Stat 350: Introduction to Statistics (Banner Course Number: 35000)
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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:
Devore and Farnum, Applied Statistics for Engineers and Scientists, 2004 Edition, Required
Devore and Farnum, Applied Statistics for Engineers and Scientists, 2004 Edition, Required
Spring 2010 textbook will be:
Devore and Farnum, Applied Statistics for Engineers and Scientists, 2004 Edition, Required
Outline:
A. Data AnalysisDescribing distributions (graphics, center and spread, comparing and selecting descriptions); Describing relationships (graphics, regression and correlation, influence, interpreting relationships).
B. Data Production
Sampling design; Design of experiments.
C. Probability distributions and simulation
The idea of a sampling distribution; The idea of probability and probability distributions; Simulating discrete and continuous distributions; Sampling distribution of sample means (law of large numbers, central limit theorem).
D. The reasoning of inference
Confidence intervals; Significance tests
E. Basic inference procedures
Inference about distributions (t procedures, robustness); Inference about proportions (z and X2 procedures)
F. Regression inference
Simple linear regression (inference about slope and prediction);Introducing multiple regression (regression models, meaning of regression coefficients, interactions among explanatory variables).
