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MATH 3339 - Statistics for the Sciences

***This is a course guideline.  Students should contact instructor for the updated information on current course syllabus, textbooks, and course content***

Prerequisites: Math 2414

Course Description: Graphical and descriptive methods in statistics, probability, random variables and distributions, sampling, estimation, hypothesis testing, regression, analysis of variance, exploratory and diagnostic methods, statistical computing.

Textbook: Probability and Statistics for Engineering and the Sciences, 8th Edition, by Jay Devore, Brooks/Cole 2012. 

Some sections: Textbook & Access Code: The textbook,online quizzes, and additional help materials will be made available by logging into CASA Campus Services (CCS) at https://ccs.casa.uh.edu/ . Students pay for access to CCS as part of their fee bill via CTAP. If one opts out of the CTAP, they can purchase an access code for this course at UH Bookstore. In this case, if the code is not entered by the deadline specified on CASA, students will lose access to CASA. No make ups will be given for assignments missed during the no-access period.

More information on the Cougar Textbook Access Program (CTAP) & Canvas/CCS:

 *Note: Some sections of this course are enrolled in CTAP; others are not. Please contact your instructor or view your instructor's syllabus to determine if your method of purchase is available through CTAP or not.

 


Note: Additional important information is contained at your instructor’s personal webpage. You are responsible for knowing all of this information.

Instructors have the option of making changes to the outline below if they believe it is appropriate.

Chapter 1 – 1  week

1.1 Populations, Samples and Processes

Read

1.2 Pictorial and Tabular Methods

10, 13(b), 25, 29

1.3 Measures of  Location

34(a,b), 36, 43

1.4 Measures of Variability

44, 48, 53, 56

Chapter 2 – 1  week

2.1 Sample Spaces and Events

2, 3, 4, 8

2.2 Properties of Probability

12, 15, 18, 21

2.3 Counting Rules

29, 31, 37, 40

2.4 Conditional Probability

45, 50, 51, 61

2.5 Independent Events

71, 74, 76, 80, 84

Chapter 3 – 2 weeks

3.1 Random Variables

1, 6, 10

3.2 Discrete Distributions

12, 16, 17, 21

3.3 Expected Values

29, 32,33, 36

Supplement: Independent Variables

TBA

3.4 Binomial Distributions

46, 47, 48, 52, 57, 65

3.5 Hypergeometric Distributions

69, 72, 74

3.6 Poisson Distributions

79, 83, 84, 85, 91

Chapter 4 – 2 weeks

4.1 Probability Density Functions

2, 4, 10

4.2 CDFs and Expected Values

11, 13, 17, 22, 25

4.3 Normal Distributions

28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 35, 43, 46, 50, 53

4.4 Exponential & Gamma Distributions

59, 60, 65, 67

4.6 Probability Plots

87, 89, 94, 95

Chapter 5 – 1 week

5.1 Jointly Distributed Variables

1, 3, 9, 17

5.2 Covariance and Correlation

25, 26

5.3 Statistics and Their Distributions

37, 39, 43

5.4 Distribution of the Sample Mean

47, 48, 54, 56

5.5 Linear Combinations

58, 59, 60, 70

Chapter 6 – ½  week

6.1 Sample Mean, Proportion, Variance, Standard Error

2, 4, 11, 12

Chapter 7 – 1 week

7.1 Basic Properties of Confidence Intervals

1, 3, 4, 5

7.2 Large Sample Intervals for Mean and Proportion

12, 14, 16, 19, 21, 23

7.3 Small Sample Intervals for the Mean of a Normal Population

28, 29, 30, 33, 34

7.4 Confidence Intervals for the Variance of a Normal Population

42, 43, 44, 46

Chapter 8 – 1 week

8.1 Hypotheses and Tests

1, 5, 9

8.2 Tests for a Population Mean

15, 16, 21, 27,33(a)

8.3 Tests for a Population Proportion

38(a,b), 39, 41

8.4 P-values

48, 49, 50, 54, 59

Chapter 9 – 1 ½ weeks

9.1 Large Sample Tests and Intervals for Differences of Population Means

3, 4, 7, 8

9.2 Two-sample t Tests and Intervals

18, 23, 24, 31, 34

9.3 Paired Data

36, 37(a), 46

9.4 Differences Between Population Proportions

49, 51, 54, 57

9.5 Inferences About Population Variances

59, 60, 62

Chapter 10 – 1 week

10.1 Single Factor ANOVA

1, 6, 9

10.2 Multiple Comparisons in ANOVA

11, 14, 18

Chapter 12 – 2 weeks

12.1 The Simple Linear Regression Model

1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9

12.2 Estimating Model Parameters

12, 13, 14, 16, 19, 22, 26

12.3 Inferences About the Slope

31, 36, 38

12.4 Prediction

44, 46, 48, 54

12.5 Correlation

58, 61, 64

 

Grading: Please consult your instructor's syllabus regarding any and all grading guidelines.


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