Stat 511: Statistical Methods (Banner Course Number: 51100)

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Fall 2009 textbooks are:

For Wang, X. -- J.L. Devore, Probability and Statistics for Engineering and the Life Sciences, 7th Edition, Required
For Gu, C. -- J.L. Devore, Probability and Statistics for Engineering and the Life Sciences, 7th Edition, Required
For Zhu, M. -- J.L. Devore, Probability and Statistics for Engineering and the Life Sciences, 7th Edition, Required
For Zhang, T. -- J.L. Devore, Probability and Statistics for Engineering and the Life Sciences, 7th Edition, Required

Summer 2009 textbook was:

For Sharabati, W. -- J.L. Devore, Probability and Statistics for Engineering and the Life Sciences, 7th Edition, Required

Spring 2010 textbook will be:

For Gluhovsky, A. -- J.L. Devore, Probability and Statistics for Engineering and the Life Sciences, 7th Edition, Required

Outline:

  1. Data (sample vs. Population, histograms, sample mean, median, variance, standard deviation)
  2. Elementary probability (axioms, basic rules; little attention to counting and conditional probability)
  3. Random variables (discrete vs. Continuous, moments)
  4. Binomial, hypergeometric, Poisson distributions, Poisson approximation to binomial
  5. Normal distribution, normal approximation to binomial
  6. Sampling distributions, distribution of mean, central limit theorem
  7. Confidence intervals for means
  8. Confidence intervals for proportions
  9. Tests of hypotheses for means and proportions
  10. Regression and correlation
  11. One way analysis of variance
  12. Contingency tables
  13. Exams