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About the Manual
The ASM for P manual offers comprehensive coverage of the syllabus for Exam P in its 35 lessons. Examples of the topics discussed are:
Basic properties of probability
Combinatorics
Conditional probability and Bayes’ Theorem
Random variables
Moments, percentiles, and modes
Joint distributions
Binomial, negative binomial, Poisson, exponential, and normal distributions
Central limit theorem
Order statistics
Supplementary Topics such as Joint and Multivariate Continuous Random Variables, Covariance, Conditional Distribution of Two Continuous Variables, Bivariate Normal Distribution, Moment Generating Function, Probability Generating Function, and Transformations of Variables.
The manual contains over 600 pages with approximately 91 examples and 911 exercises, each with complete solutions. Additionally, it includes 6 practice exams featuring 180 original questions.
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About the Author
Abraham Weishaus Ph.D., FSA, CFA, MAAA
Abraham was formerly a financial reporting actuary for Guardian Life Insurance Company. He served on the SOA's Education and Examination Committee for 11 years. He also taught exam preparation courses for the Actuarial Society of Greater New York (ASNY) for 15 years, for CAMAR for 6 years, and for St. Johns University for 5 years. Abe is currently a professor at Columbia University, where he has been teaching for over 10 years. He has been an ASM author for over 20 years and publishes material for exams P, FAM, ALTAM, ASTAM, SRM, MAS-I, and MAS-II.
