Math 120 Section 1 - Calendar- Spring2009

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All numbers indicate sections from The Basic Practice of Statistics -- Fourth Edition.

R is for the reading assignment
C is for exercises that are assigned and will be collected
NC is for exercises that are assigned but will not be collected

Tuesday

Thursday

Jan. 27
Lecture:
Introduction to Math 120

Homework:
R Chapter 1
C 1.2,1.3,1.6
NC 1.5
Jan. 29
Lecture:
Visualizing Data

Homework:
R Chapter 2
C 1.8,1.12,1.24,1.29,1.32,1.35
NC 1.9,1.10,1.18,1.28
Feb. 3
Homework Due:
Last Week's Homework

Lecture:
Box Plots
Mean vs. Median
Measures of Spread


Homework:
R Chapter 3
C 2.3,2.4,2.7,2.9,2.10,2.22,2.35,2.37
NC 2.2,2.8,2.13,2.20,2.36
Feb. 5
Lecture:
Standard Deviation
Organizing a Statistical Problem
Density Curves
Normal Distribution

Homework:
R Chapter 4 (Through p. 98)
C 2.42, 2.43,2.46
C 3.1, 3.2,3.3,3.4
NC 2.45
Feb. 10
Homework Due:
Last Week's Homework

Lecture:
Parameters vs. statistics
Standard Normal Distribution
Using Standard Normal Table

Homework:
R Chapter 4 (Rest)
C Chapter 3: 5,7,10,13,15,17,18,32,33,41,42
NC Chapter 3: 6,20,21,34,35,36
Feb. 12
Lecture:
Scatter Plots
Correlation


Homework:
R Chapter 5 (Through Page 125)
C Chapter 4: 9,11(by hand),12,14,17,22,24(by hand),31
NC Chapter 4: 10,13,16,18
Feb. 17
Homework Due:
Last Week's Homework

Lecture:
Correlation
Minitab
Regression

Homework:
R Chapter 5 (Rest)
C Chapter 4: 34,35
C Minitab: 1.34,1.44,2.25,3.30,3.44,4.24
Feb. 19
Lecture:
Minitab Questions
Regression to the Mean
Regression Lines

Homework:
R Chapter 8 (to p. 194)
C Chapter 5: 1,4
C Additional Problems
NC Chapter 5: 2,3
Feb. 24
Homework Due:
Last Week's Homework

Lecture:
More Regression
R^2
Residuals

Homework:
R Chapter 8 (rest)
C Chapter 5: 5,10,11,12,24,25,29,30,34
NC Chapter 5: 6,7,14,15,16
Feb. 26
Lecture:
Smoking Video
Sampling Rectangles

Homework:
R Chapter 9 (to page 219)
C 8.7,8.10
C Minitab Manual: 5.15 (5.26),5.23(5.33),5.36(5.40)
C Additional Problems
(Minitab problems are in the Minitab Manual online)
(The number in the parentheses represent the correct number
from the book. So for problem 5.15 use ex05-26)
NC 8.1,8.2
March 3
Lecture:
Sampling
Experiments


Homework:
Study for Exam
March 5
Exam 1
Homework Due:
Last Week's Homework


Homework:
R Chapter 9 (rest)
C Chapter 8: 17,18,27,30,31,32,37
C Minitab: 8.13,8.35,8.39
NC Chapter 8: 23,40,41
NC Minitab: 8.23
March 10
Spring Break
March 12
Spring Break
March 17
Lecture:
Experiments
Probability

Homework:
R Chapter 10
C Chapter 9: 9,13,15,17,18,25,33,39,42,43
NC Chapter 9: 10,14,16,19,20
March 19
Homework Due:
Last Week's Homework (Actually 2 weeks ago)

Lecture:
Discrete Probability

Homework:
R Chapter 11
C Chapter 10: 5,6,9,30,32,33,40,42,47
C Minitab: 10.1,10.35
NC Chapter 10: 31,33,38,39
March 24
Lecture:
Continuous Probability
Sampling Distribution

Homework:
C Chapter 10: 43,48,49,50,52
C Minitab: 10.49,10.51
March 26
Homework Due:
Last Week's Homework

Lecture:
Rolling Dice
Sample Distributions


Homework:
R Chapter 14 (Through 348)
C Chapter 11: 1,3,4,7,10,17,18,32,33,34
NC Chapter 11: 2,5,6,19,20
March 31
Lecture:
Law of Large Numbers
Central Limit Theorem!!

Homework:
R Chapter 14 (rest)
C Chapter 11: 36,38,40,42
C Minitab: 11.43,11.44
NC Chapter 11: 22,23,24,27,28
April 2
Homework Due:
Last Week's Homework

Lecture:
Introduction to Inference
Confidence Intervals

Homework:
R Chapter 15 (Through 367)
C Chapter 14: 1,2,4,5,11,14
April 7
Lecture:
More Confidence Intervals
Hypothesis Test

Homework:
R Chapter 15 (rest)
C Chapter 14: 7,8,17,18,21,22,23,26,28
C Minitab: 14.27,14.29,14.31
NC Chapter 14: 25,27,29,38
April 9
Easter Break
April 14
Homework Due:
Two Week's ago Homework

Lecture:
Test for Significance
Talk about Project

Homework:
R Chapter 16
C Chapter 15: 9,13,15,19,36,40,41,52
C Minitab: 15.19,14.26,15.54
NC Chapter 15: 47,48,51
NC Minitab: 15.18
April 16
Homework Due:
Last Week's Homework

Lecture:
Practical Issues
t distribution
t procedures

Homework:
R Chapter 18
C Chapter 16: 12,31,23,33,48
C Chapter 18: 5,7
C Minitab: 18.3,18.4,18.7
C Project Proposal
NC Chapter 16: 23,24,25,26,27
NC Chapter 18: 1,4
NC Minitab: 18.5
April 21
Homework Due:
Project Proposal Due

Lecture:
Matched Pairs procedures
Two-Sample Problems

Homework:
C Chapter 18: 33,34,35,37,38
C Minitab: 18.30,18.32,18.41
NC Chapter 18: 22,23,24,36,43
NC Study for Exam
April 23
Exam 2
Topics: Chapters: 9,10,11,14,15,16,18
Homework Due:
Last Week's Homework

Homework:
R Chapter 19
C Chapter 19: 7,8,30
April 28
Lecture:
Two-sample t procedures
Sampling distribution of p-hat

Homework:
R Chapter 20
C Chapter 19: 13,31,33,41
C Minitab: 19.11,19.13,19.21
NC Chapter 19: 39,40
NC Minitab: 19.30,19.39
April 30
Homework Due:
Last Week's Homework

Lecture:
Inference on Population Proportion

Homework:
R Chapter 21
C Chapter 20: 1,2,4,8,10,12,22,28,29
C Minitab: 20.29,20.31,20.33
NC Chapter 20: 30,31,32
NC Minitab: 20.35, 20.40
May 5
Lecture:
Add four method
Choosing sample size
Two Sample Proportions

Homework:
R Chapter 6(Just read it no notes needed)
R Chapter 23
C Chapter 20: 37,38,39
C Chapter 21: 2,4,15
C Minitab: 21.16
NC Chapter 21:1,3,5,6
May 7
Homework Due:
Last Week's Homework

Lecture:
Two Sample Hypothesis Tests
Chi-Square Test

Homework:
C Chapter 21: 19,26,27
C Chapter 23: 24,25,30,31
C Minitab: 21.19,21.23,23.30
NC Chapter 21: 19,20,28,29
NC Chapter 23: 25,26,28,31,35,39
May 12
Homework Due:
Last Week's Homework due at the Final

Lecture:
Chi-Square Test
Questions for the Final

Homework:
C Study for the Final
Final Exam
Thursday, May 21 at 8 am


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