Stat 2110-P Statistics
Spring 2007

Prof. Monica VanDieren
Dept of Mathematics
Office: John Jay 318
Email: mylastname at rmu dot edu
URL: http://academics.rmu.edu/~vandieren/index.htm
Office hours: other times not listed below by appointment
Mondays 3-4
Wednesdays 11-12, 3-4
Fridays 11-12 and 1-2

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Schedule

(subject to change)

Date Topics Assignments
Descriptive Statistics
Mon, Jan 8 What is statisitcs
1.1 Applications of statistics
Expectmore.gov
1.2 Data, data sets, elements, variables, observations, scales of measurement, qualitative vs. quantitative data, cross-sectional and times series data
1.3 Data sources
1.4 Descriptive statistics
2.1 Frequency distributions and graphical displays of data.
USA Today Snapshots
Reading Chapters 1 and 2
Webwork Homework 0 and 1 due on Wednesday, January 17
Wed, Jan 10 Tabular and graphical displays of data
2.1 and 2.2 frequency distributions, histograms, pie charts
2.3 Stem and leaf plots
2.4 Crosstabulations and scatter diagrams, Simpson's paradox.
 
Mon, Jan 15 Wrap up Chapter 2 and Measures of Location and Variability
2.4 Crosstabulations and scatter diagrams, Simpson's paradox.
3.1 Mean, Median, Mode, Percentiles and Quartiles
3.2Variance, Standard Deviation, Coefficient of Variation
 
Wed, Jan 17 Lab in Hale 309
Data for lab shadow02
on-line usage rates
Webwork 0 and 1 due today.
Reading for Mon: The rest of Chapter 3. Webwork 2 due Monday. Webwork 3 due Wednesday.
Mon, Jan 22 Relative location of Data Points, Outliers, Data Analysis
3.3 z-scores, Chebyshev's Theorem, Empirical Rule and Detecting Outliers
3.4 Box plots
Instructions for creating a box plot on your TI-83 calculator.
Webwork 2 due today.
Reading for next Mon.: Section 4.1 and 4.2.
Wed, Jan 24 Lab in Hale 309
z-scores, outliers, data analysis
Data for problem 1
Data for problem 2
Webwork 3 due today.
Lab 1 due today.
Probability
Mon, Jan 29 Probability
4.1 and 4.2 definition and some basic properties
Activity: counting with Set game.
 
Wed, Jan 31 Probability
4.1 and 4.2 definition and some basic properties
Activity: probability with Set game.
Webwork 4 assigned.
Read 4.3 and 4.4
Mon, Feb 5 Probability
4.3 and 4.4 Conditional probability
 
Wed, Feb 7 Probability Lab
in Hale 309
joint probability tables, conditional probability, simulations.
Data for lab 3.
 
Mon, Feb 12 Probability Lab
in Hale 307
Chapter 5: Discrete probability distributions.
Data for lab 4
Webwork 4 due today.
Reading for Wed: Section 5.1-5.3
Wed, Feb 14 Class cancelled due to weather
Lab 3 due today.
Mon, Feb 19 Binomial distributions
 
Wed, Feb 21 Lab on Binomial distributions
 
Mon, Feb 26 Properties of discrete probability distributions and applications
  • expected value of a discete probability distribution
  • expected value and standard deviation of binomial distribution
  • skew and shape of binomial distribution with different numbers of trials and probabilities of success
    Binomial histogram applet
  • some applications
 
Wed, Feb 28 Lab on binomial distributions and quotas
 
Mon, Mar 5 Spring break
no class
 
Wed, Mar 7 Spring break
no class
 
Mon, Mar 12 Review for midterm
Webwork 5 due today.
Wed, Mar 14 In-class midterm
Material covered:
Webwork, in-class worksheets and labs
Chapters 1-5 of the textbook excluding 2.4, 3.5, 3.6, 4.5, 5.5 and 5.6
 
Inferential Statistics
Mon, Mar 19 Return Exams and Normal Probability Distribution
Webwork 6 assigned.
Wed, Mar 21 Lab on Normal Distributions and Sampling Distributions
Lab in Hale 309
Data file: eai
Date file: eai_sample.xls
Sampling Distribution applet
Reading assignment: Chapter 7 Sections 1-6
Mon, Mar 26 Sampling Distributions and Confidence Intervals
First part of Webwork 7 is assigned.
Reading assignment: All of Chapter 7 and 8.
Wed, Mar 28 Lab on Sampling Distributions and Confidence Intervals
Webwork 6 is due today.
Lab from March 21 due Friday (extension granted).
Reading assignment: Chapter 9
Mon, Apr 2 Hypothesis testing with large samples, sigma known
  • means
  • proportions
  • difference of means
  • difference of proportions
  • Class notes.
Reading assignment: Chapter 10.1, 10.2, 11.1
Wed, Apr 4 Hypothesis testing Lab
Quality.xls data for lab.
Lab from March 28 due.
Mon, Apr 9 Hypothesis testing with small samples and/or sigma unknown
  • t-distribution
Webwork 7 is due today.
Wed, Apr 11 Midterm exam 2
 
Mon, Apr 16 Linear regression
 
Wed, Apr 18 Lab on linear regression
 


Last modified: Mar 26 2007