Syllabus
STAT 115 STATISTICS I FALL 1999
DR.. H.C. RAWICZ HH124 & HH126 EXT 2636
TEXTS: 1. INTRODUCTORY STATISTICS BY N.A. WEISS, 5TH ED. ADDISON WESLEY
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WEEK CLASS TOPICS(CHANGE IN PROCESS) CHAPTER HOMEWORK
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1A THE NATURE OF STATISTICS 1.1,2,3,4,5 1.3,1.13
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1B RANDOM SAMPLING 1.6 1.41,1.43
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2A OTHER SAMPLING PROCEDURES/EXPERIMENT DESIGN 1.7,8 1.55,57,59c
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2B VARIABLES AND DATA/GROUPING DATA 2.1,2 2.11,13,27,35
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3A GRAPHS AND CHARTS 2.3 2.59,65,67
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3B STEM AND LEAF DIAGRAMS/SHAPES/MISLEADING 2.4,5,6 2.89,111,117
2.127,129
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4A MEASUREMENTS OF CENTER 3.1 3.5,11
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4B THE SAMPLE MEAN 3.2 3.41
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5A MEASUREMENTS OF VARIATION/BOX PLOTS 3.3,4 3.49,53,89,91
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5B PROBABILITY BASICS/EVENTS 4.1,2 4.9,11,13,29,37
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6A DISCRETE RANDOM VARIABLES/PROBABILITY DIST 5.1 5.7,11
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6B MEAN AND STD DEV OF DISCRETE RANDOM VAR. 5.2 5.19,23,25
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7A THE BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION 5.3 5.39,51
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7B MIDTERM EXAM
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8A NORMALLY DISTRIBUTED VARIABLES 6.1 6.5,13
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8B AREA UNDER NORMAL CURVE 6.2 6.27,33,35,37
,47,51,55
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9A WORKING WITH NORMALLY DIST VARIABLES 6.3 6.63,65,71,73
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9B ASSESSING NORMALITY 6.4 6.93,95
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10A SAMPLING ERROR 7.1 7.3,5,9
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10B MEAN AND STD DEV OF X-BAR 7.2 7.25,27,33
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11A SAMPLING DISTRIBUTION OF THE MEAN 7.3 7.53,55,57,59
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11B ESTIMATING THE POPULATION MEAN 8.1 8.3,5,7,9
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12A CONFIDENCE INTERVALS WITH SIGMA KNOWN 8.2 8.23,25
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12B MARGIN OF ERROR 8.3 8.49,51
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13A CONFIDENCE INTERCALS WITH SIGMA UNKNOWN 8.4 8.65,67,73
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13B HYPOTHESIS TESTING 9.1 9.7,9
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14A TERMS, ERRORS, AND HYPOTHESIS 9.2 9.21,29
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14B HYPOTHESIS TESTING WITH SIGMA KNOWN 9.3 9.47
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15.0 FINAL EXAM
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GRADING:1.QUIZES(15 MINUTES, WEEKLY TOP 9 @ 5% EACH) 45%
2.MIDTERM EXAM 20%
3.COMPREHENSIVE FINAL EXAM 30%
4.CLASS PROJECTS 5%
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TOTAL 100%
NOTE:
QUIZZES AND EXAMS ARE TO BE YOUR OWN WORK AS FOLLOWS:
YOU ARE TO NEITHER GIVE NOR RECEIVE ANY HELP DURING AN EXAM OR
QUIZ.
ANY VIOLATION OF THIS WILL CAUSE THE STUDENT(S) INVOLVED TO
RECEIVE A FAILING GRADE FOR THE COURSE AND POSSIBLE EXPULSION
FROM THE COLLEGE.