Probability and Statistics with Applications

This text is listed on the Course of Reading for SOA Exam P, and for the CAS Exam ST.

Probability and Statistics with Applications: A Problem Solving Text is an introductory textbook designed to make the subject accessible to college freshmen and sophomores concurrent with their study of calculus. The book provides the content to serve as the primary text for a standard two-semester advanced undergraduate course in mathematical probability and statistics. It is organized specifically to meet the needs of students who are preparing for the Society of Actuaries and Casualty Actuarial Society qualifying examination P/1 and the statistics component of CAS Exam 3L.

Sample actuarial exam problems are integrated throughout the text along with an abundance of illustrative examples and 799 exercises. The chapters on mathematical statistics cover all of the learning objectives for the statistics portion of the Casualty Actuarial Society Exam ST syllabus. Here again, liberal use is made of past exam problems from CAS Exams 3 and 3L.

A separate solutions manual for the text exercises is also available.