DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS

COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

UNIVERSITY OF LIBERIA
CAPITOL-HILL, MONROVIA

MATH 305: (PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS I) COURSE OUTLINE

PRE-REQUISITE: MATH 202 and MATH 304
CREDIT: 3hrs/semester

COURSE OVERVIEW
This course is for students majoring in mathematics with solid foundation in elementary
probability theory and should be ready to apply it to a statistical inference in Math 305. A
mathematical introduction to probability theory including the properties of probability;
probability distributions; expected values and moments; specific discrete and continuous
distribution; and transformation of random variables.

1.0 PROBABILITY THEOREM

1.1 Properties of probability
1.2 Conditional probability
1.3 Independence
1.4 Bayes’ theorem

2.0 DISCRETE DISTRIBUTION

2.1 Probability distribution functions and cumulative distribution functions
2.2 Mean and variance; moment-generating functions
2.3 Marginal and conditional probability distributions
2.4 Some specific discrete distribution

3.0 CONTINUOUS DISTRIBUTIONS

3.1 Probability density functions and cumulative distribution functions
3.2 Mean and variance; moment – generating function
3.3 Marginal and conditional probability distribution
3.4 Some specific continuous distributions

4.0 FUNCTIONS OF RANDOM VARIABLES

4.1 Distribution function technique
4.2 Transformation technique
4.3 Moment-generating function technique.

TEXTBOOK: Probability and Statistics for Engineers and Scientist, 4th edition, by
Anthony Hayter. Published by Brooks/Cole (2012)