Mat 318: Statistics in the Sciences
Fall 2007

Textbook: Elementary Statistics by Triola, 10th edition, Addison Wesley

Calendar (tentative):

 

 

Aug 31 Introduction, graphs
HW 1 (Chapters 1-3)

No class

Sep 5 Descriptive statistics
(Sections 3-2, 3-3, see HW1)

Sep 7 Relative standing
(Section 3-4, see HW1)

Sep 10 LAB (215 Snygg)
Project 1 due 9/21

Sep 12 Probability
Hw: 4-2#1,2,3,7,9,11
4-3# 13,15,17,19

 Sep 14 Conditional probability,
Independence
HW 2

Sep 17 Discrete Random Variables,
expected value, variance
5-2#1,3,7,9

Sep 19 Binomial distribution
Hw: 5-3#25,27,33 and handout
Quiz 1

Sep 21 Project 1 Due
Lab: Simulating distributions

Sep 24 Binomial distribution

Sep 26 Poisson distribution

Sep 28 EXAM 1

Oct 1 Continuous distributions;
Standard Normal

Oct 3 Normal distribution
6-3# 13,15,17

Oct 5 Sampling distribution

Oct 8 LAB: Sampling distribution
(proportions and mean)

Oct 10 Sampling distributions for
proportions; Normal approx. to
binomial

Oct 12 Quiz, review.

Oct 15 Confidence interval for
proportion. 7-2# 5,7,13,15,17,19,21,23,
29,33,37

Oct 17 Distribution of a sample mean;
Central Limit Theorem.

Oct 19 NO CLASS

Oct 22 Confidence interval for mean,
sigma known. 7-3# 25, 27, 29, 33

Oct 24 CI for mean, sigma unknown.
Student distributions. 7-4# 17,19,21

Oct 26  Lab: Confidence intervals

Oct 29 Hypothises tests: Proportion

Oct 31

Nov 2 EXAM 2

Nov 5 Hypothesis tests: Mean
8-3# 9,13,17    8-4# 17,19,25
Project 3 due 11/14

Nov 7 Hypo tests

Nov 9 Hypo tests: Lab

 Nov 12 Least squares line

Nov 14 Correlation
Lab; 10-2# 11,12; 10.3# 25

Nov 16 SSR, SST,
Coefficient of determination

 Nov 19 Inference for regression
Project 4 due 12/7

No class

No class

Nov 26 Prediction interval
Utility Bill: data handout

Nov 28

Nov 30 EXAM 3

 Dec 3

Dec 5

Dec 7 Project 4 due

 

 

Dec 14 FINAL EXAM 8:00-10:00

Data files:

Useful websites:
http://www.engr.udayton.edu/weather/
http://nces.ed.gov/quicktables/
http://www.greenhybrid.com/

 

 Last Updated 11/26/07