Math 2400 - Elementary Statistics

Instructor:  Dr. Karen Briggs,  Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Office:  214 Newton Oakes Center
Office Hours:  MWF 9:00 - 10:00 AM,
                        MW    1:30 - 3:00 PM,
Phone:  706-867-3539
Fax:  706-864-1678
Email:  kbriggs@ngcsu.edu

Syllabus

Project Information:

Fall 2008 Course Calendar:
Updated 11/17/2008 (still under construction)
Note: This calendar is subject to revision during the term.  The chapter references are only a guide; your instructor may vary from it.

Week

Date

Chapters and Topics

Assignments and Announcements

1

Aug. 20 - 22

Syllabus and Introduction
Ch. 8 – Producing Data:  Sampling

 

2

Aug. 25 – 29

Ch. 1 – Picturing Distributions with Graphs (Ch. 1 notes [ppt])
Ch. 2 – Describing Distributions with Numbers (Ch. 2 notes [pdf])

 

3

Sept. 1 – 5

Ch. 4 – Scatterplots and Correlation (scatterplots, explanatory and response variables, interpreting)  (Ch. 4 notes [pdf] updated 9/9/08 to include technology directions.)

Sept. 1 – Labor Day Holiday
Sept. 5 – Technology Project assigned -
Group Assignments [DOC];  Groups 1 - 6 Project [DOC];  Groups 7 - 11 Project [DOC]

4

Sept. 8 – 12

Ch. 4 -  Scatterplots and Correlation (correlation)
Ch. 5 – Regression (Least-squares regression line) (Ch. 5 notes [pdf])

Sept. 10 -  Linear Regression Project (LPR) assigned
Sept. 12 – Technology Project due

5

Sept. 15 – 19

Ch. 5 – Regression (Coefficient of determination, influential points)

Sept. 17 – LPR Hypothesis due

6

Sept. 22 – 26

Review, Test 1
Ch. 10 – Introducing Probability (Ch. 10 notes [pdf])

Test 1 – Wednesday, Sept. 24

7

Sept. 29 – Oct. 3

Ch. 10 – Introducing Probability
Ch. 3 – The Normal Distribution (Ch. 3 notes [ppt])

Oct. 1 – LPR Proposal due

8

Oct. 6 – 10

Ch. 3 – The Normal Distribution
Ch. 11 – Sampling Distributions (Ch. 11 notes [ppt])

Oct. 10 – Fall Break

9

Oct. 13 – 17

Ch. 11 – Sampling Distributions
 Regression Project presentations

Oct.  17 –  LPR presentations; LPR papers due

10

Oct. 20 – 24

Ch. 14 – Confidence Intervals:  The Basics (z-test)  (Ch. 14 notes [ppt])

 

11

Oct. 27 – 31

Ch. 14 – Confidence Intervals:  The Basics (z-test) 

Oct. 31 – Group Comparison Project assigned

12

Nov. 3 – 7

Review, Test 2
Ch. 15 – Tests of Significance (Hypothesis Testing) (Ch. 15 notes [ppt])

Test 2 – Wednesday, Nov. 5

13

Nov. 10 - 14

Ch. 18 – Inference about a Population Mean (t-test) (Ch. 18 notes [ppt])
Ch. 19 – Two Sample Problems (independent samples)

Nov. 10 - Group Comparison Project Proposal due

14

Nov. 17 – 21

Ch. 19 – Two Sample Problems (independent samples) (Ch. 19 notes [ppt])
Ch. 18 – Two Sample Problems (dependent samples)

 

15

Nov. 24 – 27

Hypothesis Testing Quiz

Nov. 26 – Quiz
Nov. 26 – 28 – Thanksgiving Holiday

16

Dec. 1 – 5

Review for Final Exam

Dec. 1 – Last Day of Class, Group Comparison Project due

17

Dec. 8 - 12

 

Final Exam – Mon., Dec. 8, 10:30 – 12:30

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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