Checking date: 20/05/2022


Course: 2022/2023

Probability
(17753)
Master in Statistics for Data Science (Plan: 386 - Estudio: 345)
EPI


Coordinating teacher: ARRIBAS GIL, ANA

Department assigned to the subject: Statistics Department

Type: Compulsory
ECTS Credits: 3.0 ECTS

Course:
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Objectives
Knowledge acquisition of: 1) random variables, elementary probability and distributions; 2) relevant probabilistic inequalities; 3) random vectors, marginal and joint distributions; 4) sequences of random variables and concepts of convergences;
Skills and learning outcomes
Description of contents: programme
1. Random experiments 1.1 Events 1.2 Probability 1.3 Conditional probability 1.4 Bayes' formula 1.5 Independence 1.6 Combinatorics 2. Discrete random Variables 2.1 Definition of random variable 2.2 Probability mass function and cumulative distribution function 2.3 Mean, variance, and quantiles 2.4 Binomial, Geometric, Poisson, Negative Binomial, and Hypergeometric distributions 3. Continuous random variables 3.1 Density mass function and cumulative distribution function 3.2 Mean, variance, and quantiles 3.3 Transformations of a random variable 3.4 Uniform, Exponential, Normal, Gamma, and Beta distributions 4. Random vectors 4.1 Joint distributions, marginal distributions, and conditional distributions 4.2 Independence 4.3 Transformations of random vectors 4.4 Multivariate Normal and Multinomial distributions 4.5 Sums of random variables 4.6 Mixtures 4.7 General concepto of random variable 4.8 Random sample 4.9 Order statistics 5. Properties of the expectation 5.1 Expectations of sums of random variables 5.2 Covariance 5.3 Conditional expectation 5.4 Conditional variance 5.5 Moment generating function 6. Limit Theorems 6.1 Markov and Chebishev inequalities 6.2 Weak Law of Large Numbers (convergence in probability) 6.3 Strong Law of Large Numbers (almost sure convergence) 6.5 Central Limit Theorem (convergence in distribution)
Assessment System
  • % end-of-term-examination 50
  • % of continuous assessment (assigments, laboratory, practicals...) 50
Calendar of Continuous assessment
Basic Bibliography
  • Sheldon Ross. A First Course in Probability. Pearson Prentice Hall. 2010
Recursos electrónicosElectronic Resources *
Additional Bibliography
  • Charles M. Grinstead. Grinstead and Snell's Introduction to Probability. University Press of Florida. 2009
  • Dimitri P. Bertsekas, John N.Tsitsiklis. Introduction to Probability. Athena Scientific. 2008
Recursos electrónicosElectronic Resources *
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