Math 1600, Fall 2013   Class Schedule, Lecture Notes
Note: Schedule is subject to change, please check frequently

WK

Class/Date

Topic

Book Chapter

Events

Notes

1

F 8/23

Introduction

Syllabus Syllabus, Ch. 1

2

M  8/26

Statistical Populations, Describing Data, Lab 1 1
HW1 Assigned Read Ch. 2

W 8/28

Describing Data, Lab 2
2.1-3 HW1 Due, HW2 Assigned

F 8/30

Measures of Center 2.4
HW2 Due, HW3 Assigned

3

M 9/2

Labor Day Holiday


W 9/4

Statistical Population and Samples, Lab 3
1, 2.4
HW3 Due, HW4 Assigned Read Ch. 4

F 9/6

The Joy of Stats watch on your own

Reaction Paper Assigned:
Write 2+ paragraphs on what was most interesting to you about the Joy of Stats.

4

M 9/9

Measures of Variation, Lab 4 2.5
Reaction Paper Due

W 9/11

Probability, Probability of an Event, Lab 5
4.1, 4.2
HW4 Due, HW5 Assigned

F 9/13

Methods of Assigning Probability
4.3
HW5 Due, HW6 Assigned

5
M 9/16
Event Relations and Two Laws of Probability,
Quiz Review
4.4
HW7 Assigned
W 9/18
Conditional Probability, Lab 6 4.5
HW6 Due, HW8 Assigned
F 9/20
Quiz 1
1, 2



6
M 9/23
Conditional Probability, Bayes Theorem, Lab 7 4.5, 4.6
HW7 Due
W 9/25
Random Sampling from a Finite Population, Lab 8 4.7
HW9 Assigned
F 9/27
Review for Midterm
1, 2, 4 HW8 Due Read Ch. 5

7

M 9/30

Random Variables 5.1-2 HW9 Due, HW10 Assigned

W 10/2

Probability Distributions of a Random Variable, Lab 9 5.3
HW10 Due, HW11 Assigned

F 10/4

Expectation and Standard Deviation of a Probability Distribution 5.4
HW12 Assigned

8

M 10/7

Midterm 1
1, 2, 4


W 10/9

Bernoulli Trials, Binomial Distribution, Lab 10 5.5, 5.6
HW11 Due, HW13 Assigned Read Ch. 6

F 10/11

Probability Model for a Continuous Random Variable 6.1, 6.2
HW12 Due

9

M 10/14

Normal Distributions, Lab 11 6.3
HW13 Due, HW14 Assigned

W 10/16

Normal Distributions, Lab 12 6.4
HW15 Assigned Read Ch. 7

F 10/18

The Normal Approximation to the Binomial
6.5 HW14 Due 

10

M 10/21

Sampling Distribution of a Statistic, Lab 13 7.1, 7.2

W 10/23

The Central Limit Theorem, Lab 14 7.3 HW15 Due, HW16 Assigned Read Ch. 8

F 10/25

Point Estimation of a Population Mean 8.1, 8.2


11

M 10/28

Confidence Intervals for a Population Mean, Lab 15 8.3
HW16 Due, HW17 and 18 Assigned

W 10/30

Testing Hypotheses About a Population Mean, Lab 16 8.4
HW17 Due, HW19 Assigned

F 11/1

Review for Quiz, Testing Hypotheses About a Population Mean 8.4
HW18 Due

12

M 11/4

Dr. Carter, Lab 17
8.4


W 11/6

Quiz
5, 6, 7


F 11/8

Testing Hypotheses About a Population Mean 8.4
Lab 17 Due

13

M 11/11

School Holiday: Veterans' Day


W 11/13

Inferences About a Population Proportion 8.5
HW20 Assigned Read Ch. 9

F 11/15

Student's t-Distribution
Inferences about µ - Small Sample Size
9.1-3
HW19 Due, HW21 Assigned

14

M 11/18

Inferences about µ - Small Sample Size,  Lab 18 9.3
HW20 Due, HW22 Assigned

W 11/20

Relationship Between Tests and Confidence Interval,
Lab 19,  Review for Midterm
9.4
HW21 Due, HW23 Assigned

F 11/22

Chi-Square Distribution

9.5 HW22 Due

15

M 11/25

Midterm 2
5, 6, 7, 8


W 11/27

Comparing Two Treatments, Lab 20 10.1
HW23 Due Read Ch. 10

F 11/29

School Holiday: Thanksgiving


16

M 12/2

Independent Random Samples in Two Populations
Go over Midterm 2
10.2-4
HW24 Assigned

W 12/4

Randomization
Matched Pair Comparisons
Lab 21
10.6
10.7
HW24 Due, HW25 Assigned

F 12/6

Correlation 3.5
HW25 Due,
Extra Credit Assigned

17
M 12/9
Goodness of Fit, Review 13
Extra Credit Assigned
W 12/11
Reading Day




Monday 12/16

FINAL EXAM
11:15 am - 1:15 pm


Extra Credit Due
Homework Rewrites Due