Math 345  Elementary Statistics


Spring 2011

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Course Syllabus

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DATE ASSIGNMENT
01/31
Probability Worksheet
Dice Simulation
02/02
Class cancelled due to weather
02/04
More Probability Worksheet
Section 4.2, p. 146:  #2, 5, 12, 13-19(odd), 22, 23, 25, 28, 31, 33, 34
Rules for "OR" Worksheet
Section 4.3, p. 156:  #2, 6, 7, 9, 11, 15, 16, 17-20(all), 21, 23, 25, 33, 35, 37, 40
02/07
Rules for "AND" Worksheet
Section 4.4, p. 167:  #1, 5, 7, 9-12(all), 13, 15, 17, 20, 21, 22, 24, 27, 28
(The table of blood types/groups on the bottom of p. 168 (to be used for #17 & 20) should have the columns headings  O      A      B      AB)
The quiz has been postponed to Friday.
02/09
Section 4.5, p. 175:  #3, 19-22(all), 23-26(all), 1, 5-8(all), 9, 13, 27, 29
Quiz on Friday over 4.2-4.4
02/11
Quiz 1
Start lecture on Section 4.7.  No new homework
02/14
Section 4.7, p. 189:  #1, 5-35(odd), 36, 37
02/16
Section 1.3, p. 16:  5-19(odd), 29-32(all)
Homework Check on Friday over sections 4.5 & 4.7
02/18
Section 1.2, p. 9:  #1, 2, 6, 16, 21
Read/Skim Sections 1.1-1.5
Frequency Distributions and Histograms
Section 2.2, p. 53:  #1-3, 5-17(all), 19-21(all)
Section 2.3, p. 57:  #9, 11-13
Oops... ran out of time.  The Homework Check over 4.5 & 4.7 will be given on Monday.
02/21
Section 3.2, p. 94:  #5, 7, 8, 13, 14, 17, 21, 23, 24
Homework Check 1
Quiz on Wednesday over 1.2-1.3 & 2.2-2.3
02/23
Quiz 2
Variance Worksheet
Standard Deviation Worksheet
Start Section 3.3 homework, if you like (but don't do anything asking about variance)
(optional, for now) Section 3.3, p. 104:  #2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 13, 14, 17, 21, 23, 24, 25 [also do #25 in Section 3.2]
02/25
Section 3.3, p. 104:  #2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 13, 14, 17, 21, 23, 24, 25 [also do #25 in Section 3.2]
Section 3.4, p. 126:  #1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 9, 13, 15, 16, 19, 21, 24
Percentiles and Quartiles Worksheet
02/28
Section 3.4, p. 126:   #3, 4, 27, 28, 29, 33
03/02
Exam 1 Review Sheet w/Answers
03/03
Exam 1
03/07
Go over Exam
Section 5.2, p. 214:  #4-13 (all)
(no homework check this week)
03/09
Probability Distributions
Section 5.2, p. 214:   #14, 15, 17, 20, 21, 23, 25, 28, 29
03/11
Section 5.3, p. ???:  #1-43(odd)
03/14
Section 5.4, p. ???:  #3-19(odd)
Binomial Probability Distributions
03/16
Quiz 3
Poisson Probability Distributions
Section 5.5, p. 238:  #1, 2, 4, 5-15(odd), 16, 17
03/18
Probabilities and Areas
Section 6.2, p. 261:  #1-15(odd), 17-35(every other odd), 37-40(all), 45-51(odd)

Spring Break
03/28
Section 6.2, p. 261:  #41-44(all)
Section 6.3, p.  271:  #1, 3, 5, 7, 13, 15, 21(a,b,c), 23, 25(a), 27(a), 29(a), 31(a)
Don't do #9, 11, 17, 19, 21(d), 25(b), 27(b), 29(b), 31(b)
Homework Check on Wednesday over 03/14-03/18 homework
03/30
Section 6.3, p.  271:  #9, 11, 17, 19, 21(d), 25(b), 27(b), 29(b), 31(b)  [i.e. Finish the 6.3 assignment]
Section 6.4, p. 285:  #3, 13, 14, 15
Homework Check 2
04/01
Central Limit Theorem
http://www.intuitor.com/statistics/CentralLim.html  [Click on the applet link in the yellow box to see a demonstration of the Central Limit Theorem]
Section 6.5, p. 295:  #1, 4, 5-19(odd)
Exam 2 Review Sheet
04/04
Review for Exam
Exam 2 Review Sheet with answers
04/06
Exam 2
04/08
Go over Exam
Normal Distributions
Section 6.7, p. 315:  #1-8(all), 13-16(all)
04/11
Estimating Population Proportions
Section 7.2, p. 339 #1-4(all), 5-23(odd), 29-35(odd), 45, 25, 27, 41, 43, 54
04/13
Section 7.3, p. 351: #1-15(odd), 21-35(odd)
04/15
Section 7.4, p. 365:  #1, 3, 4, 5-31(odd)
04/18
Section 7.5, p. 377:  #1, 2, 3, 5-11(odd), 17-25(odd)
04/20
Section 8.2, p. 409:  #5-15(odd)
Quiz 4
04/25
Section 8.2, p. 409:  #17-23(odd), 25, 27
Exam 3 has been postponed to Friday, May 6
Homework Check on Friday, April 29 over Sections 7.5 and 8.2.
04/27
Hypothesis Testing -- Proportions
Section 8.3, p. 420:  #2, 3, 4, 5, [9, 13 both], [17, 21, 23 Traditional], [29, 31, 33, 35 P-value]
04/29
In-Class Examples:  Testing a Claim about the Population Mean
Section 8.4, p. 429:  #1, 7(both), 11(trad), 19(P-val)
Section 8.5, p. 439:  #1, 5-8(all), 9, 11, 15(both), [19, 23 trad], [25, 27 P-val]
Homework Check 3
05/02
Examples:  Testing a Claim about the Population Variance or Standard Deviation
Section 8.6, p. 447:  #3, 4, [5, 7 don't find P-value], 11, 15, 19
05/04
Exam 3 Review Sheet
Exam 3 Review Sheet w/answers
05/06
Exam 3
05/09
Linear Correlation and Regression
Section 10.2, p. 530:  #2, 3, 4, [5, 7, 9, 13, 19, 23, 25, 29 - continued in 10.3]
Section 10.3, p. 547:  #1, 4, [5, 7, 9, 13, 19, 23, 25, 29 -continued from 10.2]
05/11
Go over Exam
05/13
Final Exam Review Sheet w/answers

Finals Week -- Schedule and Office Hours
05/16
Reading Day
Monday 10:00am-11:00am Optional Review Session
05/20
Friday 8:00-10:00am Comprehensive Final Exam

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