MTH 114: Statistics for Natural Sciences

Department of Mathematics and Computer Science     Prof. A. Wittenstein

Post Hall 103     (516) 877-4486     Wittenstein@adelphi.edu

Spring 2010 Office Hours - MW 5:30-6:00pm. Other days/times by appointment.

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MTH 114 Calendar

  • Please complete all reading assignments before the dates indicated. Be sure to ask about anything that you do not understand about a reading assignment at the start of the class covering it.
  • PD Readings are from "Statistics: The Exploration and Analysis of Data: Sixth Edition" by Peck and Devore.
  • CN Readings are from "Doing Data Analysis with SPSS: version 16" by Carver and Nash.
  • Please check the calendar frequently as dates may shift. For example, this could happen if a topic which is planned for 1 day actually takes 2 days, or vice-versa.

    Last Updated: Wed 5/5/10

    Week Date Assignments PD
    Readings
    CN
    Readings
    Topic HW Exercises
    Collected on the following Weds.
    1 M 1/25 1 Introduction HW1
    W 1/27 2 Collecting Data Sensibly
    2 M 2/1 3-3.2 1 Displaying Categorical Data; Stem-and-Leaf Displays HW2
    W 2/3 HW1 due 3.3 2 Frequency Distributions
    3 M 2/8 QUIZ 1 Discuss HW1; Quiz; Histograms none
    W 2/10 SNOW DAY - NO CLASSES
    4 M 2/15 HW2 due 3.4-3.5 3 Displaying Bivariate Data HW3
    W 2/17 4-4.3 Describing and Summarizing a Data Set
    5 M 2/22 4.3 4(p.39-42) Discuss HW2; Percentiles; Modified Boxplots HW4
    W 2/24 QUIZ 2; HW3 due 4.4-4.5 4(p.43-47) Quiz; Interpreting Center and Variability
    6 M 3/1 6 6 Probability; Review for Exam 1 HW5
    W 3/3 HW4 due EXAM 1
    7 M 3/8 7-7.3 Population Distributions HW6
    W 3/10 HW5 due 7.3
    M 3/15 SPRING BREAK, NO CLASSES
    W 3/17
    8 M 3/22 8-8.2 Discuss HW5; Sampling Distributions HW7
    W 3/24 QUIZ 3; HW6 due 9(p.93-98) Quiz; Sampling Distributions on SPSS
    9 M 3/29 8.3, 9.2 9(p.99-100) Sample Proportions; 95% Confidence Intervals HW8
    W 3/31 HW7 due 9.2 Other Confidence Intervals; Bounds and Sample Size
    10 M 4/5 9.3 CI for a Population Mean; Review for Exam 2 HW9
    W 4/7 HW8 due EXAM 2
    11 M 4/12 10 Hypothesis Tests HW10
    W 4/14 HW9 due 11
    12 M 4/19 11.1 12(p.125-129) Comparing Two Populations: Ind. Samples HW11
    W 4/21 11.2 12(p.130-132) Discuss 10.46 and 10.66; Comparing Two Populations: Paired Samples
    13 M 4/26 QUIZ 4; HW10 due Discuss HW8 and HW9; Quiz
    W 4/28 HW11 due 12 20 Chi-Square Tests HW12
    14 M 5/3 5.1-5.2 5 Linear Regression: Descriptive Methods HW13 (extra credit)
    W 5/5 HW12 due 5.3&13.1 15(to p.171) Analyzing the fit of a line; Simple Linear Regression Model
    15 M 5/10 13.1-13.2 Linear Regression: Inferential Methods; Review for Final Exam
    W 5/12
    Final Exam: 3:30pm-5:30pm - SWL 100