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Date of Class |
Assignment(s) Due |
New Material Covered/
Activity Used |
Non Hand In Homework |
Hand In Assignments
(Due Date) |
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M 1/12 |
None |
Intro to the
Virtual Labs
and Review of Probability concepts. |
- Based on level of
familiarity, work through
Minitab and Excel Tutorials on my NSF project website.
- Start
reading Sections C.1
and C.2 about discrete and continuous distributions in the VLPS.
Work problems C.1.1-17. |
Easy Quiz 1 and
Student Self
Assessment (1/16) |
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W 1/14 |
None |
Review of Probability
Concepts: Discrete and Continuous Random Variables (In Text: Sections
3.1, 3.3, 3.5, 4.1, 4.2, 4.4) |
Finish problems assigned
above, start working problems
C.2.2 - 6, 10-16 in
the VLPS |
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| F 1/16 |
Easy Quiz 1
and
Student Self Assessment |
Review of Probability
Concepts: More on Discrete & Continuous Distributions, the
Distribution Function (In Text: Above Sections and 4.5) |
- Finish
problems assigned above and also work these problems in the VLPS
C.6.12(a,b),13-17, 19,
20
- Review
Mathematical Expectation and Moment Generating Functions (Sections 3.2, 3.4
of text) |
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| M 1/19 |
No Class MLK
Holiday |
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| W 1/21
(12:40-2:00) |
None |
Review of Mathematical
Expectation and Moment Generating Functions (Text: Sections 3.2 and
3.4, VLPS:
Probability|Expected Value|Parts 1, 2, and 4) |
You should be able to derive
the mean, variance and moment generating function for each distribution
(that we have covered to date) featured on the front flaps of your text. |
|
| F 1/23
(12:40-2:00) |
In Class Quiz
2 on Basic Distributions, Mathematical Expectation, and Moment
Generating Functions |
Introductory Lecture on
Sampling Distributions (The Sample Mean) |
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| W 1/28
(12:40-2:00) |
Hand In Your
Summary of the Lecture on Friday 1/23 |
The Gamma Distribution (Text:
Section 4.3,
VLPS: Statistics|Special Distributions|Gamma) |
Section 4.3:
1 - 5
VLPS:
Statistics|Special Distributions|Gamma: 2, 3, 4, 18, 19, 20, 21 |
Homework 1:
Section 4.3:
3 and 4
VLPS:
4
(Due Date:
2/2) |
| F 1/30
(12:40-2:00) |
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Distributions of Functions of
a Random Variable, Review of Multivariate Distributions and Independent
Random Variables (In Text Sections 4.5, 5.1) |
Section 4.5: 1, 2, 3,
9, 11, 12
Section 5.1:
1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11 |
|
| M 2/2
(12:40-2:00) |
Homework 1 Due |
More on Independent Random
Variables (In Text: Sections 5.1, 6.1, 6.2, and 4.3 (the Chi-Square
Distribution)) |
Section 6.1:
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 11, 14
Section 6.2: 1-10, 13, 14
Section 4.3: 9, 10 (ans: a=5.226, b=21.03),
11, 12, 14 (ans: .05), 15, 16 (Chi-Square Problems) |
Homework 2:
VLPS:
Statistics|Special Distributions|Gamma: 22, 23 and from Text
Problem 14 in Section 6.1.
(Due Date:
2/11) |
| W 2/4
(12:40-2:00) |
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Distributions of Sums of
Independent Random Variables and Random Functions Associated
with the Normal Distribution (6.2 and 6.3) |
Finish Problems Assigned
Above
Section 6.3:
1-15 |
Add Problem 6.3-15 to
Homework 2. |
| F 2/7
(12:40-2:00) |
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More from Section 6.3 and the Central Limit Theorem
(6.4) |
Section 6.4:
1-10 |
|
| W 2/11
(12:40-2:00) |
Homework 2 Due |
Confidence Intervals for
Means (7.2) and the T Distribution (6.6) |
Section 7.2:
1-17 odd, 19 (a,b), 21
Section 6.6: 1, 2 |
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| M 2/16
(12:40-2:00) |
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Finish Sections 7.2 and 6.6 |
Finish Homework Problems From
7.2 and 6.6 Assigned Above |
|
| W 2/18
(12:40-2:00) |
In Class Quiz
3 on Sections 6.1-6.4 |
Start Point Estimation (7.1) |
Work Example
7.1-1 on page 344 before next class period.
Section 7.1:
1, 2, 3, 5 (a,b), 7, 8, 9, 12, 13 |
Homework 3:
Problems 7.1-8 and 7.1-13
Due Monday 3/1 |
| M 2/23 (12:40
- 2:00) |
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Finish Point Estimation (7.1) |
Finish Problems from Section
7.1 |
|
| W 2/25
(12:40-2:00) |
Abstract
for Student Paper and Presentation Due |
Confidence Intervals for
Differences of Two Means (7.3) |
Start Problems from Section 7.3:
1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 13 |
|
| M 3/1
(12:40-2:00) |
Homework
3 Due |
Review for
Midterm |
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|
| W 3/3
(12:40-2:00) |
Midterm
Exam |
Midterm Covers 4.3, 4.5, 6.1,
6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.6, 7.1, 7.2 |
Continue Working Problems
from Section 7.3 |
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| M 3/8
(12:40-2:00) |
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More from 7.3
|
Work on
Section 7.3 Problems
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Homework 4:
Problem 7.3-10
(Due:
Wed. 3/17) |
| W 3/10
(12:40-2:00) |
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Finish 7.3
Start Confidence Intervals for
Proportions (7.5)
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Finish Section
7.3 Problems
Section 7.4:
1, 3, 5 (optional)
Start Section
7.5: 1 - 17 odd
Section 7.6:
1- 17 odd |
Add the
following Problems to Homework 4:
- Fill in the
details of the derivation of formula 7.5.4 on page 381 of your text.
The derivation starts on the bottom of page 380)
- Problem
7.6-18 |
| M 3/15
(12:40-2:00) |
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Finish Confidence Intervals for
Proportions (7.5)
Sample Size (7.6) |
Finish Section
7.5: 1 - 17 odd
Section 7.6:
1- 17 odd |
|
| W 3/17
(12:40-2:00) |
Homework 4 Due |
Fundamentals of Hypothesis
Testing - Tests About Proportions and Means (8.1, 8.2) |
Section 8.1:
7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19
Section 8.2:
1, 3, 5, 7, 15 |
|
| M 3/22- F 3/26 |
No Class -
Spring Break |
Have a great Spring Break! |
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| M 3/29
(12:40-2:00) |
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More Hypothesis Testing-
Tests about Means and the Paired t-test (8.1,8.2) |
Finish the
problems assigned in Sections 8.1 and 8.2 above. Also work the
following problems from these sections:
Section 8.1:
1, 3, 5
Section 8.2:
17, 19, 21
Feel free to
use Minitab for these problems! Minitab is available in the Madison
Hall computer lab and the Mathematics Learning Center in the UAH Library. |
Homework 5: Problem
8.2-10 If you use Minitab for your computations, you should
cut-and-paste the appropriate output into a word document to be handed in
with your write-up. (Due Wednesday, 4/7) |
| W 3/31
(12:40-2:00) |
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More Hypothesis Testing
including Type I and Type II error analysis (8.1,8.2) |
Finish all problems assigned
from Sections 8.1 and 8.2 |
Add the following to Homework
5: Problem 8.1-12 with part (e) Find the probability of a Type II
error if p=0.75. |
| M 4/5
(12:40-2:00) |
Rough Draft
of Project Paper Due |
Correlation and Regression
(5.2, 7.8) |
Section 5.2:
1, 11
Section 7.8:
1 (a,b), 2 (a,b), 3, 5, 11, 13, 15 |
Homework 6: 5.2-5 (also
show that the regression line goes through the point (xbar,ybar); 5.2-12 add
part (d) Plot a 95% confidence interval for the predicted values of y given
a value of x on your plot of the data and the regression line. (Due
Wednesday 4/14) |
| W 4/7
(12:40-2:00) |
Homework 5 Due
(8.2-10 & 8.1-12 with new part (e)) |
- More
Regression - Overview of Tests and Confidence Intervals Associated with
Regression
- Start
Chi-Square Goodness of Fit Tests |
Finish
Homework from 5.2 and 7.8
Start Section
8.4 Problems: 1 - 11 odd |
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| M 4/12
(12:40-2:00) |
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- More Chi-Square (Testing
for Independence) |
Section 8.5: 5 - 9 |
|
| W 4/14
(12:40-2:00) |
Homework 6
Due |
One-Way ANOVA |
Section 8.6: 1 - 13 odd |
|
| M 4/19
(12:40-2:00) |
Final Draft of
Project Paper Due Also Hand-In a One-Paragraph
Abstract for your Project Presentation |
ANOVA |
Finish the Problems Assigned
Above in Section 8.6 |
- Make Appointment with Me to
Take an Assessment Quiz (it will take about 20 minutes). This needs to
be done before the final exam. |
| W 4/21
(12:40-2:00) |
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-
Student Presentations |
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| M 4/26 |
Last Day of
Class |
-
Student Presentations
- Review for
Final |
|
- Download and complete the
Student Self Assessment (Due Monday 5/3) |
| M 5/3 |
Final Exam
11:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Student Self Assessment Due |
Solution
to Problem 5.2-5 For
Information on the Final Exam Topics, click
here |
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