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Tentative Teaching Schedule – Math 1431 – Fall 2009 – John Weber
NOTE: schedule is tentative and may change.
Monday, 17 August 2009
Topics
- Introduction
- Section 1.1 – Introduction to the Practice of Statistics
- Section 1.4 – Sources of Error in Sampling
Assignments
- Section 1.1 #1–39 odd, 45, 49
- Section 1.4 #11–21 odd, 23, 29
Wednesday, 19 August 2009
Topics
- Section 1.2 – Observational Studies, Experiments and Simple Random Sampling
- Section 1.3 – Other Effective Sampling Methods
Assignments
- Section 1.2 #1–15 odd, 21b, 25a
- Section 1.3 #1–21 odd
Monday, 24 August 2009
Topic
- Section 1.5 – The Design of Experiments
Assignment
Wednesday, 26 August 2009
Topics
- Section 2.1 – Organizing Qualitative Data
- Section 2.3 – Graphical Misrepresentations of Data
Assignments
- Section 2.1 #1–29 odd
- Section 2.3 #1, 5, 8
Monday, 31 August 2009
Topic
- Section 2.2 – Organizing Quantitative Data
Assignment
Wednesday, 2 September 2009
Topic
- Section 3.1 – Measures of Central Tendency
Assignment
Wednesday, 9 September 2009
Topics
- Section 3.2 – Measures of Dispersion
- Section 3.4 – Measures of Position
Assignments
- Section 3.2 #1–41 odd
- Section 3.4 #1–11 odd, 15–21 odd
Monday, 14 September 2009
Topic
- Section 3.5 – The Five-Number Summary and Boxplots
Assignment
- Section 3.5 #1, 3, 4, 5–11 odd
Wednesday, 16 September 2009
Topic
Monday, 21 September 2009
Topic
- Section 4.1 – Scatter Diagrams and Correlation
Assignment
- Section 4.1 #1–11 odd, 12–16, 19–31 odd (compute r with TI83/84)
Wednesday, 23 September 2009
Topics
- Section 4.2 – Least-Squares Regression
- Section 4.3 – The Coefficient of Determination
Assignments
- Section 4.2 #9, 17–21 (compute with TI83/84)
- Section 4.3 #1–11 odd (compute with TI83/84)
Monday, 28 September 2009
Topics
- Section 5.1 – Probability Rules
- Section 5.2 – The Addition Rule and Complements
Assignments
- Section 5.1 #1–47 odd
- Section 5.2 #1–41 odd
Wednesday, 30 September 2009
Topic
- Section 5.4 – Conditional Probability and the General Multiplication Rule
Assignment
Monday, 5 October 2009
Topic
Wednesday, 7 October 2009
Topic
- Section 6.1 – Discrete Random Variables
Assignment
Monday, 12 October 2009
Topic
- Section 6.2 – The Binomial Probability Distribution
Assignment
Wednesday, 14 October 2009
Topics
- Section 7.1 – Properties of the Normal Distribution
- Section 7.2 – The Standard Normal Distribution
Assignments
- Section 7.1 #1–35 odd
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Section 7.2 #1–49 odd
Monday, 19 October 2009
Topics
- Section 7.3 – Applications of the Normal Distribution
- Section 7.4 – Assessing Normality
- Section 7.5 – The Normal Approximation to the Binomial Probability (optional)
Assignments
- Section 7.3 #1–33 odd
- Section 7.4 #1–13 odd
- Section 7.5 #1–29 odd
Wednesday, 21 October 2009
Topic
- Section 8.1 – Distribution of the Sample Mean
Assignment
Monday, 26 October 2009
Topic
- Section 8.2 – Distribution of the Sample Proportion
Assignment
Wednesday, 28 October 2009
Topic
- Section 9.1 – The Logic in Constructing Confidence Intervals about a Population
Mean where the Population Standard Deviation is Known
Assignment
Monday, 2 November 2009
Topic
Wednesday, 4 November 2009
Topics
- Section 9.2 – Confidence Intervals about a Population
Mean in Practice where the Population Standard Deviation is Unknown
- Section 9.3 – Confidence Intervals about
a Population Proportion
- Section 9.4 – Putting it All Together: Which Method Do I Use?
Assignments
- Section 9.2 #1–27 odd
- Section 9.3 #1–25 odd
- Section 9.4 #1–21 odd
Monday, 9 November 2009
Topic
- Section 10.1 – The Language of Hypothesis Testing
Assignment
Wednesday, 11 November 2009
Topics
- Section 10.2 – Hypothesis Tests
for a Population Mean Assuming the Population Standard Deviation is Known
- Section 10.3 – Hypothesis Tests
for a Population Mean in Practice
Assignments
- Section 10.2 #1–31 odd, 37
- Section 10.3 #1–25 odd
Monday, 16 November 2009
Topics
- Section 10.4 – Hypothesis Tests for a Population Proportion
- Section 10.5 – Putting it All Together: Which Method Do I Use?
Assignments
- Section 10.4 #1–21 odd
- Section 10.5 #1–17 odd
Wednesday, 18 November 2009
Topics
- Section 11.1 – Inference about Two Means: Dependent Samples
- Section 11.2 – Inference about Two Means: Independent Samples
Assignments
- Section 11.1 #1–21 odd
- Section 11.2 #1–19 odd
Monday, 23 November 2009
Topic
- Section 11.3 – Inference about Two Population Proportions
Assignment
Monday, 30 November 2009
Topic
Wednesday, 2 December 2009
Topic
- Section 12.1 – Goodness of Fit Test
Assignment