Week 3
Resources
Below is a table with links to resources. Icons in orange mean there is an available file link.
| Chapter | Topic | Slides | Annotated Slides | Recording |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Random Variables | |||
| 8 | PMF and CDF | |||
| 9 | Independence and Conditioning |
For the slides, once they are opened, if you would like to print or save them as a PDF, the best way to do this is:
- Click on the icon with three horizontal bars on the bottom left of the browser.
- Click on “Tools” with the gear icon at the top of the sidebar.
- Click on “PDF Export Mode.”
- From there, you can print or save the PDF as you would normally from your internet browser.
On the Horizon
Class Exit Tickets
Additional Information
Statistician of the Week: David Blackwell
Blackwell was the first black person to receive a PhD in statistics (from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, in 1941 at the age of 22) in the US and the first black scholar to be admitted to the National Academy of Sciences. He was a statistician at UC Berkeley for more than 50 years. He was hired in 1954 after the department almost made him an offer in 1942 (but declined to do so when one faculty member’s wife said she didn’t want Blackwell hired because she wouldn’t feel comfortable having faculty events in her home with a black man). Hear Blackwell tell the story in his own words.
Topics covered
Blackwell contributed to game theory, probability theory, information science, and Bayesian statistics. The Rao-Blackwell theorem (often seen in a senior level undergraduate class on statistical theory) is named after him.
Relevant work
- Blackwell, D. (1947). “Conditional expectation and unbiased sequential estimation”. Annals of Mathematical Statistics. 18 (1): 105–110. doi:10.1214/aoms/1177730497.
Outside links
Please note the statisticians of the week are taken directly from the CURV project by Jo Hardin.
Muddiest Points
This will be filled in with your Exit Ticket responses.
Clearest Points
This will be filled in with your Exit Ticket responses.