Department of Statistics

California State University, East Bay 

Winter 2005

Stat 6011: Statistical Modeling for Management and Economics

Course Description Homework Important Dates Software
Syllabus Handouts Stat Lab Times Open Links

Week 11:

Week 10:

  • This Saturday we will discuss Regression and then have class presentations.
  • Everyone is expected to prepare their own paper on the topic that they have chosen.  The presentation is a group project but the paper is NOT.  Everyone is expected to prepare their own paper.
  • Presentations:
  • Final Review.

Week 9:

  • Homework 9 has been posted.
  • Homework Solutions have been posted on Blackboard so all homework assignments.
  • This week we will spend some time in groups organizing and preparing for the class presentations for the last week of classes.

Week 8:

  • Homework 8 has been posted.
  • The Class Project:

Week 7:

  • Homework 7 has been posted.
  • The Class Project has been assigned as part of Homework 7.  The Class presentation will be Week 9 and the paper will be due Week 10.
  • The grading of the midterm is not complete, it will be returned next week, not tonight.  Sorry about the delay.

Week 6:

  • Midterm this Saturday, 10 to noon, with a 1 hour lecture and review before the test.
  • Some solutions for the even problems assigned for homework, solution1.pdf
  • Homework 6 has been posted.
  • In-class Midterm Computer Problems:  The Manufacturing Database from the book.    midterm1comp.doc    manufacturing.mpj    manufacturing.xls

Week 5:

  • Today we will go over examples of models for Discrete and Continuous random variable.  Binomial, Hypergeometric, Poisson, Uniform, Normal Exponential.
  • Homework 5 has been posted.
  • The Manufacturing Database from the book.    quiz3.doc    manufacturing.mpj    manufacturing.xls
  • Useful applets from RVLS demonstrating the Sampling Distribution of the sample mean.    Sampling Distribution
  • Next week we will have a midterm in class during the last 2 hours of the class meeting.

Week 4:

  • Today we will go over the Rule of Probability.
  • How can we simulate flipping a fair coin?
  • How can we simulate the occurrence of a disease in a city?
  • Homework 4 has been posted.

Week 3:

  • Homework 1 and 2 Solutions will really be posted after class on Saturday.  (Sorry not done yet.)
  • What is the probability of H when you flip a fair coin?
  • What is the probability of someone getting into an accident if they drive to Lake Tahoe this afternoon?
  • What is the probability of someone getting into and accident on their way to Tahoe is they drive a fast car?  What if they drive a mini-van?
  • Homework 3 has been posted.
  • Today in the computer lab we will go over handout1 and handout2.

Week 2:

  • Homework 1 Solution will be posted after class on Saturday.
  • What is the difference between the mean, median and mode?
  • What is the standard deviation used for?
  • What does it mean for a distribution to be skewed?
  • How to compute the correlation coefficient?
  • Homework 2 has been posted.

Week 1:

 

  • Homework Solutions will be posted on Blackboard.  For help with Blackboard please see the Bb help website csuhbb.csuhayward.edu.
  • Does the type of vehicle relate to traffic deaths?  See Links above
  • How are surveys conducted?  See Links above.
  • How are statistical methods used to optimize inventory to maximize profits?  See Links above for the ProfitLogic website.
  • Homework 1 has been posted.

Week 0:

  • The book chosen for this class is Business Statistics for Contemporary Decision Making, 4th Edition, by Ken Black, Wiley 2004.   I think this is going to be a good book for the class.  In speaking with some of my friends in the Business Department this book comes highly recommended.  Please feel free to let me know what you think of the book as we go thought the course.
  • The website with materials for instructors.