BSTA 550 – Introduction to Probability
Biography
This course is an introduction to the methods and concepts of probability theory, including combinatorics, conditional probability and independence, discrete and continuous random variables, probability distributions, joint distributions, expectation, transformations of random variables, moment generating functions, and the central limit theorem.
Prerequisites
Acceptance to MS in Biostatistics program.
¹ CEPH Primary Instructional Faculty
² CEPH Non-Primary Instructional Faculty
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