Stat 301Y: Elementary Statistical Methods (Banner Course Number: 30100)
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We believe the information about textbooks to be accurate but the campus bookstores are the official source of information on textbooks. Please check with them for verification before purchasing texts for a specific academic semester or session.Fall 2009 textbooks are:
Moore, McCabe and Craig, Introduction to the Practice of Statistics, 6th Edition, Required
Moore, McCabe and Craig, Introduction to the Practice of Statistics - eBook, 6th Edition, Required
Summer 2009 textbooks were:
Moore, McCabe and Craig, Introduction to the Practice of Statistics, 6th Edition, Required
Moore, McCabe and Craig, Introduction to the Practice of Statistics - eBook 6th Edition,
Spring 2010 textbooks will be:
Moore, McCabe and Craig, Introduction to the Practice of Statistics - eBook, 6th Edition, Required
Moore, McCabe and Craig, Introduction to the Practice of Statistics, 6th Edition, Required
Outline:
1. Organization and Introduction to Data Display- Aspects of data display.
2. Probability Concepts
- Basic probability and associated models. Random variables, discrete and continuous, expectation law of large numbers, variance. Probability laws, Bayes formula.
3. Probability to Inference
4. Introduction to Inference (Normal case, variance known)
- Statistical confidence intervals, size of sample. Tests of significance for a population mean, power and abuse of tests.
5. Inference for Distributions and Count Data
- Inference for the mean, variance unknown, proportions. Comparing two means, two proportions.
6. Data Relationships and Inference for Regression
- Scatterplots, simple linear regression, estimation of coefficients prediction intervals, correlation.
