STAT 02290 | 2026 Spring

Probability and Statistical Inference for Computing Systems

Course information

Instructor Man Cheung Tsui
Email tsui@rowan.edu
Office Robinson Hall Room 228B
Office Hours Tuesdays 4PM–6PM
Wednesdays 5PM–6PM
Course Syllabus PDF (Section 3) and PDF (Section 4) list grading and other policies
Section 3 Meets Tuesdays & Thursdays 6:30PM–7:45PM in Science Hall 128
Section 4 Meets Mondays & Wednesdays 9:30AM–10:45AM in Robinson 324
Canvas Grades Section 3
Section 4
Optional Textbooks [ES] Larson, Farber, Elementary Statistics (any edition)
[PS] Starnes, et al, The Practice of Statistics (any edition)
[P] Walpole, Myers, Myers, Probability and Statistics for Engineers and Scientists

Course schedule

Quiz is given at end of class each Wednesday & Thursday;
Homework is submitted in class at the same time as the quizzes;
Lessons and exams follow the schedule below.

Schedule Textbook Notes Homework Practice Problems
Descriptive Statistics
1 - Visualizing data
[ES] 1.2, 2.1, 2.3
[PS] 1.1, 1.2, 1.3
PDF None Practice
Descriptive Statistics
2 - Summary parameters
[ES] 2.4
[PS] 1.3
PDF None Practice
Descriptive Statistics
3 - Position in distribution
[ES] 2.5
[PS] 2.1, 2.2
PDF

Colab
To learn R
None Practice
Descriptive Statistics
4 - Critiquing data
[PS] 1.3 PDF

Colab
PDF
Sec. 3 due Thurs Feb 5.
Sec. 4 due Wed Feb 11.
See below
Design of studies
5 - Sampling
[ES] 1.3
[PS] 4.1
PDF None See below
Design of studies
6 - Design of studies
[ES] 1.3
[PS] 4.2
PDF None Practice
Probability
7 - Sample space, events, counting
[P] 2.1, 2.2, 2.3 PDF None Practice
Probability
8 - Probability
[P] 2.3, 2.4 PDF
Exam 1
  • Section 3:
    Thursday, February 19, 2026
  • Section 4:
    Wednesday, February 18, 2026
Probability
9 - Additive rules
[P] 2.5
Probability
10 - Conditional probability, independence, and product rule
[P] 2.6
Probability
11 - Bayes' rule
[P] 2.7
Random variable
12 - Random variable, discrete distribution
[P] 3.1, 3.2
TBD
TBD
Exam 2
  • Section 3:
    Thursday, March 12, 2026
  • Section 4:
    Wednesday, March 11, 2026
TBD
Hypothesis testing
Test for the mean ($\sigma$ known)
[ES] 7.1, 7.2
[PS] 9.1, 9.3
Practice
Hypothesis testing
Test for the mean ($\sigma$ unknown)
[ES] 7.3
[PS] 9.3
TBD
Hypothesis testing
Test for proportions
[ES] 7.4
[PS] 9.2
Practice
TBD
Exam 3
  • Section 3:
    Thursday, April 16, 2026
  • Section 4:
    Wednesday, April 15, 2026
TBD
Final Exam
  • Section 3:
    Tuesday, May 5, 2026
    at 7:05PM–9:05PM
  • Section 4:
    Wednesday, May 6, 2026
    at 10:15AM–12:15PM