MATH 102 Spring 2007 Schedule

Unless otherwise specified, all homework assignments are from the text:
Johnson, Robert, and Kuby, Patricia, Elementary Statistics (9th ed.), Thomson, 2004. ISBN 0534399150.
#DateReading /
HW Due
SecPageQuestions
1Wed 10Janch1 Introduction, description vs. inference, sample vs. population, variables
2Fri 12Jan2.1-2.2 Histograms, distributions, (skip stem-and-leaf)
3Mon 15Jan2.3-2.5 Centres (mean/median), dispersion (MAD, stddev)
4Wed 17Jan2.6-2.8 Quartiles/percentiles, boxplot
5Fri 19Jan4.1-4.2 Probability (theoretical vs. empirical), event tree, odds
HW1 1.1p.10 1.8, 1.10
1.2p.18 1.30, 1.36
2.1p.49 2.12
2.2p.67 2.48
2.3p.76 2.70
2.4p.84 2.86
2.6p.105 2.124, 2.130, 2.136
2.7p.110 2.144 (skip 2.148)
2.8p.115 2.158
6Mon 22Jan4.3-4.4 Venn diagrams, mutual exclusivity
7Wed 24Jan4.5-4.6 Conditional probability, independence
8Fri 26Jan4.6-4.7 Addition rule, multiplication rule, mutex, independence
HW2 4.1p.185 4.3
4.2p.188 4.12, 4.16 (50 tosses)
4.3p.196 4.22, 4.28
4.4p.201 4.36, 4.40, 4.43, 4.48, 4.50
9Mon 29Janch4 Ch4 summary; examples of independence
10Wed 31Jan5.1-5.3 Random variables, discrete probability distributions: mean, stddev
11Fri 2Feb-.---.- ch4 questions, independence
HW3 4.5p.207 4.54, 4.60, 4.62
4.6p.215 4.74, 4.76, 4.82, 4.86
4.7p.222 4.96, 4.107
ch4p.226 4.114(a,b,d), 4.120, 4.124
12Mon 5Feb5.4 The binomial distribution
13Wed 7Feb Review ch 1, 2, 4
14Fri 9Feb Midterm ch 1, 2, 4 (Form B)
15Mon 12Feb5.5-6.2 Mean and SD of binomial distribution
16Wed 14Feb6.3-6.4 The normal distribution
17Fri 16Feb6.4-6.5 Working with Table 3
HW4 ch4p.227 4.122
5.1p.235 5.8
5.2p.240 5.24
5.3p.246 5.33, 5.34
5.4p.257 5.50, 5.59a-d, 5.64, 5.70, 5.80
18Mon 19Feb6.5-7.2 Approximating the Binomial with the Normal
19Wed 21Feb7.2-7.3 Sampling Distribution of Sample Means
20Fri 23Febch7 ch7 Review
HW5 6.2p.278 6.16, 6.24
6.3p.290 6.44, 6.51, 6.52, 6.54
6.5p.303 6.75 (can also use Pascal's triangle), 6.82
ch6p.306 6.100, 6.106, 6.108, 6.110
Mon 26Feb (Reading break)
Wed 28Feb (Reading break)
Fri 2Mar (Reading break)
21Mon 5Mar7.3 SDSM examples
22Wed 7Mar8.1-8.2 Confidence intervals
23Fri 9Mar8.3-8.5 Hypothesis testing
HW6 7.1p.317 7.11
7.2p.325 7.22, 7.24
7.3p.329 7.32, 7.38
ch7p.333 7.50, 7.52
24Mon 12March8 H0 vs. HA, P-value
25Wed 14Mar Review ch 5, 6, 7
26Fri 16Mar Midterm ch 5, 6, 7
27Mon 19Mar9.1 Estimation/inferences: Student's t-test
28Wed 21Mar9.2 Estimating p of a binomial
29Fri 23Mar9.3 Estimating std dev: chi-squared
HW7 8.1p.347 8.12
8.2p.360 8.30, 8.32, 8.39
8.3p.368 8.50, 8.56
8.4p.384 8.80, 8.90a, 8.98
8.5p.401 8.130
ch8p.403 8.148
30Mon 26March9 Chi-squared examples
31Wed 28Mar3.1-3.2 Data with two variables, correlation
32Fri 30Mar13.1-13.2 Inferences about correlation
HW8 9.1p.427 9.26, 9.30, 9.32, 9.42a
9.2p.445 9.70, 9.76, 9.78, 9.91a
9.3p.458 9.116a, 9.118a
ch9p.466 9.151
33Mon 2Apr13.2 Inferences about correlation, cont.
34Wed 4Apr3.3, 13.3 Linear regression
Fri 6Apr (Good Friday holiday)
Mon 9Apr (Easter Monday holiday)
35Wed 11Apr13.4-13.5 Inferences about the regression line
HW9 3.1p.142 3.18
3.2p.152 3.38, 3.44, 3.45
3.3p.165 3.58, 3.60, 3.62
13.1p.608 13.3
36Fri 13Apr13.6 Correlation and regression
37Mon 16Apr Course Review
Wed 25Apr Final Exam (9-11am)