CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, HAYWARD

CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, HAYWARD

DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

STATISTICS 1000

Winter 2001

Lecture: TTh ScN207 5:35-7:50pm

Instructor: Prof. Eric A. Suess Office: ScN 319 Phone: 885-3879 e-mail: esuess@csuhayward.edu

Office Hours: TTh 5:00-5:30 or by appointment and 24/7 by e-mail

Class Website: http://www.telecom.csuhayward.edu/~esuess/Statistics_1000/sta1000.htm

Required Text:

Larson and Farber: Elementary Statistics, Picturing the World, Prentice Hall 2000
Wakefield and McLaughlin: The Minitab Manual for Elementary Statistics, Prentice Hall 2000

Material To Be Covered:

· Basic Statistical Concepts: population, sample, variability, distribution, statistical reasoning

· Types of Data: quantitative, qualitative

· Descriptive Statistics: graphical methods (pie chart, bar graph, stem-plot, histogram, scatterplots) and numerical methods (mean, median, mode, percentiles, quantiles, variance, standard deviation, IQR)

· Basic Probability Concepts: sample space, outcome, event, probability, mutually exclusive, additive rule, independence, multiplication rule

· Probability Models: discrete models (binomial), continuous models (normal, t), expectation

· Sampling and Sampling Distributions: simple random sampling (SRS), Central Limit Theorem (distribution of the sample mean)

· Statistical Inference: confidence level, confidence intervals, statistical significance, hypothesis tests

· Linear Regression: correlation, least-squares regression line, hypothesis testing for model significance

· Other Topics: multiple regression, analysis of variance (ANOVA), chi-square tests

Homework: Weekly assignments will be given each Tuesday at the beginning of class. A list will also be on the website.

Quizzes and Exams: A short quiz will be given every Thursday, two midterms will be given and the final. The final will have two parts: the first is the Departmental Common Final, which is a 20 question multiple choice test, and the second part will written by the instructor. You are expected to bring a calculator with you to all exams and your Student I.D. for identification.

Grading:

· Homework, Projects, and Quizzes 25%

· Midterm I 25%

· Midterm II 25%

· Final 25%

Policy on Make-up Exams: You are expected to take the quizzes and exams at the scheduled times. In case of genuine emergency, illness or hardship, for which you can present written documentation I may agree to arrange for a make-up exam. Make-up exams must always be arranged BEFORE the regular exam is given and always take place AFTER the regular exam. Quizzes may not be made up!

Class Expectations:

· No talking when the instructor is lecturing. No reading newspapers. No eating. Do not get up to sharpen your pencil during class.

· Do attend class every day. Do bring your book. Do bring questions related to class, lecture, or homework. Do raise you hand when you have a question. Do switch off all beepers and cellular phones.

· If for some reason you miss a day of class, it is your responsibility to get a copy of the notes from someone who attended the lecture that day so you can catch-up.