MATH 1127 Introductory Statistics

 

 

 

 

When you understand the world quantitatively, that’s when truly grasp it in its full glory…

 

Initial Course Handouts

 

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Assignments

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Due Date

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Assignment

Terminology to Know

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Topic

 

1/11

Read Sections 1.1-1.5

Exercises Pgs 8-9: 1.1-1.10

Exercises Pgs 31-33: 3, 4, 14, 16, 17

Descriptive Statistics
Inferential Statistics
Population
Sample
Sampling

Simple Random Sample
Randomization
Observational study
Experimental design
Table of Random Numbers

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Introduction To Descriptive Statistics

 

1/16

Read Section 2.1-2.2
Exercises Pgs 54-55: 2.20, 2.21

Read Section 2.3

Exercises Pg 64-5: 2.36, 2.37, 2.42, 2.43

BRING CALCULATORS TO CLASS

Classes
Frequency
Frequency Distribution
Relative Frequency
Relative Frequency Distribution

Frequency Histograms

Relative Frequency Histograms

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Describing Distributions

 

1/18

Read Sections 2.4 & 2.5

Exercises Pg 70-71: 2.58-2.61; 2.64

Symmetric

Skewed Left

Skewed Right

Unimodal

Bimodal

Stem Plots

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1/23

Read Sections 3.1-3.2 up to and including Pg 101
Exercises Pg 99-100: 3.1-3.11 & 3.14.

 

Measures of Center

Mean, Median, Mode
Outliers
Resistant

 

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Calculating Statistics

 

 

1/23

Meet in Math Computer Lab--Arnold 204

Read Sections 3.3
Exercises: 3.33-3.44

Read Section 3.4

Exercises Pg. 128-9: 3.52-3.68

Measures of Spread

Range
Sample Variance
Sample Standard Deviation
Three-Standard-Deviation Rule

Box Plot

Five Number Summary

Quartiles

Minimum & Maximum

Interquartile Range

 

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1/25

No Class, complete Project;  If you would like this project returned prior to the exam, submit it electronically by 8am Monday 1/29 so I may review it on Monday when I return.  Any early submissions will be returned on Tuesday night’s class.

 

 

 

 

1/30

 

Lab 1: Describing Data with Minitab DUE

  Review for Exam

(Click here for Review Sheet for Exam 1)

 

 Lab 1 Data (MiniTab)

 Lab 1 Grading Rubric (Excel)

 

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Describing Data

 

 

2/1

Exam 1 

 

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2/8

Read Ch 4.1

Exercises: 4.1, 4.2, 4.7, 4.9, 4.10

Read 4.2

Exercises: 4.21-4.25**

Read Section 4.3

 

Probability & It's notation

Experiment

Event

Mutually exclusive event

Basic Properties of Probability

Sample Space

Venn Diagram

Probability Notation

Special Addition Rule

General Addition Rule

Complementation Rule

 

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Intro to Probability

 

2/13

 

Read 6.1

Exercises Pg 280-281: 6.1-6.8

Read 6.2

Exercises Pg 289-291: 6.29-6.35

Read 6.3

Exercises Pg 298: 6.47-6.50, 6.52, 6.55

 

Standard Normal Distribution

Statistic

Parameter

Variable

Normally Distributed Variable

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Introduction to the Normal Curve

 

2/15

Meet in Computer Lab

Lab 2 : Exploring Sampling Distributions

 

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Inferential Statistics

 

2/20

Lab 2 Due.

 

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2/20

Read 7.1 & 7.2

Exercises  Pg 323 7.18-7.23, 7.30-7.31

Read 7.3

Exercises Pg 331 7.39-7.42

 

Sampling Error

Sampling Distribution of the Sample Mean

 Mean & Standard Deviation of the Sampling Distribution

Central Limit Theorem

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Estimating Means

 

 2/22

 

 

Read 8.1-8.3

Exercises Pg 355-356: 8.11, 8.16, 8.17, 8.20, 8.22

Exercises Pg 361-3.62: 8.33-8.38, 8.42, 8.45

 

Confidence Intervals

Robust

α

Margin of Error

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2/27

Read 8.4

Exercises Pg 373: 8.50-8.51, 8.57-8.58, 6.63

Term Project Instructions

Term Project Ideas

Term Project Grading Rubric

 

t-distributions

degrees of freedom

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Hypothesis Testing

(One sample)

 

3/1

Lab Assignment #3 Due

 

 

 

 

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3/1

Read 9.1- 9.2

Exercises Pg 390-391: 9.5-9.10

Exercises Pg 397-401:  9.16-9.18

Read 9.3

Exercises Pg. 410-412: 9.31-9.40

 

Null hypothesis

Alternative hypothesis

Two-tailed test

Left-tailed test

Right-tailed test

Test statistic

Rejection region

Non-rejection region

Critical value

Type I error

Type II error, β

Significance level, α

Statistical significance

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3/15

 Read 9.4 & 9.5

Exercises Pg. 442: 9.89-9.94

Exercises Pg. 9.68-9.80

 P-values

t-statistics

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3/20

Exam 2: Chapters 4 through 9.5

Review Sheet

 

 

 

 

Hypothesis Testing

(Two Samples)

 

3/22

 

Get approval for term Project!!

 

 

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Linear Regressions

 

3/27

Read 10.1-10.3

Two sample t-tests for

--independent samples

----assuming equal variances

----assuming unequal variances

--matched pairs

Selecting the correct t-test

 

 

 

 3/29

Meet in ARNOLD 204

Lab Assignment #4 will be assigned

Lab 4 Rubric

Lab 4 Data

 

 

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4/3

Lab Assignment #4 Due 

Concluding Hypothesis Tests

 

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4/5

TERM PROJECT DUE Read Ch 14

 

 Linear Regression

Linear correlation coefficient

Coefficient of determination

 

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4/12

Lab Assignment #5 Due

Lab Assignment #5

Websites for Lab #5:

Activity 1

Activity 2

Activity 3

 

Page 731: 14.76, 14.79, 14.80, 14.81, 14.82 and perform linear regressions on problems 14.86-14.88 interpreting the slope, y-intercept, and correlation coefficient you calculate.

 

 

 

 

4/17

 

Read Section 4.8

Page 212-213:  4.106, 4.107, 4.108, 4.106, 4.111, 4.112a, 4.112b, 4.113

 Basic Counting Rule

 Factorials

 Permutation Rule

 Combination Rule

 

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4/19

Worksheet: Probability Problems

Probability Problems with Answers

REVIEW SHEET FOR FINAL

 

 

 

 

4/26

Class cancelled.

 

 

 

 

 

Final Exam

 Thursday, May 3, 8:30-10:30

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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