EEF 271E - Probability and Statistics

Course Objectives

The aim of this course is to provide the fundamentals of probability and statistics, and to equip students with the necessary background to apply these concepts in estimation theory and communication systems.

Course Description

The topics include: basic probability, axioms and fundamental theorems, conditional probability, Bayes’ rule; random variables and distributions, Binomial, Poisson, and Gaussian distributions; the mean and variance of a probability distribution. Continuous and discrete random variables, joint probability density functions. Descriptive statistics, sampling and estimation, hypotheses and confidence intervals, claims, tests, and conclusions.