ST361: Introduction to Statistics for Engineers

Fall 2009

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Instructor	Jung-Ying Tzeng Email: jytzeng@stat.ncsu.edu 1505 Partners II Building (Centennial Campus) 919-513-2723 Office Hour: Tuesday 2:30pm-3:30pm at 5126 SAS Hall
TA	Zhi Wang Email: zwang13@ncsu.edu Office Hour: Wednesday 3:30-4:30pm at 1101 SAS Hall Mailbox: 4260 SAS Hall (where you turn in the late HW)
Class Schedule	Tuesday and Thursday, 8:30AM - 9:45AM 315 Riddick Hall
Syllabus & Policies	See Course Syllabus

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Week	Date	Topic(s)	Homework Assignment	HW Due Date & Solution	Quiz
1	8/20	Ch1.1: Introduction to Statistics
2	8/25	Ch1.2: Graphical methods for describing data and distributions Ch2.1: Numerical methods for describing data---center
	8/27	Ch2.1: Numerical methods for describing data---center Ch2.2: Numerical methods for describing data---variability	HW1
3	9/1	Ch2.2: Numerical methods for describing data---variability Ch2.3: Box plot
	9/3	Ch5.1&5.2: Probability	HW2	HW1 Due <Solution>
4	9/8	Ch5.3: Conditional probability, multiplicative law and independence			Q1
	9/10	Ch5.3: Conditional probability, multiplicative law and independence	HW3	HW2 Due <Solution>
5	9/15	Ch5.4: Random variables and probability distributions (discrete r.v.)
	9/17	Ch5.4: Random variables and probability distributions (continuous r.v.) Ch1.4: Normal distribution	HW4	HW3 Due <Solution>
6	9/22	Ch1.4: Normal distribution			Q2 (cancelled)
	9/24	Ch1.4: Normal distribution	[HW5: Practice Problems for M1] No need to turn in!!	HW4 Due <Solution>
7	9/29	Ch1.6: Binominal distribution Review: Practice Problems for Midterm 1 & Quiz 2			Q2
	10/1	First Midterm
8	10/6	Review 1st Midterm Ch5.5: Sampling distribution
	10/8	Fall Break; no class
9	10/13	Ch5.5: Sampling distribution Ch7.1: Statistical Inference: point estimation			Q3
	10/15	Ch7.2: Statistical Inference: Interval estimation for m (7.2+7.4)	HW6
10	10/20	Ch7.2: Statistical Inference: Interval estimation for m (7.2+7.4)
	10/22	Ch7.5: Statistical Inference: Interval estimation for m1-m2 Ch7.3: Statistical Inference: Interval estimation for p	HW7	HW6 Due <Solution>
11	10/27	Ch7.3: Statistical Inference: Interval estimation for p Ch8.1: Hypotheses and testing procedures (general concept)
	10/29	Ch8.2: Hypotheses testing for m (z-test and t-test)	[HW8: Practice Problems for M2] No need to turn in!!	HW7 Due <Solution>
12	11/3	Ch8.2: Hypotheses testing for m (z-test and t-test)
	11/5	Ch8.2: Hypothesis testing for 2 population means: 2 sample t test
13	11/10	Review: Practice Problem for Midterm 2
	11/12	Second Midterm ß modified date Coverage (same): Ch5.5, Ch7, Ch 8.1 and testing for m of Ch8.2 Exclude: testing for p and testing for 2 population means	HW9
14	11/17	Ch8.2: Hypothesis testing for 2 population means: paired t test Ch3.2: Bivariate data analysis; correlation coefficient			Q4  Moved to 11/19/09
	11/19	Review 2nd Midterm Ch3.3: Simple linear regression			Q4
15	11/24	Ch3: Simple linear regression	Extra Credit HW	HW9 Due <Solution>
	11/26	Thanksgiving; no class
16	12/1	Ch3&11: Simple linear regression
	12/3	Ch3&11 Simple linear regression Review: Practice Problems for Final Exam		Extra Credit HW Due <Solution>
	12/11	Final Exam (1pm-4pm, Riddick 325)

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