Math 131-01 (25583)                                   Spring  2008                                                        CSUDH

Elementary Statistics and Probability                WH A139 MW 11:30AM-12:45PM Dr. Sally Moite

 

Text The Basic Practice of Statistics, 4th Edition by David S. Moore, Freeman, 2007.

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

Office Hours M 2:30-3:30PM, WF 10-11AM NSM E116, Web Page: http://www.csudh.edu/math/smoite

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

Grading 5% Quizzes - Wednesday.

                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 – Wednesday May 21 11:30 AM-1:30 PM – 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, C- 68, D+ 65, D 60

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

Mo Jan 28                Introduction, Ch 1 Picturing Distributions with Graphs

We Jan 30              Ch 2 Describing Distributions with Numbers

               

Mo Feb 4               Ch 3 The Normal Distribution

We Feb 6               Ch 4 Scatter Plots and Correlation

               

Mo Feb 11             Ch 5 Regression

We Feb 13             Ch 6 Two-Way Tables

               

We Feb 20             Review

 

Mo Feb 25             Test 1

We Feb 27             Ch 8 Producing Data: Sampling

               

Mo Mar 3              Ch 9 Producing Data: Experiments, Commentary: Data Ethics

We Mar 5              Ch 10 Introducing Probability

               

Mo Mar 10            Ch 11 Sampling Distributions

We Mar 12            Ch 12 General Rules of Probability

               

Mo Mar 17            Ch 13 Binomial Distributions

We Mar 19            Ch 14 Confidence Intervals: The Basics

               

Mo Mar 24            Ch 15 Tests of Significance: The Basics

We Mar 26            Ch 16 Inference in Practice

               

Mo Apr 7               Review

We Apr 9               Test 2

               

Mo Apr 14             Ch 18 Inference about a Population Mean

We Apr 16             Ch 19 Two-Sample Problems

               

Mo Apr 21             Ch 20 Inference about a Population Proportion

We Apr 23             Ch 21 Comparing Two Proportions

               

Mo Apr 28             Ch 23 Two Categorical Variables: The Chi-Square Test

We Apr 30             Ch 24 Inference for Regression   

 

Mo May 5             Ch 25 One-Way Analysis of Variance: Comparing Several Means

We May 7             Review

 

Mo May 12           Test 3

We May 14           Review