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MATH 1530: Elements of Statistics

 

General Info & Resources

 

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Syllabus

Calculator Info

Excel Demos

MyMathLab/CourseCompass

Fun statistical applets from Moore and McCabe

 

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Lecture Notes

 

1 Statistics Introduction

2 Graphs and Numerical Summaries

3 Association

4 Gathering Data

5 Probability Intro

6 Probability Distributions

7 Sampling Distributions

8 Confidence Intervals

9 Hypothesis Tests

 


Activities

 

Activity 1: Getting to Know the Class

Activity 2: Comparing Samples from Different Populations          Recording Sheet for Activity 2

Activity 3: Box Plots and z-Scores                 

Activity 4: Regression              Life Expectancy vs IMR.MTW

Activity 5: Probability                  Excel Sheet for Activity 5

Activity 6: Conditional Probability and Independence            Fall 2010 Class Data

Activity 7: Normal Approximation to the Binomial

Activity 8: z_alpha, Percentiles, and Normal Probability Plots          Problem 6.97: Body Temperature.MTW      Problem 6.99: Chips Ahoy!.MTW

Activity 9: The t-Distribution and t-Intervals       t-Distribution Excel File

Activity 10: Facebook Friends

Activity 11: Pennies


Data Sets

 

Fall 2008 Class Data

 


Homework

 

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Homeworks are due at noon on the due dates printed on the syllabus.                            


New and Old Quizzes

 

Fall 2010:

 

Summer 2010:

 

Quiz 1: Syllabus

Quiz 2: Charts and Graphs

Quiz 3: Mean, Median, Mode

Quiz 4: Boxplots

 

Spring 2010:

 

Quiz 1: Syllabus

Quiz 2: Means and Medians

Quiz 3: Boxplots and r

Quiz 4: Standard Deviation and r

Normal probability plots

 

Fall 2009:

 

Quiz 1: Syllabus

Quiz 2: Charts and Graphs

Quiz 3: Mean, Median, Mode, Standard Deviation

Quiz 4: Five-Number Summary

Quiz 5: There was no Quiz 5.

Quiz 6: rQuiz 6: r

Quiz 7: Combinations and Permutations

 

Spring 2009:

 

Syllabus Quiz

Simple Random Sampling

Charts and Graphs

Mean, Median, Mode

Range and Standard Deviation

Boxplots

Standardized Variables and Scatterplots

r and Line Graphs

 

Oldies but goodies:

 

Q1        Q7    

Q1        Q7

Q2        Q8

Q2        Q8

Q3        Q9

Q3        Q9

Q4        Q10

Q4        Q10

Q5        Q11

Q5

Q6

Q6

       


Exam Solutions, Reviews, etc.

 

Exam I, Fall 2010, Version 1

Exam I, Fall 2010, Version 2

Exam II, Fall 2010 all versions

 

 

Exam I, Summer 2010 Solutions

Exam II, Summer 2010 Solutions

Exam III, Summer 2010 Solutions

 

Exam I, Spring 2010    Solutions

Exam II, Spring 2010    Solutions

Exam III, Spring 2010    Solutions

Final Exam, Spring 2010 Solutions

 

Fall 2009 Final Exam

Fall 2009 Exam III Quiz Solutions

Fall 2009 Exam III Solutions

Fall 2009 Exam III Review

Exam II, Fall 2009 Solutions

Exam I, Fall 2009        Solutions

 

Exam I, Spring 2009    Solutions

Exam II, Spring 2009    Solutions

 

Final Exam Review Fall 2008

 

Exam I Review, Fall 2008

Exam II Review, Spring 2008

Exam II Solutions, Spring 2008

Exam III Review, Spring 2008

Exam III Solutions, Spring 2008

Ch 8 and 9 Quiz Solutions, Spring 2008

Ch 9 Review Spring 2008

 

Exam I

Exam II

Exam III

 

Exam II Review, Fall 2007

Exam II Solutions, Fall 2007

Probability Quiz, Fall 2007

Final Exam Review, Fall 2007

 

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