Transcript The Midterm

The Midterm
Adventures in Probability
joyous ENM 500 students
singing praise for the
midterm
fall 2009
Vital Statistics
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When: Monday, October 19 11:30 am – 1:30 pm
Open book – notes, presentations, journal articles
Computers and calculators allowed
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you will need to compute probabilities
campus students – bring laptops
Take the exam on campus or via the internet
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exam will be emailed to internet participants 5 to 10 minutes
before the start of class
acknowledge receipt
call or email if you have questions
 operators will be standing by the phones to take your calls
More Vital Statistics
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There will be several versions of the exam
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Ten questions equally weighted (i.e. 10 points each)
2 hours to complete the exam
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12 minutes per question (it will seem like an eternity)
Most questions are short response (see practice
midterm)
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comparable but different questions
may be 1,2, or 3 parts to the question
Covers chapters 2 – 6
Chapter Distribution
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Chapter 2 – Combinatorics & Random Events
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Chapter 3 – Discrete Random Variables
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2-3 questions
Chapter 5 – Joint distributions
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2-3 questions
Chapter 4 – Continuous Random Variables
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2-3 questions
1 question
Chapter 6 – Descriptive Statistics
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1 - question
Midterm Management
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At the conclusion of the exam:
 campus students will turn in the exam along with their work
 internet students
 complete and email the attached solution table
 additional time allotted to (1) fax your work or (2) scan or
enter and email your work
Part (a)
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Part (b)
Part (c)
Midterm Registration
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Need to register for the exam by noon Wednesday
October 14
Register by completing the on-line form at the
following course Webpage:
http://academic.udayton.edu/CharlesEbeling/ENM500/exams/register.htm
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Indicate time and place (internet email address or
regular campus class)
Identify any special circumstances
Prob/stat students…
on there way to register
for the ENM 500 midterm
Midterm Exam Warm-up
Question
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Develop a new axiomatic system of probability which is a
radical departure from current probability theory. Start with
no more than 5 axioms and two undefined terms.
Demonstrate that your systems explains real world
phenomena better than the traditional theory.
Explain why this new and innovative system has not been
discovered before now and analyze the historical
significance of your findings.
Illustrate through examples the power of your method to
describe random processes with less effort and more
accuracy than previously thought possible.
Name your new calculus of probability after your instructor to
whom you owe everything.
A Very Nice Practice Midterm Exam
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Available from the course Website today
Sixteen exceptional problems
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each one designed to maximize the learning process
Solutions will be discussed in a special midterm
review session to be held on Thursday, Oct. 15 at
11:30 am in room 405
Gosh, this
practice
midterm is
the best
ever.