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STUDY PLANS
2025/2026

Statistics and Probability

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B0B01STP Z,ZK 5 2P+2S
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Department of Mathematics
Synopsis:

The aim of the course is to introduce students to the fundamentals of probability theory and mathematical statistics, their computational methods as well as applications of these mathematical tools to practical examples.

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Syllabus of lectures:

1. Random events, probability, probability space.

2. Conditional probability, Bayes' theorem, independent events.

3. Random variable - definition, distribution function.

4. Characteristics of random variables.

5. Discrete random variable - examples and usage.

6. Continuous random variable - examples and usage.

7. Independence of random variables, covariance, and correlation.

8. Sum of independent random variables, convolution.

9. Random vector.

10. Central limit theorem.

11. Basic concepts in statistics.

12. Point estimation, method of moments, and method of maximum likelihood.

13. Confidence intervals.

14. Hypotheses testing.

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Study materials:

[1] Papoulis, A.: Probability and Statistics, Prentice-Hall, 1990.

[2] Stewart W.J.: Probability, Markov Chains, Queues, and Simulation: The Mathematical Basis of Performance Modeling. Princeton University Press 2009.

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Further information:
https://math.fel.cvut.cz/en/people/heliskat/01pst.html
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