MANE 3332.04
Midterm Exam
- You will have 75 minutes (11:00 AM - 12:15 PM)
- Bring a calculator
- You may bring a single 4 inch by 6 inch notecard with handwritten notes
- You will be provided:
- Midterm Exam
- Akindi Answer sheet
- Test 1 Handouts (see contents in Stuff folder)
- You will submit:
- Midterm Exam
- Akindi Answer Sheet
Strategies
- Take a minute or two scan test and look at point values
- Seek to maximize points
- Don't start at beginning and try to grind through test
- Work problems in exam for partial credit
- Solutions should contain formula, formula with values/parameters, and finally answer.
Exam Content
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Anything that I did in class
- Lectures 1 - 15
- Chapters 1 - 4 in textbook
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Practice Problems are an excellent method to study: Single Event, Two Events, CDF, binomial, Poisson, standard normal, normal, exponential, and Weibull
- Should be prepared to work: discrete uniform, binomial distribution by hand, hypergeometric distribution, geometric distribution, negative binomial distribution, mean and variance of discrete random variables, continuous uniform distribution, mean and variance of continuous random variables
- Approximately, 85 to 90 percent of the exam will be application problems like the practice problems
- Approximately, 10 to 15 percent of the exam will be recognition
- Review the old Test 1 provided in the stuff folder
Quiz Announcements
- All quizzes will be re-opened and students will be allowed two attempts
- Your quiz score will be calculated using the average of the two attempts
- You do not have to make a second attempt if you are happy with your first score
- The deadline to complete the quizzes is Thursday March 27, 2025 11:00 AM
- Do not expect this treatment for quizzes offered in the second half of the course