Introductory Statistics, Fall
2009
Prof. Dan Chambers
365 Carney Hall
617-552-3769
chambers@bc.edu
This course is primarily an introduction to inferential statistics. Topics to be covered include descriptive statistics, elementary probability, the binomial and normal distributions, estimation, and hypothesis testing.
Here's a copy of the syllabus.
| Date | Homework | Quizzes/Exams |
| September 9 |
2.2: 3-15 odd handout problem 2.3: 3, 5, 9, 13, 15 3.2: 1-17 odd |
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| September 16 |
3.3: 1-5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 19, 21, 33, 35, 37 3.4: 1, 9, 11, 13, 15 4.2: 1-10, 12, 13, 15, 17, 33, 37 |
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| September 23 |
4.3: 1-15 odd 4.4: 1-15 odd, 16, 17, 19, 29, 31, 33, 44, 45 |
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| September 30 |
5.2: 6-11, 19, 25, 27, 29, 30 5.3: 1-9 odd, 13 |
Quiz 1 (through 4.2) |
| October 7 |
5.4: 1-19 odd |
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| October 14 | 6.5: 1-19 odd 6.6: 3-13 odd |
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| October 21 | 7.2: 1, 3, 9-25 odd 7.3: 3-15 odd |
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| October 28 | Midterm (through 6.6) | |
| November 4 |
7.4: 1-19 odd 8.2: 1,5,7, 13 |
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| November 11 |
8.3: 5-15 odd |
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| November 18 |
8.5: 3-15 odd |
Quiz 2 (7.2 through 7.4) |
| December 2 |
9.2: 7-15 odd 9.5: 3, 5, 7 |
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| December 9 |
9.6: 3-15 odd Correlation/regression ideas Review of hypothesis testing |
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| December 16 |
Final (comprehensive) |