Introduction to Statistics (Math263-1) Information

Spring, 2008

Class Announcements. I will make every effort to keep this up to date, but you are responsible for what is announced in class.

• They are in! Best wishes for the summer and all your future endeavors
• The finals are graded, and I should have the Minitab done this afternoon and the grades in by no later than tomorrow morning. The five number summary for the final is as follows:
  • M = 300 (!)
  • Q3 = 264.5
  • Median = 239
  • Q1 = 190
  • m = 129
  • Mean = 226.3
• Assignment 1 is due Fr 1/18/08 to my office
• Assignment 2, Sections 1.1 and 1.2: due Fr 1/25/08 by 4 p.m.
• Assignment 3, Sections 1.3, 2.1, and 2.2: due Fr 2/1/08 by 4 p.m.
• Assignment 4, Rest of Chapter 2 due We 2/6/08 by 4 p.m.
• Assignment 5, Sections 3.1 & 3.2 due Fr 2/15/08 by 4 p.m.
• Assignment 6, Rest of Chapter 3 and section 4.2 due Fri 2/22/08 by 4 p.m.
• Assignment 7, Section 4.3 & 4.4 due Fr 2/29/08 by 4 p.m. Note that there was a typo in the assignment sheet, now corrected. The correct problems to turn in will be announced in class as well.
• Assignment 8, Rest of Ch. 4 and section 5.1(a) due Fr 3/7/08 by 4 p.m.
• Assignment 9, Rest of Ch. 5 due Th 3/13/08 by 4 p.m.
• Assignment 10, Ch. 6 Section 1 due Fr 3/28/08 by 4 p.m.
• Assignment 11, Ch. 6 Rest due Fr 4/04/08 by 4 p.m.
• Assignment 12, Ch. 7 due Fr 4/11/08 by 4 p.m.
• Assignment 13, Ch. 8 section 1 due Fr 4/18/08 by 4 p.m.
• Assignment 14, Ch. 9 due Fr 5/02/08 by 4 p.m.
• Minitab 1, link posted below, due FR 2/29/08 by 4 p.m.
• Minitab 2 is due Friday 3/07/08 by 4p.m.
• Minitab 3 is due Monday 4/07/08 by 4p.m.
• Minitab Assignment 4 is due WE 4/16/08 by 4 p.m.
• Minitab Assignment 5 is due FR 5/2/08 by 4 p.m.
• Minitab Assignment 6 is "due" FR 5/2/08 by 4 p.m.
• Minitab Assignment 4 is posted here, it and the rest will be posted to the course web site
• Please review the policy statement on MINITAB assignments. Only computer generated work will receive full credit, and it should be neatly formatted and properly written. It is best to do this in word, which has more capability than the ReportPad. The Format price goes up to 5 points for the next one!

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Supplementary material for this section - all will be posted in Pdf or html format. A Pdf reader can be downloaded from the library web site.

• 1. Assignment One (required)
• 2. Summation Notation (optional, but covered in class)
• 3. The Real Numbers (optional)
• 4. The Derivation of the LSRL (optional; uses calculus)
• 4. A finite Probability Model for the Two Dice Experiment. (optional, but used in class)
• 5. Calculation of Means and Variances for a Finite Random Variable. (optional, but used in class)
• 6. Questions about Polls (optional but covered in class and potential exam material)
• 7. Set Symbols (optional but covered in class and potential exam material)
• 8. Probability Practice With great thanks to Ms. Tina Schuster. (optional but covered in class and potential exam material)
• 9. Probability Functions (optional but covered in class and potential exam material)
• 10. The Calculation of the Mean of a Binomial Distribution (optional)
• 11. Demonstration that Choice of Success is Arbitrary (optional)
• 12. Sample Size Guidelines

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