Date

Topics

Slides

Matlab

Homework
(not graded)

Exams

Aug 26

 Why is knowledge of probability and statistics essential for bioengineering? Lecture 1      

Aug 28

Random experiments. Sample space, Events, Venn diagramms. 

Definitions of probability:Statistical

 Lecture 2 coin_toss_template.m    

Sep 2

Definitions of probability:
Inductive. 

Paradoxes of inductive definition of probability

Combinatorics

 Lecture 3      

Sep 4

Conditional probability

Independence of events

Bayes' theorem

Specificity/Sensitivity of tests

Circuit diagrams (start)

 Lecture 4      

Sep 9

Circuit diagrams (end)

Discrete random varibales,

PMF. CDF, CCDF, 
Mean, Variance, Skewness, Geometric mean

 Lecture 5 circuit_template.m    

Sep 11

Uniform distribution

The distribution of the
Ct value in COVID-19
PCR tests

Bernoulli trials

Binomial Distribution

 Lecture 6 binomial_template.m  


 

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Tentative dates of the
midterm exam 1 are 
Tue Sep 29 – Thu Oct 1
Duration 50 min,
Self-reserve opens Thu Sep 17

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 Tentative dates of the
midterm exam 2 are 
Tue Nov 3 – Thu Nov 5
Duration 50 min,
Self-reserve opens Thu Oct 22

In case the exam will be held on these dates,  this lecture will be canceled		        

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Dec 10-
Dec 15		 Tentative dates of the
final exam are 
Thu Dec 10 – Tue Dec 15
Duration: 1 h 50 min
Registration opens: Mon Oct 19