Exam
1/P Review Sessions
Last
Update: 3/22/11
Fall
2010 Format
Exam
review sessions will be held Monday nights 7-9 PM
starting 3/21 and following the schedule below. These sessions will focus
on the May sitting for Exam 1/P. Students currently taking STAT
414 are strongly encouraged to attend.
Location: 268 Willard
Slides
(As
of 3/1/10 unless otherwise noted)
8Joint.ppt
(4/18/10)
9Transformations.ppt
(4/18/10)
Review Notes
(1/2011)
Exam
1/P Review Session Tentative Schedule
·
3/21/11
Introduction, Actex Sections 0, 1, 2, 3 (Calculus
Review, Basic Probability, Conditional Probability, Permutations &
Combinations)
·
3/28/11
Actex Section 4, 5 (Probability
Distributions, Expectation & Distribution Parameters)
o
6-7
PM (0,1,2,3)
o
7-9
PM (4, 5)
·
4/4/11
Actex Section 6, 7 (Discrete
Distributions, Continuous Distributions)
·
(update
3/28/10 2010 Syllabus
changes some distributions no longer tested)
·
4/11/11
Actex Section 8 (Joint, Marginal, &
Conditional Distributions)
·
4/18/11
Actex Section 9 (Function &
Transformations of RV)
·
4/25/11
Actex Section 10 (Review of Risk
Management Concepts)
(All
sections are important to know, but 8 and 9 are by far the most difficult, so
they’re probably the most useful sessions)
Useful
Resources
Information
Society of Actuaries (exam
syllabus, past exam questions) http://www.soa.org/education/exam-req/edu-exam-p-detail.aspx
Actex (buy a study manual) http://www.actexmadriver.com/productdetails.cfm?PC=1135
Actuarial Outpost Forums (shared
study notes, post #26 summarizes Actex very well!)
http://www.actuarialoutpost.com/actuarial_discussion_forum/showthread.php?t=92250
Answers
to your questions
Me: poa5010@psu.edu or in class
STAT 414 instructors
Actuarial Outpost’s Exam 1/P
Forum http://www.actuarialoutpost.com/actuarial_discussion_forum/forumdisplay.php?f=19
Contact (questions and feedback welcome)
Paul
Andrejko