COURSE TITLEBASIC STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY 6 ECTS credits (4 Boston U. credits) PrerequisitesGood background in High School Algebra Minimum attendance requirementAttendance is compulsory. All exams are required. Make up exams will be given only under very special circumstances. Instructor
Prof. Patricio Cifuentes Course objectivesThe main aim of this course is to introduce the student to the basic statistical concepts that will permit a first approach to the descriptive and the inferential statistical tools, giving enough background to interpret the basic Statistics results found in scientific papers. The course is completed with a short introduction to the elementary concepts in Probability, essential to give a scientific foundation to Mathematical Statistics. These general objectives may be summarized in the following four points:
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Teaching methodologyThe course will meet 4 hours per week. The material of the course will be covered during two of these four hours. The other two hours will be dedicated to discussing and solving exercises, using specialized computer software, and doing exams and quizes. You will need to bring to class a calculator. A list of homework exercises is given below. It is important to work out these exercises. They cover the essential parts of the course. You will be asked to turn in only some of the exercises. Homework can be worked out in groups but should be turned in individually.
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Student workloadStudents are supposed to dedicate 6 hours per week to personal study and work. Evaluation proceduresDuring the semester, two quizzes and a midterm will be given. The final grade will be determined as follows: the final exam will count 40%, the midterm will count 30%, each quiz will count 15%. Course calendar
Week 1: Sep 9th. Intro; overview; Statistics, what is it? Types of data. Class slidesAvailable in MoodleClass exercisesAvailable in MoodleSPSS practiceList of Homework ExercisesExercises from: MCCLAVE, JAMES T. and SINCICH, TERRY; StatisticsColor key: 11th ed.; 12th ed.; Chapter 1: 13 18 23 26 32 13 18 23 26 32 Chapter 2: 7 9 25 52 53 55 66 76 90 103 106 123 125 9 11 27 54 55 57 68 78 94 109 111 129 131 Chapter 3: 10 14 15 20 27 41 45 49 53 63 67 79 80 98 101 104 115 132 135 10 14 15 20 29 43 47 53 57 67 71 85 86 102 105 110 123 142 145 Chapter 4: 7 8 15 16 19 21 38 41 53 56 60 7 9 17 18 21 23 40 43 55 58 64 Chapter 5: 3 4 9 24 28 43 58 63 73 77 3 4 11 26 28 47 60 65 75 81 Chapter 6: 3 8 14 16 27 28 30 37 3 8 14 15 27 28 30 37 Chapter 7: 7 9 11 13 27 28 29 35 47 53 70 74 75 7 9 11 13 29 30 31 39 51 59 76 82 83 Chapter 8: 8 15 23 24 27 31 38 42 49 59 60 66 76 78 81 108 109 12 17 23 24 30 33 40 44 51 63 62 68 80 82 85 114 115 Chapter 9: 4 6 9 14 19 33 35 41 53 59 62 76 4 6 9 16 19 33 35 41 54 59 62 76 |