Math 117, Elementary Statistics - Winter Term, 2009
Professor: Joy Jordan
Office Hours: Monday 3:30-4:30; Tuesday 11-12; Wednesday 11:30-12:30; Thursday 1:30-3

Syllabus

Coverage So Far
        Chapter 1 (no normality plots)

        Chapter 2

        Chapter 3

        Chapter 4 (no rule 3 for variances of correlated variables)

        Chapter 5 (no continuity correction nor binomial formulas)

        Chapter 6 (no Section 6.4)

        Chapter 7 (no power of t-test, inference for non-normal populations, software approximation, pooled t-test, nor Section 7.3)

 

Homework Assignments and Solutions

 

Computer Lab   

 

Class Handouts

        Sampling-Distribution Activity       

        Writing about Statistics

        Problems from Sections 1.1 and 1.2 

        Solutions to Problems from Sections 1.1 and 1.2

        Linear Transformation Handout   

        Normal Distribution Examples   

        Regression Examples   

        Regression Diagnostics

        Outliers and Influential Points in Regression

        Association-Explanation Examples

        Experiment Examples  

        Sampling Handout  

        Sampling Examples  

        Probability Examples  

        Bayes's Rule (Tree Diagram) Problems

        More Probability Problems (including solutions)  

        Random Variable Examples (Distributions, Means, Variances)  

        Binomial and Normal Approximation to Binomial Examples  

        Central Limit Theorem (and Linear Combination of Normal) Examples  

        Confidence Interval Examples  

        Significance Testing Examples

        Solution to Example 2 on Significance-Testing Handout

        More Significance Test Information: Relationship to Confidence Intervals and Practical Significance    

        Inference for a Population Mean (Out of our Bubble!)

        One-Sample (and Paired) t Inference Examples

        Solution to Paired-t Example 3

        Inference for a Difference in Population Means        

        Two-Sample t Examples

        Review Scenarios

 

 

Links
        Textbook Website

        Healthy Balance Statement