Notation

[bv12]

This exam, from what I have seen so far, is more memorizing notation than anything else. I am not very deep in the material, but the first chapter and a half of the BPP manual is almost completely simple probability stuff with a ton of notation to learn. Is knowing all this notation required to pass the exam? It seems pretty inefficent to remember a symbol and formulae for every little slight derivation from a simple concept. Is this how all of the material is?

[wat]

This exam, from what I have seen so far, is more memorizing notation than anything else. I am not very deep in the material, but the first chapter and a half of the BPP manual is almost completely simple probability stuff with a ton of notation to learn. Is knowing all this notation required to pass the exam? It seems pretty inefficent to remember a symbol and formulae for every little slight derivation from a simple concept. Is this how all of the material is?

Maybe not exactly, but there are some important ones you NEED to know.

Things like mx - you can probably just put in on a flashcard and maybe go through it once or twice.

But there are some that you absolutely need to be comfortable with. lx, qx, px, tpx, tqx, ex, e(circle)x are probably some of the more important ones from that first chapter. Those 7 are absolutely essential. Later on, you'll come across ones like tEx. That's important, too.

[.Godspeed.]

Yes, all of this notation is interesting. I've been making flashcards, about 2-5/chapter throughout Broverman's manual. I'm not done with Life Con (about 2/3 through), but I've found that making my own has really helped the various notational intricacies/formulas sink in thus far.

[Krieger]

I find just using the notation goes a long way in memorization of the formulas.