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The purpose of this course is to prepare students for further study and job preparation in the fields of Engineering and Sciences by teaching statistics and probability skills. The course content includes (but is not limited to) descriptive statistics, probability distributions, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, regression, factorial experiments, and statistical quality control.
Objectives
By the conclusion of this course, the student will be able to
- Calculate descriptive statistics (centers and spreads) for data and specify what the numbers mean.
- Calculate means, variances, and cumulative distribution functions for a given probability mass (or density) function
- Calculate medians and percentiles for a given probability mass (or density) function
- Calculate confidence intervals for the mean
- Calculate p-values for null hypotheses
- Know the assumptions behind the tests of significance
- Be able to test when these assumptions are not met
- Calculate mesures of relation between two or more variables
- Design experiments to balance the needs of a researcher and of a statistician
Course Announcements
- Assignment 14 (終了)
The final homework assignment has been posted. It is due the Friday before dead week.
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Posted by: Ole J. Forsberg
- Assignment 13
Assignment 13 is now posted. It is due the Monday after Thanksgiving.
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Posted by: Ole J. Forsberg
- Assignment 12 (Practice)
The newest practice assignment is now posted. It is something to look over.
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Posted by: Ole J. Forsberg
- Assignment XI (Practice)
The answers to Assignment X and the answers to the practice exam are posted. There was a typographical error on the first version of the practice problems. Please download the new version.
More information: http://oforsber.kvasaheim.com/courses/stat4073/assignments.php
Posted by: Ole J. Forsberg
- Assignment X
Assignment X is now posted. It is due on November 5, 2010. Enjoy it!
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Posted by: Ole J. Forsberg
- Examination II
I have finally "officially" moved Examination Two to reflect its original clashing with the engineering test. It is now scheduled for November 12, which puts it at the end of Chapter 6. As such, it will focus on Chapters 5 and 6, but will require knowledge from all previous chapters.
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Posted by: Ole J. Forsberg
- Assignment Nine
Assignment Nine is now posted. It is due on October 29. The solutions to Assignment Eight are also posted.
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Posted by: Ole J. Forsberg
- Assignment Eight
Assignment Eight is posted. It is due on October 22. The solutions to Assignment Seven are also posted.
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Posted by: Ole J. Forsberg
- Assignment Seven
Assignment Seven is posted. It is due on October 18.
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Posted by: Ole J. Forsberg
- Practice Problems
The solutions to the sample problems for the first examination are now posted. I have also posted a second set of practice problems and their solutions. All can be found on the Assignments page.
More information: http://oforsber.kvasaheim.com/courses/stat4073/assignments.php
Posted by: Ole J. Forsberg
- Examination One note
As mentioned in class, the review is pushed back to September 28, and the test is pushed back to October 1, 2010. The correction to the formula pages for Assignment 4 are made.
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Posted by: Ole J. Forsberg
- Practice Examination
The sample problems for the first examination are now posted. The solutions will be posted on the 19th.
More information: http://oforsber.kvasaheim.com/courses/stat4073/docs/assignment04.pdf
Posted by: Ole J. Forsberg
- Assignment Three
Assignment number three is now posted. It is due on September 17.
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Posted by: Ole J. Forsberg
- Assignment Two
Assignment number two is posted. It is due on September 10.
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Posted by: Ole J. Forsberg
- Assignment One
Assignment number one has been posted. It is due on September 3.
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Posted by: Ole J. Forsberg
- Course Website
The course website is now live. Please go through the links at the top to familiarize yourself with it. I will mention that the new homework is posted, but I will no longer hand out copies of it in class. Note, also, that the links to the R program can be found on the Links page.
More information: http://oforsber.kvasaheim.com/courses/stat4073/
Posted by: Ole J. Forsberg
- Syllabus
The syllabus for this course is now posted. Please download and read it. Among other things, it contains a schedule for the sections and topics to be covered in this course.
More information: http://oforsber.kvasaheim.com/courses/stat4073/docs/syllabus.pdf
Posted by: Ole J. Forsberg
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