Math 131-12 (22209)                                   Spring 2012                                                        CSUDH

Elementary Statistics and Probability                SBS F125 TTh 11:30AM-12:45PM                 Dr. Sally Moite

 

Text The Basic Practice of Statistics, 5th Edition by David S. Moore, Freeman, 2010.

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

Office Hours T 1-2PM, Th 1-2PM NSM E116, Web Page: http://www.csudh.edu/math/smoite, Email: smoite@csudh.edu

Tutoring C.L.A.S.S./Toro Learning Center LIB C532

Grading 5% Quizzes - Thursdays.

                5% Homework problems handed in.

Read all assigned 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 – Thursday May 17 11:30AM-1:30PM – 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, D+ 60, D 50, F Below

 

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

Tues Jan 24           To The Student, Ch 1 Picturing Distributions with Graphs

Thurs Jan 26         Ch 2 Describing Distributions with Numbers

               

Tues Jan 31           Ch 3 The Normal Distribution

Thurs Feb 2           Ch 3 Supplement - Some Other Distributions, Exponential Distributions, Power-Law Distributions

 

Tues Feb 7            Ch 4 Scatter Plots and Correlation

Thurs Feb 9           Ch 5 Regression

 

Tues Feb 14          Ch 6 Two-Way Tables

Thurs Feb 16         Ch 8 Producing Data: Sampling

 

Tues Feb 21          Review

Thurs Feb 23         Test 1

 

Tues Feb 28          Ch 9 Producing Data: Experiments, Commentary: Data Ethics

Thurs Mar 1          Ch 10 Introducing Probability (Project 1 Due)

 

Tues Mar 6            Ch 11 Sampling Distributions

Thurs Mar 8          Ch 12 General Rules of Probability

 

Tues Mar 13          Ch 13 Binomial Distributions

Thurs Mar 15        Ch 14 Introduction to Inference (Project 2 Due)

 

Tues Mar 20          Ch 14 Introduction to Inference

Thurs Mar 22        Ch 15 Thinking About Inference

 

Tues Apr 3            Review

Thurs Apr 5          Test 2

 

Tues Apr 10          Ch 17 Inference about a Population Mean

Thurs Apr 12        Ch 18 Two-Sample Problems

 

Tues Apr 17          Ch 19 Inference about a Population Proportion

Thurs Apr 19        Ch 20 Comparing Two Proportions (Project 3 Due)

 

Tues Apr 24          Ch 22 Two Categorical Variables: The Chi-Square Test

Thurs Apr 26        Ch 23 Inference for Regression   

 

Tues May 1           Ch 24 One-Way Analysis of Variance: Comparing Several Means (Project 4 Due)

Thurs May 3         Review

 

Tues May 8           Test 3

Thurs May 10       Review

 

Three Books About (Misusing) Statistics: How to Lie with Statistics by Darrell Huff, Statspotting, A Field Guide to Identifying Dubious Statistics by Joel Best, Proofiness, The Dark Arts of Mathematical Deception by Charles Seife