MT353

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

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

September 23
 4.3: 1-15 odd
 4.4: 1-15 odd, 16, 17, 19, 29, 31, 33, 44, 45

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
6.2 (no problems)
6.3: 7-39 odd, 47, 49
6.4: 1-21 odd


October 14 6.5: 1-19 odd
 6.6: 3-13 odd

October 21 7.2: 1, 3, 9-25 odd
7.3: 3-15 odd

October 28
Midterm (through 6.6)
November 4
7.4: 1-19 odd
8.2: 1,5,7, 13

November 11

8.3: 5-15 odd
8.4: 3-15 odd


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

December 9
9.6: 3-15 odd
Correlation/regression ideas
Review of hypothesis testing

December 16

Final (comprehensive)