Graduate (S) Business Administration 502

STATISTICS FOR MANAGERS

Fall 2008
 
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AUG 26:  Introduction to Statistics, Basic Probability, Discrete Probability Distributions
Reading:
  • Chapter 1
  • Chapter 3 (pp. 96 - 100, 106 - 110, 118 - 119)
  • Chapter 4 (pp. 148 - 154, 161, 163, 171)
  • Chapter 5 (pp. 180 - 184, 189 - 196)
Recommended Problems:
  • 4.5, 4.6, 5.5 (5.4), 5.27 (5.24)

Note: The first problem in a pair will be covered in class. The problems in parentheses are similar problems with answers in the back of the book if you want more practice.

Notes:
 
AUG 28: The Normal Distribution
Reading:
  • Chapter 6 (pp. 218 - 234)
  • Chapter 17 (p. 737)
Recommended Problems:
  •  6.7 (6.8)
Notes:.

 

 
SEP 2:  Sampling and Sampling Distributions
Reading:
  • Chapter 7

 

Recommended Problems:
  • 7.3 (7.2), 7.7, 7.11, 7.21 (7.24), 7.35 (7.36)
Notes:
 
SEP 4: Confidence Interval Estimation
Reading:
  • Chapter 8 (skip pp. 306 - 312)
Recommended Problems:
  • 8.7 (8.8), 8.17 (8.18), 8.31 (8.32), 8.43 (8.44),      8.45 (8.46)


Notes:

 


 
SEP 9: Hypothesis Testing - One Sample
Reading:
  • Chapter 9

 

Recommended Problems:
  • 9.29 (9.30), 9.45 (9.46), 9.55 (9.56), 9.69 (9.70)
Notes:
 
SEP 11: Hypothesis Testing - One Sample (cont.)
Reading:
  • Chapter 9
Recommended Problems:

Notes:

 
SEP 16: Hypothesis Testing - Two Samples
Reading:
  • Chapter 10 (pp. 370 - 380, 390 - 396)
  Recommended Problems:
  • 10.11 (10.12), 10.33 (10.36)
Notes:
 
SEP 18: Test #1  
- Thursdat, September 18
  • Test #1 will cover Chapters 4 - 9

Recommended Problems:
Notes:

 
SEP 25: Correlation and Linear Regression (9:00 - 12:00)
Reading:
  • Chapter 3 (pp. 128 - 132)
  • Chapter 13 (skip pp. 546 - 550)
  • Chapter 14
Recommended Problems:
  • 13.51 (13.52)
Notes:
 
SEP 30: Multiple Regression (9:00 - 12:00)
Reading:
  • Chapter 14
Recommended Problems:
  • 14.41a-g, i, j, m (14.40)
Notes:
 
OCT 2: Multiple Regression (cont.)
Reading:
  • Chapter 15 (pp. 620 - 626, 635)
Recommended Problems:
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Notes:
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OCT 7: Time-Series Analysis and Forecasting
Reading:
  • Chapter 16 (pp. 646 - 666)
Recommended Problems:
  • 16.17 (16.18)
Notes:
 
OCT 9:  Test #2
- Thursday, October 9
  • Test #2 will cover Chapters 9, 10, 13 - 16
  Notes:
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