Statistics

Jim Mahoney (mahoney@marlboro.edu

Text: Understanding Statistics, Arnold Naiman 
Meets: Fridays, 9:30, Sci 216 

Syllabus

  • week 1 - Sept 8 - chap 1,2 : mean, standard deviation, z-score 
  • week 2 - Sept 15 - chap 3,4 : histogram, charts, basic probability 
  • week 3 - Sept 22 - chap 5,6 : binomial distribution 
  • week 4 - Sept 29 - chap 6,7 : normal distribution 
  • week 5,6 - Oct 6, 13 - chap 8 : Hypothesis tests I 
  • week 7 - Oct 20 - chap 9 : percentage tests 
  • week 8 - Oct 27 - chap 10 : large samples 
  • week 9 - Nov 3 - chap 11 : t-test, small samples 
  • week 10 - Nov 10 - chap 12 : confidence intervals, surveys 
  • week 11 - Nov 17 - chap 13 : Chi-Squared tests of independence 
  • week 12 - Nov 24 - chap 14 : linear regression 
  • week 13 - Dec 1 - chap 15 : ANOVA tests of variance 

Problem Suggestions

  • 1-7, 1-11, 1-27, 2-7, 2-17, 2-39, 2-47, 2-63 
  • 3-7, 3-9, 3-13, 4-7, 4-25, 4-31, 4-35 (use StatView for graphs) 
  • 5-13, 5-15, 5-25, 5-31, 6-7, 6-15, 6-21, 6-29 
  • 6  experiment 2, 7-5, 7-9, 7-21, 7-23 
  • 8-8, 8-12, 8-17, 8-19, 8-25, 8-35, 8-47, 8-53, 8-61, 8-69 
  • 9-3, 9-7, 9-11, 9-17, 9-25 
  • 10-5, 10-9, 10-23, 10-25 
  • 11-5, 11-15, 11-23, 11-35, 11-37 
  • 12-7, 11, 31, 39. 43
  • 13-3, 7, 25, 27 31
  • 14-5, 13, 25, 33, 39

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