DSC 670: Statistical Methods

Prof. A. Wittenstein      Post Hall 103      Wittenstein@adelphi.edu

Summer 2013 Office Hours
Sa 12:00-1:00pm, in SCB 233.
Other days/times by appointment, in PSH 103.

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DSC 670 Calendar

Date Reading Topic Assignments
Sa 6/29 1
2.1-2.4
Introduction
Organizing and Visualizing Data
HW1
Sa 7/6 - NO CLASS - INDEPENDENCE DAY WEEKEND -
Sa 7/13 2.5-2.8
3.1-3.3
Organizing and Visualizing Data (cont.)
Numerical Summary Measures
HW2
Sa 7/20 3.4-3.6
4.1a (up to p.145)
Numerical Summary Measures (cont.)
Introduction to Probability
HW3
Sa 7/27 -
4.1,4.2
MIDTERM EXAM
Basic Probability
HW4
Sa 8/3 - NO CLASS - 2 CLASS HOURS ARE TO BE MADE UP BY ONE OF THE FOLLOWING PROJECTS
AND 2 CLASS HOURS WILL BE MADE UP BY A TAKE-HOME FINAL EXAM (SEE BELOW)
Project Options
Sa 8/10 4.4,5.1
5.2,5.3,6.1
6.2a,b
Counting Rules; Discrete Probability Distributions
Brief Overview of Common Probability Distributions
Normal Distributions: Introduction, Standard Normal
HW5
Sa 8/17 6.2c
7.1-7.4
Normal Distributions: Other Normal
Sampling and Sampling Distribution of the Mean
Take-Home Final Exam
Sa 8/24 8.1-8.2
8.4(p.275-277),8.5
9.1-9.3
One-Sample Confidence Intervals for Population Means
Sample Size Determination for the Mean
One-Sample Hypothesis Testing of Population Means
M 8/26W 8/28 Due date for Take-Home Final Exam -




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