NPTEL -Introduction to Probability (with examples using R)


  • Basic Information
    • Instructor : Siva Athreya .
    • NPTEL Pages:

    • Textbook:
    • Homework:
    • The course requires at least one half hour of study for each hour of class time. Homework will be given out during the course. It is imperative that you try,(and write up solutions for), the homework problems before their respective due dates. The problems that will be given are a small selection so please do try other problems for practice from the text.

    • Discussion Forum:
    • The discussion forum will be monitored by us regularly. We will respond on Thursday evening and Saturday evening to all questions in a consolidated manner. We will try to answer all questions that come before 4pm on both these days.

    • Live Sessions: Tuesday: 4:00pm-6:00pm
    • During these, we will try to give individual attention and answer questions that you may have regarding material covered in the course (Lecture, Homework Assignments). If you have a specific question to be discussed then please post it every week by Tuesday afternoon 12pm on the discussion forum.


  • Week 1 : January 18th -25th, 2021.