TECH 6360

Weekly Assignments & Course Resources*

 

* Note that the following resources are limited sample of available resources (typically the older ones). Complete resources are linked in BBL course web site.

 

Date of last update May 25, 2010

 

 

Wk

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2

3

4

5

6

7

 

Download the Reading Guide for highlights of some important concepts from the text.

Wk

Topic

Read

Practice Problems

Notes/Handouts

Computer Information

Note

1

 

Introduction
 

Ch. 1

 

1.4
1.9
1.12 - 1.15
 

 

The text includes an Excel (XL) Companion for each chapter, providing a good intro to using an XL spreadsheet. Links to basic XL info can be found at Charts with Excel* and  in addition review the specific links by topic below.

R1 due
(Reading Assignment WCT quizzes - all based on readings and problem sets.)

Univariate Data, Bivariate Data, Categorical Data

Tables and Charts

Graphing Excellence

 

 

Ch. 2

2.3
2.7
2.15 a & b, 2.16, 2.17
2.27 (also do a stem and leaf plot)
2.32
2.38
2.45

Describing Data

Graphs & Charts

Principles of Graph Construction

Video 3, Describing Distributions (See Video Resources on WCT.)

Pie w XL*

Analysis Tool Pak*

Histograms with XL*

Histogram Ex. w XL*

HistDemo

Stem & Leaf Example

 

2

 

Measures of Center and Spread
Correlation

Cautions

3.1-3.5

3.5

3.6

3.15
3.23
3.24
3.36
3.70
 

Descriptive Measures

Boxplots

A Simple Box plot

Des. Stat. Examples using XL & MTB

 

 

The Normal Distribution

Evaluating Normal Assumptions

6.1 - 6.3

6.1 a-d,
6.2 a-d
6.8a-d,
6.10a &b
6.16 &/or 6.22

LN4 - The Normal Distribution

 Example problem

The Normal w XL and Standard Normal w XL*

Constructing a Normal Curve*

Normal w XL*

 

Introduction
Sampling Methods

Sampling Distributions/ Central Limit Theorem
 

7.1-7.2
7.3-7.4

7.3, 7.7
7.17
7.23
7.58

Central Limit Theorem/ Demo & Application

   

 

 

3

Estimating the Mean

Estimating Proportions

Estimation Considerations

8.1-8.2

8.3

8.6

8.8 a-d
8.10, 8.20, 8.21

8.32 a & b,
8.33 a-d

Confidence Interval Estimate of the Mean

Video 19 (See Video Resources on WCT.)

Confidence Interval  Estimate

 

4

Hypotheses Test - 1 sample

 

Hypotheses Test - 2 sample
Paired Difference Test
 

9.1- 9.4, 9.6

 

10.1-10.2

9.88 a, b, d
9.30, 9.31, 9.58
 

10.14, 10.20, 10.26, 10.29, 10.75

Overview: Hypothesis Testing

Video 20 & 25 (See Video Resources on WCT.)

1-Sample CI. & Hyp. Test:  Example 1 & Example 2 w XL*

2-Sample C I & Hyp. Text  w XL & w MTB

 

5

Intro to Regression

13.1-13.4
13.7, 13.9



14.1

13.4, 13.6, 13.9 a-e, 13.16, 13.18,
13.21 a & c,
13.42, 13.44

14.6 a-d, 14.15 a
 

 

Graph Bi-Variate Data w  XL*

Example w XL*

Review

6a

ANOVA

11.1-11.2

11.8, 11.13,11.29, 11.31

ANOVA Notes

ANOVA XL Example

 

6b

Time Series (required only for futures (FSC) students in place of 6a)

16.1, 16.6, 16.9
16.2, 16.3, 16.4

16.4-16.8

16.13, 16.15-16.18
16.34-16.38
[NOTE:  Since we are not teaching the AR model than references to 16.27 (AR) in Problem 16.35 + 16.28 (AR) in Problem 16.36 + 16.29 (AR) in Problem 16.37 + 16.30 (AR) in Problem 16.38 will not be relevant.]

 

 

This unit must be completed by FSC students.

7

Wrap-up

 

 

 

 

Presentations & Exam (WCT & Spreadsheet)

 

 

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