A general remark: the students are expected to know and be familiar with all the material

covered in class by the instructor. You wont be tested on something not covered in lecture! In
particular, the following outline might help you when preparing for the Exam 2:

Outline for Exam 2

1. Weibull distribution; pdf, realibility function, hazard rate function, and the relation between them.
2. 3-Rule and the Chebyshevs inequality.
3. The joint pdf fXY (x, y) for a random vector (X, Y ) and know how to check if f is indeed
a pdf: both descrete and continuous case.
4. Marginal pdfs fX (x) and fY (y) associated with a given joint pdf fXY (x, y) and know how
to find them if fXY (x, y) is given.
5. Know how to find a corresponding probability associated with a vector (X, Y ) using its
joint pdf fXY (x, y).
6. Know what is the covariance Cov(X, Y ) of (X, Y ) and how to calculate it.
7. Know what is the correlation coefficient XY associated with (X, Y ) and how to calculate
it.
8. Independent random variables X and Y and the implications in this case for its joint pdf,
Cov(X, Y ), and XY .
9. Conditional densities fX|Y , fY |X and how to find them. Curves of regression.
10. Know what are the numerical characteristics x
, x
, s2x , sx and how to find them if a sample
(x1 , x2 , . . . , xn ) is given.
11. Know the properties of a linear transformation on numerical characteristics of a sample.
12. Know what is a stem-and-leaf display, a histogram, an ogive, and how to construct them.
13. An unbiased estimator and know how to check for it.
14. Know what is a method of moments and how to find an estimator by this method for a
parameter (parameters).
15. Know what is the maximum likelihood method and how to apply it to a particular sample
(X1 , X2 , . . . , Xn ) to find an estimator.
based on a sample (X1 , X2 , . . . , Xn ) and what
16. Know general properties of the estimator X

is the distribution of X (exactly or approximate) in some particular cases.

17. Know the formula for a CI for the parameter when is known and how to find a
particular CI when a sample is given. Know how to find a sample size n needed so that a CI
does not exceed a given margin of error.
18. Know the formula for a CI for the parameter 2 (or ) and how to find it based on a
concrete sample.
19. Know the formula for a CI for the parameter when is unknown and how to find it
based on a concrete sample. Also know the formula and how to find a sample size n needed in
order not to exceed a given margin of error.
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20. Transformation of one-dimensional random variables.