Math 263
Introduction to Statistics and Biostatistics
Sections 002 and 003
Section 2: TuTh 11:00-12:15, Psych 307
Section 3: TuTh 12:30-1:145, Psych 205
The Basics
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Instructor: James (J.P.) Cossey, 305 Math Building (Email: cossey
at math dot arizona dot edu)
Office Hours: M 3-4, W 10-11, Th 4-5.
Tentative course schedule
Course syllabus
(My schedule)
Course web page: http://math.arizona.edu/~stats/
Homework
Click here to see updated list of assignments.
Here is the page for the
minitab assignments.
- Assignment 1 (Introduction to Minitab) will be due Thursday,
February 1.
- Assignment 2 (Distributions) will be due on Tuesday, March 6th.
- Assignment 3 (Sample Distribution) will be due on Thursday, March
29.
- Assignment 4 (Confidence Intervals) will be due in Tuesday, April
10th.
- Assignment 5 (Hypothesis Testing) will be due on Thursday, April
26th.
Tests
Except for the final exam, the following dates are only tentative.
- Exam 1: Tuesday, February 13th.
- Exam 2: Thursday, March 8th.
- Exam 3: Tuesday, April 17th.
- Final Exam: For the 11 AM section, Thursday May 10 from 11-1. For the
1230 section, Tuesday, May 8th from 11-1.
Resources/Announcements
- Here is a sample final exam. Enjoy.
- Many examples from class can be found on either your CD (which you got
with your textbook) or at the publisher's
website (if you click on "Data Sets" or "Electronic Encyclopedia of
Statistical Examples and Exercises").
- Many of the data-sets for your homework problems are also on the
CD.
- Here is the rubric I'll be using when
I
grade the homework. I'll also occasionally post either real or fictional
samples of good and bad soolutions to problems
Important Dates
- Wed, January 10th: First day of classes
- Monday, January 15th: Martin Luther King Day, no class
- Tuesday, February 6th: Last day to drop with deletion from
record
- Tuesday, March 6th: Last day to drop with W
- March 10-18th: Spring Break, no classes
- Wed, May 2: Last day of classes
- Tuesday May 8th (for section 3) or Thursday May 10th (for section 2)
(11:00am - 1:00pm): Final Exam
In-class stuff
Various files I'll be using in the class discussions. Feel free to
download and use them as you see fit.
