Tuesday 1/20

This is an outline of the topics we covered in class. These notes are not a substitute for your own note-taking. I highly recommend that you take your own notes during class. If you ever miss a class for any reason, reach out to another student in class to get a copy of their notes.

Sec 2.1: Random Variables

A random variable is a function X \colon \Omega \to \R.

The idea is that X is a variable representing a real number value which depends on the outcome of an experiment.

An experiment consists of planting 50 seeds in a garden, then growing them for 3 months. Let H_i be the height of plant i.