According to the UH Final Exam Schedule, the Final Exam for this course will take place on Thursday, May 12, 5-8 PM in CBB 110. Please check now to make sure that you don't have a conflict with this exam. Here is a review sheet for the Final Exam. Here is a review sheet for last year's midterm exam. It has some good problems on joint distributions.
The average for the Midterm Exam is 59.13; the standard deviation is 24.47. The resulting curve, based on normalized scores, is:
90 - 100 A |
66 - 71 B- | 41 - 46 D+ |
| 84 - 89 A- | 60 - 65 C+ | 35 - 40 D |
| 78 - 83 B+ | 53 - 59 C | 29 - 34 D- |
| 72 - 77 B | 47 - 52 C- | 0 - 28 F |
Here is the syllabus. The textbook is “Introduction to Probability and Its Applications” by Richard L. Scheaffer and Linda J. Young, Third Edition, published by Brooks/Cole.
Here is a link to the homework assignments.
Your course grade will be based on a weighted average of normalized scores for the final exam, one midterm exam, and homework. The final exam will take place May 12, 5-8 PM in CBB 110. I am working on choosing a date for the midterm. I plan to have the midterm cover chapters 2 through 4 of the textbook, and the final exam will cover the entire course.
Normalized scores. Suppose X is your final exam score, μ is the average score for the final, and &signma; is the sample standard deviation for the final exam scores. Then
ZX = (X - μ)/σ is your normalized score for the final exam.
In the same way, I compute normalized scores for the total of your homework scores, and for your midterm exam score.
Your grade will be determined by a weighted average of normalized scores:
Grade = (1/4)*(zHW+ zMT) + (1/2)*zFinal.
This means that the midterm exam counts (1/4), the Final exam counts (1/2), and the homework total counts (1/4).
The numerical result ‘z’ of this calculation will determine your grade as follows:
| z › 1.25 | 1.0 ‹ z ‹ 1.25 | .75 ‹ z ‹ 1.0 | .5 ‹ z ‹ .75 |
| A | A- | B+ | B |
| .25 ‹ z ‹ .5 | 0 ‹ z ‹ .25 | -.25 ‹ z ‹ 0 | -.5 ‹ z ‹ -.25 |
| B- | C+ | C | C- |
| -.75 ‹ z ‹ -.5 | -1.0 ‹ z ‹ -.75 | -1.25 ‹ z ‹ -1.0 | ‹ -1.25 |
| D+ | D | D- | F |
If your Final Exam normalized score is higher than your midterm exam normalized score, then I will replace the midterm exam normalized score with the normalized final exam score.