Math 131-03 (41345)                                   Fall  2009                                                        CSUDH

Elementary Statistics and Probability                SBS B209 TTh 10-11:15AM                Dr. Sally Moite

 

Text The Basic Practice of Statistics, 4th Edition by David S. Moore, Freeman, 2007. (eBook form is available for laptop computers)

Calculator A TI-83, 83 Plus (etc), 84, or 84-Plus (etc) Graphing Calculator is required.

Office Hours TTh 9-9:45AM, 2:30-3:15PM NSM E116, Web Page: http://www.csudh.edu/math/smoite

Tutoring C.L.A.S.S. SCC Bldg 11

Grading 5% Quizzes - Thursday.

                5% Homework problems handed in.

Read all sections in the book before and after discussion in class. Read the chapter summaries.

10% Four short projects

                54% Tests (3, 18% each) No makeup tests will be given.

                26% Final – Tuesday Dec 15 10:00AM – 12:00noon – Cumulative

                5% Extra Credit – Statistical Analysis of Class Data Set

Grade Scale A 90, A- 88, B+ 85, B 80, B- 78, C+ 75, C 70, or NC

 

Course Topics and Preliminary Schedule (Test Dates will not change.)

Tu Sep 1                Introduction, Ch 1 Picturing Distributions with Graphs

Th Sep 3                Ch 2 Describing Distributions with Numbers

               

Tu Sep 8                Ch 3 The Normal Distribution

Th Sep 10              Ch 4 Scatter Plots and Correlation

               

Tu Sep 15              Ch 5 Regression

Th Sep 17              Ch 6 Two-Way Tables

               

Tu Sep 22              Review

Th Sep 24              Test 1

 

Tu Sep 29              Ch 8 Producing Data: Sampling

Th Oct 1                 Ch 9 Producing Data: Experiments, Commentary: Data Ethics

 

Tu Oct 6                 Ch 10 Introducing Probability (Project 1 Due)

Th Oct 8                 Ch 11 Sampling Distributions (No class meeting)

 

Tu Oct 13               Ch 12 General Rules of Probability

Th Oct 15               Ch 13 Binomial Distributions (No class meeting)

 

Tu Oct 20               Ch 14 Confidence Intervals: The Basics (Project 2 Due)

Th Oct 22               Ch 15 Tests of Significance: The Basics

 

Tu Oct 27               Ch 16 Inference in Practice

Th Oct 29               Review

 

Tu Nov 3               Test 2

Th Nov 5               Ch 18 Inference about a Population Mean

 

Tu Nov 10             Ch 19 Two-Sample Problems

Th Nov 12             Ch 20 Inference about a Population Proportion

 

Tu Nov 17             Ch 21 Comparing Two Proportions (Project 3 Due)

Th Nov 19             Ch 23 Two Categorical Variables: The Chi-Square Test

 

Tu Nov 24             Ch 24 Inference for Regression (No class meeting)      

 

Tu Dec 1                Ch 25 One-Way Analysis of Variance: Comparing Several Means (Project 4 Due)

Th Dec 3                Review

 

Tu Dec 8                Test 3

Th Dec 10              Review

 

Two Books About (Misusing) Statistics: How to Lie with Statistics by Darrell Huff, Statspotting, A Field Guide to Identifying Dubious Statistics by Joel Best