 Evaluation of the Definite Integrals by Using Antiderivatives, Methods of Integration |
Jointly Distributed Random Variables | § 2.5 | § II.1 Some Results Involving Multivariate Calculus |
Moment Generating Functions | § 2.6 | § II.1 Methods of Integration, Some Results Involving Limits |
Limit Theorems | § 2.7 | § II.1 Some Results Involving Limits |
Conditional Probability &
Conditional Expectation | Chapter 3 | § II.1 |
Markov Chains | Chapter 4 | § I.6 & II.1 |
The Exponential Distribution & the Poisson Process | Chapter 5 | § II.1 |
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