INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICS AND BIOSTATISTICS

Math 263-2 - Spring 2006

 

Office: Math 109

e-mail: ercolani@math.arizona.edu

  • Location:

PAS 304

  • Time:

Tuesdays and Thursdays 11 AM-12:15 PM

 

  • Office Hours:

Tuesdays 2-3 PM (Math East Building, Room 145); Thursdays 2-3 PM (Math 109); Fridays 2-3 PM ( Math 109)

 

·       Statistics Tutoring in the Math East Building, Room 145. The complete schedule will be posted on the Course Web Page.

 

  • Prerequisites: MATH 110/112 or an acceptable score on the UA Math Readiness Test.
  • Text: Introduction to the Practice of Statistics, 5th Edition, by David S. Moore & George P. McCabe is required, and the MINITAB Guide to Accompany The Basic Practice of Statistics, 3rd edition, by Betsy S. Greenberg is strongly recommended for those students who are not enrolled in Math 197a. 

Calculators. Each student is required to have a graphing calculator, such as a TI-83, that can do statistical calculations, including correlation and linear regression. Some examination questions will require such a calculator. Calculators cannot be shared during exams.

Class Attendance, Class and Instructor's Web Pages, and email.  Students are responsible for all information provided in class and on the course and instructor's web pages. Students who do not attend class will be administratively dropped. Any student who is excused from class for attendance at an officially authorized event must provide a written excuse signed by the Dean of Students no later than one week after the absence. Students are responsible for information sent by email.

Examinations. 
Three midterm examinations will be given in class on
    Tuesday January 31
    Thursday March 2
    Thursday April 13
The  final examination will be Thursday, May 9, 2006, from 11 AM - 1 PM.
A missed midterm examination or a missed final examination will result in a score of zero for that work. The first midterm examination will be worth 60 points and the second two midterms will be worth 120 points each. The final examination will be worth 200 points.

Practice Exam 2

Practice Exam 2 Solutions

Exam 2 w/ solutions

Practice Exam 3

Practice Exam 3 Solutions (page 1)

Practice Exam 3 Solutions (page 2)

Practice Exam 3 Solutions (page 3)

Practice Exam 3 Solutions (page 4)

Exam 3 w/ solutions

Practice Final

Practice Final w/solutions

 

Descriptive Statistics Summary

Homework will be assigned and collected, and selected exercises from each assignment will be graded.  No credit will be given for assignments that contain only answers with no supporting work. Late assignments cannot be accepted. Homework will contribute 100 points to a student's final score in the course. List of assigned problems.

Homework Solutions

Homework Solutions (Chaps 5-8)

Minitab. There will be six minitab assignments; solutions must be computer-generated. No credit will be given for assignments that contain only answers with no supporting work. Late assignments cannot be accepted. These assignments will contribute 50 points toward the course grade. Schedule of minitabs for our section.

Combined Schedule: Topics,  Homework, and Minitab.

Course Grades. Midterm examinations will be worth 300 points, and the final examination will be worth 200 points. Homework will be worth 100 points, and Minitab assignments will be worth 50 points. At the end of the semester, grades will be assigned based on the following scale:

 

total points

grade

585-650

A

520-584

B

455-519

C

390-454

D

0-389

E

Dropping The Course. The last day to drop without a signature is Tuesday, February 7, and the last day to drop with a grade of ``W'' (if passing) is Tuesday, March 7.

Incomplete Grades. If a student fails to complete the course due to circumstances unforeseen, then he or she may qualify for a grade of I, ``incomplete'' if all of the conditions are met:

  1. The student has completed all but a small portion of the required work.
  2. The student has scored at least 50% on all work completed.
  3. The student has a valid reason for not completing the course on time.
  4. The student agrees to make up the material in a short period of time.
  5. The student asks for the incomplete before grades are due - 48 hours after the final exam.

University Policies. Students are expected to be familiar with and abide by the University of Arizona's Code of Academic Integrity, Student Code of Conduct, and Official Student Email Policy.

A tentative course schedule follows. The sections refer to Introduction to the Practice of Statistics, 5th Edition.

 

 

Week

Start date

Sections

        Topics

Notes

1

1/11

1.1, 1.2

Distributions

 

2

1/16 

2.1-2.5

Scatterplots, Correlation, Regression

MLK day1/16

3

1/23

3.1-3.3

Producing Data: Experimental Design

 

4

1/30

3.4, 4.1,4.2

Toward Statistical Inference; Probability

Exam I (30 mins)

5

2/06

 4.5, 4.3

Conditional Probability, Random Variables

 

6

2/13

4.4, 5.1

Mean, Variance, Binomial Distribution

 

7

2/20

5.1, 1.3

Normal Distribution. Sampling Distribution: Proportions

 

8

2/27

 

Review

Exam II (75 mins)

9

3/06

 5.2, 6.1

Sampling Distributions: Means. Estimation: Confidence Intervals

 

 

 

 

 

Spring Break 

10

3/20

 6.2, 7.1

Tests of Significance. Inference: Means

 

11

3/27

7.2, 8.1

Inference: Means and Proporions

 

12

4/03

8.2, 9.1

Inference: Proportions. Two-way Tables

 

13

4/10

9.2

Chi-square

Exam III (75 mins) 

14

4/17

12.1-12.2

ANOVA

 

15

4/24

12.2, 10.1

Regression

 

16

5/01

 

Review

 

17

5//11

 

Final Exam

Final (120 mins)