MATH 3339 - Statistics for the Sciences
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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.
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Instructors have the option of making changes to the outline below if they believe it is appropriate.
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Chapter 1 – 1 week |
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1.1 Populations, Samples and Processes |
Read |
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1.2 Pictorial and Tabular Methods |
10, 13(b), 25, 29 |
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1.3 Measures of Location |
34(a,b), 36, 43 |
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1.4 Measures of Variability |
44, 48, 53, 56 |
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Chapter 2 – 1 week |
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2.1 Sample Spaces and Events |
2, 3, 4, 8 |
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2.2 Properties of Probability |
12, 15, 18, 21 |
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2.3 Counting Rules |
29, 31, 37, 40 |
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2.4 Conditional Probability |
45, 50, 51, 61 |
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2.5 Independent Events |
71, 74, 76, 80, 84 |
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Chapter 3 – 2 weeks |
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3.1 Random Variables |
1, 6, 10 |
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3.2 Discrete Distributions |
12, 16, 17, 21 |
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3.3 Expected Values |
29, 32,33, 36 |
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Supplement: Independent Variables |
TBA |
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3.4 Binomial Distributions |
46, 47, 48, 52, 57, 65 |
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3.5 Hypergeometric Distributions |
69, 72, 74 |
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3.6 Poisson Distributions |
79, 83, 84, 85, 91 |
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Chapter 4 – 2 weeks |
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4.1 Probability Density Functions |
2, 4, 10 |
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4.2 CDFs and Expected Values |
11, 13, 17, 22, 25 |
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4.3 Normal Distributions |
28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 35, 43, 46, 50, 53 |
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4.4 Exponential & Gamma Distributions |
59, 60, 65, 67 |
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4.6 Probability Plots |
87, 89, 94, 95 |
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Chapter 5 – 1 week |
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5.1 Jointly Distributed Variables |
1, 3, 9, 17 |
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5.2 Covariance and Correlation |
25, 26 |
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5.3 Statistics and Their Distributions |
37, 39, 43 |
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5.4 Distribution of the Sample Mean |
47, 48, 54, 56 |
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5.5 Linear Combinations |
58, 59, 60, 70 |
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Chapter 6 – ½ week |
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6.1 Sample Mean, Proportion, Variance, Standard Error |
2, 4, 11, 12 |
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Chapter 7 – 1 week |
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7.1 Basic Properties of Confidence Intervals |
1, 3, 4, 5 |
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7.2 Large Sample Intervals for Mean and Proportion |
12, 14, 16, 19, 21, 23 |
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7.3 Small Sample Intervals for the Mean of a Normal Population |
28, 29, 30, 33, 34 |
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7.4 Confidence Intervals for the Variance of a Normal Population |
42, 43, 44, 46 |
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Chapter 8 – 1 week |
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8.1 Hypotheses and Tests |
1, 5, 9 |
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8.2 Tests for a Population Mean |
15, 16, 21, 27,33(a) |
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8.3 Tests for a Population Proportion |
38(a,b), 39, 41 |
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8.4 P-values |
48, 49, 50, 54, 59 |
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Chapter 9 – 1 ½ weeks |
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9.1 Large Sample Tests and Intervals for Differences of Population Means |
3, 4, 7, 8 |
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9.2 Two-sample t Tests and Intervals |
18, 23, 24, 31, 34 |
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9.3 Paired Data |
36, 37(a), 46 |
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9.4 Differences Between Population Proportions |
49, 51, 54, 57 |
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9.5 Inferences About Population Variances |
59, 60, 62 |
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Chapter 10 – 1 week |
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10.1 Single Factor ANOVA |
1, 6, 9 |
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10.2 Multiple Comparisons in ANOVA |
11, 14, 18 |
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Chapter 12 – 2 weeks |
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12.1 The Simple Linear Regression Model |
1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9 |
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12.2 Estimating Model Parameters |
12, 13, 14, 16, 19, 22, 26 |
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12.3 Inferences About the Slope |
31, 36, 38 |
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12.4 Prediction |
44, 46, 48, 54 |
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12.5 Correlation |
58, 61, 64 |
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