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| Website: | www.stat.psu.edu/~msarr/stat401-summer2005 | |
| Meetings: | Lectures: Room 120 Thomas Building, MTWR 02:20PM -
03:35PM Labs: Room 4 Life Sciences Building, FRIDAY 02:20PM-03:35PM. |
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| Instructor: | Makhtar Sarr
Office: 330A Thomas Building Phone: (814)865-3193 E-mail: msarr@stat.psu.edu Office hours: MTWRF 04:00PM - 04:30PM or by Appointment |
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| Teacher Assistant: | Shu-Min Liao
Office: 301 Thomas Building Phone: (814)863-2314 E-mail:sxl340@psu.edu Office hours:WF 1:00PM - 2:00PM |
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| Prerequisite: | Math 111 or Math141
Emphasis on Differential and Integral Calculus. Matrix Algebra is not used at all. |
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| Material: | This course will cover basic topics in Descriptive Statistics, Discrete and Continuous Distributions (Univariate and Multivariate cases), Point Estimation, Interval Estimation, Hypothesis Testing, One-Way and Two-Way ANOVA, Simple Linear Regression Model and Correlation. | |
| Motivation: | To provide a comprehensive introduction to probability models and statistical methods for analyzing data used by students in Engineering & the Natural Sciences. | |
| Textbook: | Devore, Jay L. (2004). Probability and Statistics
for Engineering and the Sciences 6th Ed. Brooks/Cole.
Tentatively,chapter 1 thru chapter 12 will be covered. |
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| Computing: | Statistics involves the processing of large sets of numerical data. Lab sessions will require the use of computers. MINITAB projects originated right here in PennState, University Park, Pennsylvania. Minitab is a statistical software available on the PennState CAC Network. Once you open the application, you will see: Welcome to Minitab MTB>, Press F1 for HELP. Familiarize yourself with the software. It works with columns of data and looks like Excel Spreadsheets. | |
| Grading: | Homework assignments from the textbook and/or
Minitab projects will be collected in class on Wednesdays and Fridays
and will be graded periodically. To get full credit, you need TO SHOW
ALL YOUR WORK AND HAND THE ASSIGNMENTS IN ON DUE DATES. No late homework will neither be graded nor counted Exam dates (Four Quizzes and One Final) are ONLY TENTATIVE and will be CONFIRMED IN CLASS at least a week in advance. Quizzes will be closed-book and will last for 45mn. Quizzes will be given in class on Mondays July 11, July 18, July 25, and August 1, 2005 and will cover the material from lecture notes and homeworks of the previous week. You are allowed to bring one (1) 8.5x11 double-sided formula sheet for each quiz. Calculators are authorized but cannot be shared. Lab sessions (using MINITAB) will be done in Room 4 (Life Sciences Building) EVERY FRIDAY at the same time the class meets. The Final Exam will be an open book format. No early or late exam will be given without a written and legitimate excuse. There will be four in-class Quizzes (40%), a Comprehensive Final Exam (30%), Homeworks (15%), and Labs (15%).
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| Integrity: | All Penn State and Eberly College of Science policies regarding academic integrity apply to this course. For more informations, feel free to visit http://www.science.psu.edu/academic/Integrity/index.html . |