STAT 575 Calendar

Monday

Wednesday

Additional Information

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Jan 18
Review of Probability
Discrete Distributions
(2.1, 2.2)
HW#1

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Jan 23
Review of Probability
Continuous Distributions
(2.1, 2.2)

Jan 25
Age at Failure Random Variable
(3.1)
HW#2

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Jan 30
Age-at-Failure Random Variable (cont.)
(3.1)

Feb 1
Parametric Survival Models
Time to Failure Random Variable
(3.2, 3.3)
HW#3

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Feb 6
Time-to-Failure Random Variable (cont.)
(3.3)

Feb 8
Time-to-Failure (cont.)
(3.3)
HW#4

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Feb 13
Central Rate
(3.4)

Feb 15
R Lab Introduction to R, Plotting, and Simulating RVs
Meet in GMCS-422 Computer Lab
Lab1 (Part I)
Practice Problems 1
(No HW due week of Exam 1)

Exam 1, In-class Feb. 22
Exam 1 Information

Feb. 20
The Life Table and Exam Review
(4.1, 4.2)

Feb. 22
Exam 1, In-Class
Exam 1 Information
Don't forget:
HW#5

Here is some R code for ploting SDFs.

Feb. 27
The Life Table
(4.2)

March 1
The Life Table
(4.3)
HW#6

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March 5
The Life Table
(4.3)

March 7
Life Table for Non-Integral Ages
(4.5)
HW#7

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March 13
Life Table for Non-Integral Ages
(4.5)

March 15
Guest Speaker: Keith Engelbrecht, ACAS
MEET IN GOLD AUDITORIUM in Bioscience Center (next to LSN)!
HW#8 will be due after Spring Break!

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March 20
The Central Rate and Introduction to Markov Chains
(4.3.5, Appendix A.1-2)

March 22
Markov Chains
Appendix A.1-4
HW#8

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March 27
Spring Break, yipee!

March 29
Spring Break

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April 3
Markov Chains
Appendix A.1-4

April 5
Markov Chains and Preditive Analytics (Random Forests)
Appendix A.1-4
Practice Problems 2
(No HW due week of Exam 2)

Exam 2, In-class April 12
Exam 2 Information

April 10
R Lab Introduction to Random Forest and Exam Review
Meet in GMCS-422 Computer Lab
Lab

April 12
Exam 2, In-Class
Exam 2 Information
HW#9

April 17
Insurance Models and Interest Theory
(5.1, 1.1, and 5.3)

April 19
Insurance Models (Whole Life) and Continuous Models
(5.1 and 5.3)
HW#10

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April 24
Insurance Models (Whole Life) and Continuous Models (cont.)
(5.1 and 5.3)

April 26
Modifications Insurance Models
(5.1.3, 5.1.4)
Practice Problems 3
(No HW due last week of class)

4 Types: Whole life, Term, Deferred, and Endowment

May 1
Modifications to Insurance Models
Simulating RVs and Monte Carlo Integration in R
Come to regular class, first!
Lab1 (Part IV)
(5.1.3, 5.1.4)

May 3
Review
Final Exam Information

Final Exam, In Class
Monday May 8, 1:00-3:00PM
Final Exam Information