Course Information
Statistics 511 (Section 6)- Spring 2025
www.stat.purdue.edu/~tlzhang/stat511/stat511.htm
Course Description
Statistics 511 is a comprehensive introduction to probability and statistical methods for students in engineering and science. It provides a strong foundation for more advanced statistical courses. The emphasis
is on the understanding of basic ideas, theories and methodologies. No statistical software packages are required in this course, although their outputs will be used to facilitate teaching and learning occasionally. The prerequisite is at least one year of calculus and one semester of linear algebra.
BrightSpace:
- All homework assignments must be submitted electronically to the BrightSpace.
- Please try to upload your PDF files of your solutions.
- No hard copies will be distributed or collected.
Schedule
- Class: MWF 12:30-1:20pm, BRNG 2290.
- Midterm: BRNG 2280, 8:00-10:00pm, Tuesday, 03/11/2025.
- Final: in-class final in the final week.
Instructor
- Tonglin Zhang, Associate Professor of Statistics
- Email: tlzhang@purdue.edu
- Office: 214 MATH
- Phone: (765)496-2079
- Office Hour: 1:00-3:00pm on Tuesday at MATH 214.
TA/Grader
- Grader: Huyunting Huang; email: huan1182@purdue.edu.
- The grader will grade homework. The instructor will grade the exams. Please send an email to the TA/grader and cc
to me if you have any grading questions about the homework assignments.
- All homework assignments will be graded, and all solutions will be provided by the instructor.
Textbooks
Sections to Be Covered
- Chapter 2: 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, and 2.5
- Chapter 3: 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, and 3.4
- Chapter 4: 4.3.
- Chapter 5: 5.1, 5.2, 5.4, and 5.5
- Chapter 7: 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, and 7.4
- Chapter 8: 8.1, 8.2, and 8.3
- Chapter 9: 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4, and 9.5
- Chapter 10 and Chapter 12
Web Page
Homework
- All will be from the textbook.
Exams
- In-class.
- Makeup: must be pre-approved at least one week before the official exam time. Students cannot decide it by themselves. The instructor can deny a makeup exam if it is not pre-approved. At least 20% deduction if a student does not follow the rule.
- Emergency events will be considered.
Course Requirements and Grades
The final grade has the following
components:
- Homework (20%) will be posted on the course web page mostly. No late due is accepted and solutions will be available soon after due. The lowest score will be dropped.
- Midterm (35%). Time: 2 hours, open-books and open-notes.
- Final (40%). Time: 2 hours (in the final exam week), open-books and open-notes.
- Course Evaluation (5%): please upload your receipt to the BrightSpace.
Final Grade will consider the rank in the class. Initially, it is
A(+/-): 90-100; B(+/-): 80-90; C(+/-): 70-80; D (+/-): 60-70; F: below 60.
The criterion could be lower but not higher.