Objectives:
Materials:
Text:
Recommended accompanying study guides:
Textbooks may be purchased at the campus bookstore in the traditional way, reserved on-line for in-store pickup, or ordered on-line for delivery to an address you specify. More details at bookstore site.
Recommended references:
Course Outline:
Introduction | 1 |
Descriptive statistics | 2 |
Probabilistic concepts | 3 |
Discrete random variables | 4 |
Continuous random variables | 5 |
Bivariate probability distributions | 6 |
Sampling distributions | 7 |
Estimation of parameters | 8 |
Hypothesis testing | 9 |
Analysis of categorical data (chi-square) | 10 |
Regression: | |
one independent variable | 11 |
two or more independent variables | 12 |
introduction to model building | 13 |
Administration:
Statement from the Office of the Provost on academic ethics.
Specifically, the class runs under the honor code governing all College of Engineering classes. Each examination will have a closed-book portion followed by an open-book (and notes) portion. In the closed-book portion, you will write expository paragraphs on fundamental concepts. No closed-book question will require usage of a memorized formula. In the open-book portion, you will work problems similar to those assigned as homework and/or discussed in class.
Files you may wish to download:
A zipped collection of Minitab data files (*.mtw) for Mendenhall and
Sincich exercises 2-54, 8-40, 8-42, 9-38, 9-40, 9-42, 11-8, 11-10,
11-38, 12-2, 12-4, 12-6, 12-9, 12-10, 12-34, 12-38d, 12-44, and
13-26. download
A zipped Excel spreadsheet of exercises from chapters 3, 4, 5, 9,
and 10 (primarily 4, 5, and 10). download
An error in answer to exercise 8.64 detail.
Homework assignments logbook
Assigned 12 September and due 19 September: 1.6, 1.8 (categorize by
nominal, ordinal, interval, or ratio), 2.8, 2.28abc, 2.42, 3.6
Assigned 19 September and due 26 September: 3.12, 3.18, 3.28, 3.30,
3.36, 3.44, 3.50, 4.6
Assigned 26 September and due 10 October: 4.14, 4.18, 4.30, 4.32,
4.42, 4.52, 4.60, 4.70, 5.4, 5.10
Assigned 10 October and due 17 October: 5.18, 5.24d&f, 5.32, 5.38
(set 1 only)
Assigned 17 October and due 24 October: 5.44, 5.46, 5.58, 5.66, 6.6,
6.16b, 6.26, 6.34, 6.44, 7.6
Assigned 24 October and due 31 October: 7.20, 7.24, 7.32, 8.11, 8.10,
8.14bc, 8.28, 8.30, 8.32, 8.36
Assigned 31 October and due 7 November: 8.42, 8.48, 8.54, 8.60, 8.68,
8.72, 9.4bdfgh, 9.10, 9.12, 9.14.
Assigned 7 and 14 November and due 21 November: 9.16, 9.22+beta
calculation for mu=3.1, 9.28b, 9.30a, 9.36, 9.38 (unequal variances
assumed), 9.42, 9.48+p-value, 9.56+p-value,
9.60+p-value, 9.66+p-value, 10.4, 10.12+p-value,
10.22+p-value, 10.26a+p-value.
Assigned 21 November and due 28 November: 11.10, 11.18e, 11.30 (10
points), 11.35e, 11.38, 11.49.
Assigned 28 November and due 5 December: 12.4de, 12.8, 12.10, 12.16,
12.26, 12.38.
Assigned 5 December and due 19 December: 12.44, 13.4, 13.12, 13.22,
13.24.
Computer software
availability:
The
Science Building microcomputer laboratory (Computing Wing) has the newest
version
(v13.1) of MINITAB for Windows, plus Excel
(Microsoft Office spreadsheet) 97 SR-2. Manuals for each of these are
available there for in-room use.
Availability of help:
Useful Web Sites: