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MATH 80 F 96 KAN

TEXT:

Introductory Statistics by Sheldon Ross

Course Content and Approximate Timetable

2 weeks: Descriptive statistics Chapter 1,2,3

• Graphs
• Measures of location
• Measures of spread
• Shift and change of scale

5 weeks: Probability Chapter 4,5,6

• Combinatorics
• Conditional probability
• Distribution
• Binomial
• Normal

1 week: Sampling Distribution Chapter 7

2 1/2 weeks: Estimation Chapter 8

• Confidence intervals
• Means and Proportions
• Sample size determination

2 1/2 weeks: Hypothesis Testing Chapter 9,10

• Means and Proportions
• Type I and Type II errors

2 weeks: Regression and Correlation Chapter 11

• Assumptions
• Fitting the line
• Inferences on coefficients
• Prediction

1 week: Contingency Tables Chapter 13 (if time permits)

• Goodness of Fit
• Independence

You will be responsible for the homework (assigned at each lecture), the readings, and any material presented in class. If time permits , there will be 6 quizzes (20pts each, no make-ups, best 5 count), a midterm (40pts) and a final (60pts). Calculators are required.

Grades:

85%+ A-, 70%+ B-, 55%+ C-, 40%+ D-

READING ASSOCIATED HOMEWORK

1.1

1.2

1.3

1.4 : odd 1-17

2.1

2.2 : odd 1-13

2.3 : 1.3.5.9.15

2.4 : 1,3,5

2.5 : 1,3,5

3.1

3.2 : odd 1-19,4,18

3.3 : 1,2,5,6,7,11

3.4 : 1,2,4,5,6,7

3.5: 1,2,3,5,10,11,12,14,16

3.6: 1,3,5,7,8,9

handout: (shift and change of scale)

Supplement S1: Chebychev

handout : Eng 1.1.10,13,14,16

4.1

4.2: odd 1-13,2,4,8,10

QUIZ 1: Ch 1+2+3

4.3 : odd 1-15,2,4,10,14,16

4.4 : odd 1-9, odd 13-17, 2,6,8,10,16

Suopplement S2: all 1-19

4.5: 1,3,4,5,6,7,11, odd 13-29

4.6: all 1-7

5.1

5.2: odd 1-13,2,4,8,24

5.3: odd 1-29, 4,8,22,30,32,35

5.4: 1,3,5,6,9,11,12,13,16,17,18,19

5.5: 1,2,3,5,6,7,10,11,12,1,3,`6,17,18,20,21,23,24,25a,c

5.6: all 1-7