Math 1600, Fall 2010   Class Schedule, Lecture Notes
Note: Schedule is subject to change, please check frequently

WK

Class/Date

Topic

Book Chapter

Events

Notes


1

M 8/23
Introduction 1
           Syllabus, Lab 1                       
Syllabus, Ch. 1

W 8/25

Statistical Populations

1

HW1 Assigned, Lab 2

F 8/27

Describing Data 2.1-3 HW2 Assigned Read Ch. 2

2

M  8/30

Measures of Center 2.4 HW1 Due, Lab 3

W 9/1

Measures of Variation 2.5 HW2 Due, HW3 Assigned
Lab4
Read Ch. 4

F 9/3

Chapter 2 and Lab 4



3

M 9/6

Labor Day Holiday



W 9/8

Probability of an Event
Methods of Assigning Probability, Lab 5
4.1, 4.2, 4.3
HW4 and HW5 Assigned,
HW3 due

F 9/10

Event Relations and Two Laws of Probability 4.4
HW4 Due,
HW6 Assigned

4

M 9/13

Conditional Probability, Lab 6
4.5
HW5 Due, HW7 Assigned

W 9/15

Conditional Probability,  Review for Quiz
4.5
HW6 Due 

F 9/17

Quiz 1
Ch. 1 & 2



5
M 9/20
Random Sampling from a Finite Population, Lab 7 4.7
HW7 Due, HW8 Assigned
W 9/22
Bayes' Theorem and more conditional probability, Lab 7
4.6
HW8 Due Read Ch. 5
F 9/24
Random Variables
5.1, 5.2
HW9 Assigned

6
M 9/27
Probability Distributions of Random Variables
5.3
HW9 Due, HW10 Assigned
W 9/29
Expectation and Standard Deviation of a Probability Distribution, Lab 8
5.4
HW10 Due, HW11 Assigned
F 10/1
Review
1, 2, 4


7

M 10/4

Bernoulli Trials, Binomial Distribution, Lab 9
5.5, 5.6
HW11 Due, HW12 Assigned

W 10/6

Midterm 1
1, 2, 4

Read Ch. 6

F 10/8

Review Chapter 5, Lab 10
5
 Lab9 Due,

8

M 10/11

Normal Distribution, Lab 10
6.1, 6.3
HW12 Due, HW13 Assigned

W 10/13

School Holiday




F 10/15

Midterm 1 part 2



9

M 10/18

Normal Distribution, Lab 11
6.3, 6.4 HW14 Assigned

W 10/20

Normal Distribution, Lab 11
6.4, 6.5 HW13 Due Read Ch. 7

F 10/22

Sampling Distributions
6.5, 7.1
Midterm rewrites due

10

M 10/25

No class (due to illness): Quiz 2 review in groups or at home
5 and 6


W 10/27

Sampling Distributions and the Central Limit Theorem 7.2, 7.3 HW14 Due,  HW15 Assigned Read Ch. 8

F 10/29

Sampling Distributions and the Central Limit Theorem, Lab 12
7.3
HW15 Due

11

M 11/1

Point Estimation of a Population Mean, Lab 13
8.1, 8.2
HW16 Assigned

W 11/3

Confidence Intervals for a Population Mean, Review for quiz 8.3
HW16 Due,  HW17 Assigned

F 11/5

Quiz 2
5, 6


12

M 11/8

Testing Hypotheses About a Population Mean, Lab 14
8.4
HW17 Due, HW18 Assigned

W 11/10

Testing Hypotheses About a Population Mean 8.4


F 11/12

Inferences About a Population Proportion 8.5
HW18 Due, HW19 Assigned

13

M 11/15

Student's t-Distribution
Inferences about µ - Small Sample Size
9.1-3
HW19 Due, HW20 Assigned

W 11/17

Relationship Between Tests and Confidence Intervals
9.4, 9.5
HW20 Due, HW21 Assigned

F 11/19

Review



14

M 11/22

Midterm 2
5,6,7,8
Review

W 11/24

Take-home Lab



F 11/26

School Holiday: Thanksgiving




15

M 11/29

Chi-Square Distribition 9.5
HW21 Due, HW22 Assigned

W 12/1

Independent Random Samples in Two Populations
10
HW22 Due, HW23 Assigned

F 12/3

Independent Random Samples in Two Populations 10
HW23 Due,

16

M 12/6

Matched Pair Comparisons, Correlation
10.7, 3.5
HW24 Assigned

W 12/8

Goodness of fit, Review
13
HW24 Due

F 12/10

Reading Day: No Class




Friday 12/17

FINAL EXAM
11:15 am - 1:15 pm

 

Review