BSTA 550: Introduction to Probability
Fall 2026
Welcome to Biostatistics and Probability!
This course is an introduction to the methods and concepts of probability theory, including conditional probability and independence, combinatorics, discrete and continuous random variables, probability distributions, joint distributions, expectation, transformations of random variables, and the central limit theorem. Students will apply probability concepts and develop statistical reasoning through simulations in R.
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Nicky
Madi (TA)