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STAT 4300: Probability is a Spring 2024 course taught by Professor Jason Altschuler with several teaching assistants. The course covers fundamental probability topics and has a grading breakdown of midterms, a final exam, and homework, with specific policies on collaboration and late submissions. Office hours and communication guidelines are provided, emphasizing the importance of emailing all relevant staff for efficient responses.

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STAT4300 Syllabus PDF

STAT 4300: Probability is a Spring 2024 course taught by Professor Jason Altschuler with several teaching assistants. The course covers fundamental probability topics and has a grading breakdown of midterms, a final exam, and homework, with specific policies on collaboration and late submissions. Office hours and communication guidelines are provided, emphasizing the importance of emailing all relevant staff for efficient responses.

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STAT 4300: Probability (Spring 2024)

Professor
• Jason Altschuler, alts@wharton.upenn.edu

Teaching assistants
• Graduate TA: Xiaomeng Wang, xwang1@wharton.upenn.edu

• Undergraduate TAs:

– Kelly Wang, kwang10@wharton.upenn.edu — head undergrad TA


– Shuyi Wang, sywang25@sas.upenn.edu — head undergrad TA
– Owen Frausto
– Anthony (Tony) Yang
– Joseph (Joe) Yoon
– Amy Zhang

Time & location


• Section 001: MW 3:30 – 5:00, JMHH Room 260.

• Section 002: MW 5:15 – 6:45, JMHH Room 260.

Office hours
• Mondays:
Jason Altschuler: 9:30-11:30am, in ARB 315

• Tuesdays:
Amy Zhang: 3-4pm, in ARB 421
Tony Yang: 7-8pm, on Zoom (see Canvas for link)

• Wednesdays:
Shuyi Wang: 10-11:30am, in ARB 321
Owen Frausto: 2-3pm, in ARB 321

• Thursdays:
Kelly Wang: 9:30-11am, on Zoom (see Canvas for link)
Joe Yoon: 3:30-4:30pm, on Zoom (see Canvas for link)

• Fridays:
Xiaomeng Wang: 12-2pm, on Zoom (see Canvas for link)

Prerequisite
• The class assumes knowledge of multivariate calculus at the level of Math 1140 or equivalent. In particular
students are expected to have studied change of variables in multiple integrals.

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Topics
• This is a mathematical course. Topics include: definition of probability, sample spaces, discrete & continu-
ous random variables, common distributions, independence, expectation, generating functions, conditional
probability, law of large numbers, central limit theorem.
• Optional reference: we will cover (portions of) Chapters 1-10 of the textbook “Introduction to Probability”
by Blitzstein and Hwang. Available for free at http://probabilitybook.net/ In each lecture I will
mention the corresponding chapter. You are encouraged but not required to read along for more context.

Grade breakdown
• Midterm exam 1 (February 19): 30%
• Midterm exam 2 (March 27): 30%
• Final exam1 : 35%
• Homework (dropping two lowest scores): 5%

Exams
• Exams are in-person and closed-book.

Homework
• Submission: due Friday 5pm. Submit electronically on Gradescope. The first HW will be due February 2.
• Collaboration policy: you may discuss HW with other students, but you must write your own solutions
separately based on your own understanding. List the students you work with (this won’t affect your grade).
• Late policy: late HW will not be accepted (except for extenuating circumstances, e.g., illness or family emer-
gency). Of course, you may use your allowance of two dropped HW scores on late/skipped submissions.
• Regrade policy: any request should be submitted through Gradescope, not via email. This is more efficient
for both you and our grading team.

Email policy
• Administrative questions are fine for email. But conceptual questions are often hard to answer on email
because they require more explanation; these are typically easiest to answer at office hours or during/after
class, rather than email. Another good resource for asking questions is the “Ed Discussion” page on Canvas
(as it is possible to write math in the answers).
• All emails should be sent/cc’ed to all these four addresses: (alts@wharton.upenn.edu, xwang1@wharton.
upenn.edu, kwang10@wharton.upenn.edu, sywang25@sas.upenn.edu)—aka include the professor,
graduate TA, and two head undergraduate TAs. This will help us respond to your emails faster. Write “STAT
4300” at the beginning of the subject line to make sure we don’t accidentally miss your email.
• We will try to respond to emails asap, but due to the very high volume of emails, anticipate that it may take
us a day or two to reply.

Electronic device policy


• Fine to use iPads/tablets/etc to take notes in class. But I prefer that students not use laptops or phones in
class, because these can be distracting for all of us.2

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The university schedules this, not me. Date posted in February. Unfortunately there’s nothing I can do to get early notice of exam dates.
2
Exceptions will be made if you need to use a laptop because of a disability or other reason (feel free to let me know).

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