Flashcards

I built a set of Anki flashcard decks for this course, one for each class, working from the lecturer’s slides with the help of Claude Code. Each deck covers the key definitions, formulas, and results for its class. Anki uses spaced repetition: it schedules each card so that you review it just before you would otherwise forget it, which moves the material into long-term memory with only a few minutes of work a day. These are the facts I expect you to have at your fingertips — in class, on the quizzes, in your collections, and in the final exam.

If you notice anything amiss with a card — a typo, an error, or something unclear — please let me know by email and I’ll fix it.

One-time setup

  1. Install the free Anki desktop app from apps.ankiweb.net (Windows, macOS, and Linux). There is also a free AnkiDroid app for Android and a paid AnkiMobile app for iPhone and iPad.
  2. Download a deck from the list below.
  3. In Anki, choose File → Import and select the .apkg file you downloaded (on most systems you can just double-click the file instead). The cards appear under a deck named Prelims Prob & Stats.

If you would like to study on more than one device, create a free AnkiWeb account and sync; your progress then follows you between your computer and phone.

How and when to study

The simplest approach, and the one I recommend, is to import one class’s deck at a time, when you reach that class. That way you only ever review material we have already covered — you will never be shown a card for a topic you have not yet learned, and there is nothing to configure to make this happen.

  • Before each class. Download that class’s deck from the list below and import it. The first import creates a parent deck called Prelims Prob & Stats; each later class is added underneath it as its own subdeck. Then, once you have watched the lecture videos and taken notes, study the new deck and work through the review questions. The deck drills the definitions and formulas; the review questions ask you to apply them.
  • After each class, and from then on. Keep doing your daily Anki reviews. Spaced repetition automatically brings back cards from the classes you have already imported, so earlier material stays fresh while you learn the new material. This is exactly what you want going into your collections and the final exam.

The quiz at the start of each class is built primarily from the review questions you were given in advance. But everything in the flashcards is fair game: I may include a flashcard-style question on a quiz, so treat the decks as required study, not optional revision.

Download the decks

Download and import each deck when you reach that class, as described above. Each one is added as a subdeck under a single parent deck, Prelims Prob & Stats, and once a class is imported its cards stay in your daily reviews from then on. So by the end of the course a single round of reviews already covers everything due across all seven classes — there is no separate “whole course” file to download, and no point importing a class before we get to it.