MTH 114: Statistics for Natural Sciences

Department of Mathematics and Computer Science     Prof. A. Wittenstein

Science 409      Wittenstein@adelphi.edu

Spring 2016 Office Hours
Tu 5:45-6:15pm & Th 4:00-4:30pm. 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.
  • Brase Readings are from "Understandable Statistics: Concepts and Methods: 11th edition" by Brase and Brase
  • Cronk Readings are from "How to use SPSS: 8th edition" by Cronk.
  • 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: Tue 5/10/16

    Date HW/Quiz Brase
    Readings
    Cronk
    Readings
    Topic HW Exercises
    Collected on the following Tuesday unless stated otherwise
    T 1/26 - 1.1 Discuss Syllabus; The Vocabulary of Statistics HW1
    Th 1/28 - 1.2(~p.15); 2.1 1 Random Samples; Frequency Distributions and Histograms
    Lab 1: Getting Started in SPSS
    T 2/2 HW1 due 2.2-2.3 1 Interpreting Other Graphs; Stem-and-Leaf Displays
    Lab 1: Getting Started in SPSS (continued)
    HW2
    Th 2/4 - 3.1 2 Measures of Central Tendency
    Lab 2: Entering and Modifying Data in SPSS
    2/9: University Deadline to Add Courses
    T 2/9 HW2 due 3.2 Discuss Graded HW1; Assign Lab Report 1; Measures of Dispersion HW3 due Th 2/18
    Lab Report 1 due Th 3/3
    Th 2/11 3.3 2 Percentiles and Box-and-Whisker Plots
    Lab 2: Entering and Modifying Data in SPSS (continued)
    T 2/16 QUIZ 1 4.1, 4.2 Basic Probability Theory HW4 due Tu 3/1
    Th 2/18 HW3 due 5.1(~p.200), 6.1(~p.276) Introduction to the Normal Distribution
    2/23: University Deadline to Drop Courses
    T 2/23 3.1-3.4 Instructor unavailable-work day for Lab Report 1
    Th 2/25 Instructor unavailable-make up class on Th 5/12
    T 3/1 HW4 due 6.2 Raw Scores vs. Z Scores; Standard Normal Distributions HW5
    Th 3/3 Lab Report 1 due 6.3a(~p.305) Areas Under Any Normal Curve
    T 3/8 HW5 due Review for Midterm Exam
    Th 3/10 - - MIDTERM EXAM
    T 3/15 SPRING BREAK, NO CLASSES
    Th 3/17
    T 3/22 - 6.3b-6.4 Assessing for Normality; Sampling Distributions HW6
    Th 3/24 6.5 3.5 Central Limit Theorem; z-scores in SPSS
    3/29: University Deadline to Withdraw From Courses
    T 3/29 HW6 due 7.1 Confidence Intervals (CI) with σ known HW7
    Th 3/31 7.2 handout CI in SPSS; t distributions; Confidence Intervals with σ unknown
    T 4/5 HW7 due 8.1 6.1 Introduction to Hypothesis Tests HW8 due Th 4/14
    Th 4/7 QUIZ 2 8.2(~p.458) Hypothesis Tests for μ by the p-value method
    T 4/12 RESEARCH DAY, NO REGULAR CLASSES-Prof. W will be in the classroom from 4:30-5:45pm-attendance is optional
    Th 4/14 HW8 due 8.2(p.459~)
    8.4
    Hypothesis Tests for μ by the critical value method
    Hypothesis Testing of Paired (Dependent) Samples
    HW9 due Th 4/21 & Tu 4/26
    Lab Report 2 due M 5/2
    T 4/19 -
    8.5(~p.502)
    4.1-4.2,6.2
    -
    Graphs and One-Sample Hypothesis Testing in SPSS
    Hypothesis Testing of Independent Samples
    Th 4/21 HW9a due 9.1 Linear Correlation HW10 due Th 5/5
    T 4/26 HW9b due

    9.2(~p.557)
    6.3-6.4
    4.3-4.4
    -
    Lab 3: Two-Sample Hypothesis Testing in SPSS
    Lab 4: Chart Builder and Scatterplots in SPSS

    Least-Squares Linear Regression
    Th 4/28 QUIZ 3 9.2(p.558~)
    9.3(~p.572)
    Coefficient of Determination
    Inferences for Correlation
    T 5/3 Lab Report 2 due M 5/2
    9.3(~p.575)
    5.1
    -
    Lab 5: Correlation in SPSS
    Standard Error of Estimate
    HW11 due Th 5/12 & M 5/16
    Th 5/5 HW10 due 9.3(p.576~) 5.3 Inferences for Regression; Linear Regression in SPSS; Course Evaluation
    T 5/10 10.1(~p.632) Chi-Square: Tests of Independence and Homogeneity
    Th 5/12 HW11a due;
    MAKEUP DAY FOR 2/25
    Review for Final Exam
    M 5/16 HW11b due
    Office Hour: 5:00-6:00pm in SCB 409
    T 5/17 -
    Final Exam: 3:30pm-5:30pm in SCB 227