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    About the 18.4. retake exam:
    1) Remember to take an identity card or student card with you.
    2) Please note that the MS-A0503 retake exam is held in TU2 (Maarintie 8).

    Other exams on the same day are as follows:

    Course exam A0504, according to the first letter of your last name:

    A – J: Hall E (Otakaari 1)

    K – O: Jeti (A208d) (A-Grid)

    P – Ö: Hall B (Otakaari 1)

    Separate / Re-take exams:

    A0501: U4 (Otakaari 1)

    A0502: U4 (Otakaari 1)

    A0503: TU2 (Maarintie 8)

    If you have asked for some special arrangement in the exam, then the organizers have sent your exam hall information by e-mail.


    Welcome to the course MS-A0503 - First Course in Probability and Statistics!

    This MyCourses page will host lecture slides (updated as the course progresses), exercise assignments, and solutions.

    Lecturer: Jukka Kohonen. Head assistant: Markus Hirvensalo. In questions relating to the exercise sessions, contact the head assistant or the assistant of your exercise group. When contacting the teachers by e-mail, remember to mention the course code.

    The reading materials for the course are:
    • Textbook: S. Ross (2014): Introduction to Probability and Statistics for Engineers and Scientists. Available here as an e-book via the Aalto library. You may need to log in with your Aalto account.
    • Lecture slides, see the Lectures section.
    • Solutions of the exercises.

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