Graduate (S) Business Administration 502

STATISTICS FOR MANAGERS
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JAN 30:  Introduction to Statistics
Reading:

8th Edition:
  • Chapter 1
  • Chapter 3 (pp. 95 - 104, 121 - 123)
7th Edition:
  • Chapter 1
  • Chapter 3 (pp. 104 - 109, 112 - 115, 130 - 133)
 Recommended Problems
  • 1.19 (1.18), 1.23, 1.27

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:
 
FEB 1: Introduction to Statistics
Reading:
Recommended Problems:
Notes:
 
FEB 6: Basic Probability and Discrete Probability Distributions
Reading:

8th Edition:
  • Chapter 4 (pp. 141 - 146, 153 - 155, 159)
  • Chapter 5 (pp. 166 - 169, 172 - 177)
7th Edition:
  • Chapter 4 (pp. 154 - 160, 167 - 169, 176 - 177)
  • Chapter 5 (pp. 184 - 188, 195 - 201)
 Recommended Problems:

8th Edition:
  • 4.5, 4.6
  • 5.5 (5.6), 5.15 (5.16)

7th Edition:

  • 4.5, 4.6
  • 5.5 (5.6), 5.25 (5.26)
 Notes:



 
FEB 8:  Basic Probability and Discrete Probability Distributions
Reading:

 

 Recommended Problems:
Notes:
 
FEB 13:  The Normal Distribution
Reading:

8th Edition:
  • Chapter 6 (pp. 189 - 202)
7th Edition:
  • Chapter 6 (pp. 218 - 231)
 Recommended Problems:

8th Edition:

  • 6.7 (6.8)

7th Edition:

  • 6.7 (6.8)
 Notes:

 
 
FEB 15:  Sampling Distributions
Reading:
  • Chapter 7
 Recommended Problems:

8th Edition:

  • 7.5 (7.8), 7.15 (7.16)

7th Edition:

  • 7.5 (7.8), 7.15 (7.16)

Notes:

 
FEB 20: Confidence Interval Estimation
Reading:
  • Chapter 8
 Recommended Problems:

8th Edition:

  • 8.9 (8.10), 8.17 (8.16), 8.29 (8.32), 8.43 (8.44), 8.45 (8.46), 8.63

7th Edition:

  • 8.9 (8.10), 8.17 (8.16), 8.29 (8.32), 8.43 (8.44), 8.45 (8.46), 8.63

Notes:

 
FEB 22: Confidence Interval Estimation
Reading:
  • Chapter 8
 Recommended Problems: Notes:
 
FEB 27:  Hypothesis Testing - One Sample
Reading:
  • Chapter 9

 Recommended Problems:

8th Edition:
  • 9.16 (9.14), 9.49 (9.50), 9.27 (9.26), 9.59a (9.60)
7th Edition:
  • 9.16 (9.14), 9.49 (9.50), 9.27 (9.26), 9.59a (9.60)
 Notes:
 
MAR 1:  Test #1
- Wednesday, March 1, 5:30 - 6:50 PM
  • Test #1 will cover Chapters 1 and 4 - 7
 Recommended Problems:
Notes:
 
MAR 6 - 10:  Spring Break
    Notes:
  • No class!
 
MAR 13:  Hypothesis Testing - One Sample
Reading:
  • Chapter 9
 Recommended Problems:
Notes:
 
MAR 15:  Hypothesis Testing - One Sample
Reading:
  • Chapter 9
 Recommended Problems:
Notes:
 
MAR 20:  Hypothesis Testing - Two Samples, Correlation and Linear Regression
Reading:

8th Edition:
  • Chapter 10 (pp. 307 - 315, 326 - 330)
  • Chapter 3 (pp. 125 - 128)
7th Edition:
  • Chapter 10 (pp. 342 - 352, 363 - 367)
  • Chapter 3 (pp. 136 - 142)
 Recommended Problems:

8th Edition:
  • 10.7ad (10.8), 10.33 (10.34)
7th Edition:
  • 10.7ad (10.8), 10.29ab (10.30)
 Notes:

- Data
 
MAR 22:  Linear Regression
Reading:

8th Edition:
  • Chapter 13 (skip pp. 459 - 461)
7th Edition:
  • Chapter 13 (skip pp. 503 - 506)
 Recommended Problems:

8th Edition:
  • 13.51 (13.52)

7th Edition:

  • 13.51 (13.52)

 

 Notes:
 
MAR 27:  Multiple Regression
Reading:

8th Edition:
  • Chapter 14 (skip pp. 490 - 494)
7th Edition:
  • Chapter 14 (skip pp. 540 - 544)
 Recommended Problems:

8th Edition:
  • 14.41a-g, i, j, m (14.40)
7th Edition:
  • 14.41a-g, i, j, m (14.40)

- Data

 Notes:
  • An example in class will use data from Zillow.

    • - Data
 
MAR 29:  Test #2     
- Wednesday, March 29, 5:30 - 6:50 PM
  • Test #2 will cover Chapters 8 - 10
 Recommended Problems:
Notes:
 
APR 3:  Multiple Regression Model Building
Reading:

8th Edition:
  • Chapter 15 (pp. 534, 544)
7th Edition:
  • Chapter 15 (pp. 585 - 586, 594 - 595)
 Recommended Problems:
Notes:
 
APR 5:  Time-Series Forecasting
Reading:

8th Edition:
  • Chapter 16 (pp. 553 - 555, 562 - 568)
7th Edition:
  • Chapter 16 (pp. 608 - 611, 617 - 624)
 Recommended Problems:

8th Edition:
  • 16.19 (16.20)
7th Edition:
  • 16.19 (16.20)
 Notes:
 
APR 10:  Time-Series Forecasting
Reading:
Recommended Problems:
Notes:
 
APR 12:  Test #3
- Wednesday, April 12, 5:30 - 6:50 PM
  • Test #3 will cover Chapters 13 - 16
 Recommended Problems:
Notes: