Professor: Dr. Barbara Wahl
Email: wahl@hanover.edu
Office: Fine Arts 137 (x 7326)
Office Hours: MWF 1:00 – 1:50, and by appointment
Handouts:
Assignments:
| Section | Assignment | Quiz Number |
| 1.1 | p.25 #1, 3, 11, 13, 15, 19, 21, 22 (see graph), 24 (see graph), 31 | 1 |
| 1.2 | p.57 #43ab (see graph), 44ab (see graph), 45, 50, 51, 54, 59 (use calculator stat functions!), 65, 67, 69 | 1 |
| 1.3 | p.85 #81, 82, 83, 87, 93, 97, 99, 101, 109, 111 | 2 |
| binomial | p.351 #1, 2, 3, 5, 13, 19, 20, 23, 25ab, plus examples from binomial handout | 3 |
| 2.1 | p.112 #1, 2, 3, 5, 14 (see graph) | 4 |
| 2.2 | p.129 #29, 32, 33 (see graph), 35, 38 | 4 |
| 2.3 | p.145 #43, 48 | exam 1 |
| 2.4 | p.165 #65, 71 (see graph), 76, 79 | exam 1 |
| 3.2 | p.210 #9, 12, 17, 23, 27, 29, 31ab -- use RandInt instead of Table B | 5 |
| 3.3 | p.225 #36-41, 51, 52, 56, 57 -- use RandInt instead of Table B | 5 |
| 3.4 | p.240 #62-69 | 5 |
| 4.2 | p.272 #13, 15, 17, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 37, 39 | 6 |
| 4.3 | p.287 #42, 45-52, 55 | 6 |
| 4.4 | p.305 #59, 60, 62, 64, 67, 69, 71, 73, 75, 79 (formula sheet) | 6 |
| 5.1 | p.351 #1, 3, 5, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 20, 21, 23, 26 (formula sheet) | 7 |
| 5.2 | p.369 #29-45, 51 (formula sheet) | 8 |
| 6.1 | p.396 #3, 9, 10, 13, 15, 16, 17, 24, 28 (formula sheet) | 8 |
| 6.2 | p.416 #33, 35, 37, 39, 41, 43, 55, 56, 57, 61 (formula sheet) | 9 |
| 6.3 | p.428 #74, 77, 82, 83, 84 | 9 |
| 7.1 | p.472 #6, 11, 29, 30, 31, 34, 36, 37, 40 (formula sheet) | 10 |
| 7.2 | p.504 #53, 54, 59, 60, 61, 68, 70, 73 (formula sheet) | 10 |
Lab Assignments:
| Number |
Date |
Title |
Due Date (start of class) |
| 1 |
Weds 9/5 |
Getting Started with SPSS | Fri 9/7 |
| 2 |
Fri 9/7 |
Weds 9/12 |
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| 3 |
Weds 9/12 |
Analyzing a Categorical Variable | Weds 9/19 |
| 4 |
Weds 9/19 |
Weds 9/26 |
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| 5 |
Weds 9/26 |
Binomial and Normal Distributions | Fri 9/28 |
| 6 |
Fri 9/28 |
Scatterplots and Correlation | Weds 10/3 |
| 7 |
Weds 10/3 |
Mon 10/8 |
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| 8 |
Weds 10/31 |
Sampling Distributions | Fri 11/2 |
| 9 |
Fri 11/9 |
Weds 11/14 |
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| 10 |
Weds 11/14 |
Analyzing Project Data | Mon 11/19 |
| 11 |
Weds 11/28 |
Mon 12/3 |
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12 |
Fri 11/30 |
Lab 12: Inferential Statistics for Term Projects | Wed 12/5 |
| Math 217B—Fall 2012—Tentative Schedule | |||
| week of | day | topic / activity | quiz over |
| 3-Sep | Mon | 1.1: Introduction | |
| (week 1) | Wed | Lab #1: Getting Started with SPSS | |
| Thu | 1.2: Numerical measures of center and spread | ||
| Fri | Lab #2: Analyzing a Quantitative Variable | ||
| 10-Sep | Mon | 1.2: Numerical measures of center and spread | |
| (week 2) | Wed | Lab #3: Analyzing Categorical Variables | |
| Thu | 1.3: Normal distributions | ||
| Fri | 1.3: Normal distributions | 1.1 & 1.2 | |
| 17-Sep | Mon | Binomial distributions | |
| (week 3) | Wed | Lab #4: Importing Data, Review of Graphs, and Normal Quantile Plots | |
| Thu | Binomial distributions | ||
| Fri | Binomial distributions | 1.3 | |
| 24-Sep | Mon | Binomial distributions | |
| (week 4) | Wed | Lab #5: Binomial and Normal Distributions | |
| Thu | 2.1 & 2.2: Scatterplots; Correlation | ||
| Fri | Lab #6: Scatterplots and Correlation | ||
| 1-Oct | Mon | 2.2 & 2.3: Correlation, Regression | binomial |
| (week 5) | Wed | Lab #7: Correlation, Regression, and Residuals | |
| Thu | 2.2 & 2.3: Correlation, Regression | ||
| Fri | 2.4: Caution for Correlation and Regression | 2.1, 2.2 | |
| 8-Oct | Mon | Review day | |
| (week 6) | Wed | Exam #1, thru 2.4 | |
| Thu | 3.2: Design of Experiments | ||
| Handout: term project information | |||
| Fri | 3.3: Sampling design | ||
| 15-Oct | Mon | No class – Fall Break | |
| (week 7) | Wed | 3.4: Toward statistical inference | |
| Thu | 4.1: Randomness, 4.2: Probability models | ||
| Fri | 4.2: Probability models | chap 3 | |
| 22-Oct | Mon | 4.3: Random variables | |
| (week 8) | Wed | 4.4: Means and variances of random variables | |
| Thu | 4.4: Means and variances of random variables | ||
| Fri | 5.1: Sampling distributions for counts and proportions | chap 4 | |
| 29-Oct | Mon | 5.1: Sampling distributions for counts and proportions | |
| (week 9) | Wed | Lab #8: Statistical Applets & Sampling Distributions | |
| Thu | 5.2: Sampling distribution for sample mean | ||
| Fri | 5.2: Sampling distribution for sample mean | ||
| 5-Nov | Mon | Review day | 5.1 |
| (week 10) | Wed | Exam #2, thru 5.1 | |
| Thu | 5.2: Sampling distribution for sample mean | ||
| Fri | Lab #9: Margin of Error in Sample Statistics | ||
| 12-Nov | Mon | Chap 6: Inference with the Z distribution | |
| (week 11) | Wed | Lab #10: Analyzing Project Data, part I | |
| Thu | Chap 6: Inference with the Z distribution | ||
| Fri | Finish Chap 6; Quiz | 5.2, 6.1 | |
| 19-Nov | Mon | 7.1: Inference with the t distribution | |
| (week 12) | No class Nov 21-23 -- Thanksgiving Break | ||
| 26-Nov | Mon | 7.1: Inference with the t distribution | 6.2, 6.3 |
| (week 13) | Wed | Lab #11: t Test with SPSS | |
| Thu | 7.2: Comparing two means | ||
| Fri | Lab #12: Analyzing Project Data, part II | ||
| 3-Dec | Mon | 7.2: Comparing two means; Project written reports due by 5 PM | |
| (week 14) | Wed | Project oral presentations | |
| Thu | Project oral presentations | ||
| Fri | Review day | Chap 7 | |
| (week 15) | Exam #3, CFA 138, 9:00 AM, 12/12/12 -- Chap. 5, 6, 7 | ||