Stats 117: Introduction to ProbabilityJohn Duchi, Stanford University, Autumn 2026
The examinations in the course consist of an evening midterm examination and an in person final exam. MidtermThe midterm exam will be 100 minutes on the evening of April 29, from 7:00pm - 8:30pm. The midterm will be in room 200-002. You may bring a single 8.5“ by 11” sheet of paper with notes on either side as a cheat sheet. We will cover material through Friday, October 16 (Named Distributions, as in the syllabus). Practice examsFinal examThe final exam will be a three (3) hour in person examination and will be on Monday, December 7, 3:30 - 6:30 pm. The exam will be in TBD. The focus of the final will be a bit heavier on the second half of the course, though we expect you to know material from the entire course and are likely to include a few questions from the first five or so weeks of the course. You may bring two 8.5“ by 11” sheets of paper with notes on either side as a cheat sheet. Practice examsWe provide a few practice finals, and we also provide a list of problems from Blitzstein and Hwang's book that will provide reasonable practice for a final.
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