MATH 115 INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICS (Traditional Format)
TEXT: Weiss, Neil, Elementary Statistics, 4th Edition, Addison-Wesley
OUTLINE OF TOPICS
CHAPTER 1 THE NATURE OF STATISTICS
1.1 Two Kinds of Statistics
1.2 Classifying Statistical Studies
1.5 Is a Study Necessary?
1.6 Simple Random Sampling
1.7 Experimental Design
CHAPTER 2 ORGANIZING DATA
2.1 Variables and Data
2.3 Graphs and Charts
2.4 Stem-and-Leaf Diagrams
2.5 Distribution Shapes
CHAPTER 3 DESCRIPTIVE MEASURES
3.1 Measures of Center
3.2 The Sample Mean
3.3 Measures of Variation: Standard Deviation
3.4 Five Number Summary: Boxplots
CHAPTER 4 REGRESSION AND CORRELATION
4.1 Linear Equations
4.2 The Regression Equation
4.3 Linear Correlation
12.3 Contingency Tables: Association
CHAPTER 5 PROBABILITY AND RANDOM VARIABLES
5.1 Probability Basics
5.2 Events
5.3 Some Rules of Probability
CHAPTER 6 THE NORMAL DISTRIBUTION
6.1 Introducing Normally Distributed Variables
6.2 Areas Under the Standard Normal Curve
6.3 Working With Normally Distributed Variables
CHAPTER 7 THE SAMPLING DISTRIBUTION OF THE MEAN
7.1 Sampling Error
7.2 The Mean and Standard Deviation of x bar
7.3 The Sampling Distribution of the Mean
CHAPTER 8 CONFIDENCE INTERVALS FOR ONE POPULATION MEAN
8.1 Estimating a Population Mean
8.2 Confidence Intervals for One Population Mean When ? is Known
8.3 Margin of Error
CHAPTER 11 INFERENCE FOR POPULATION PROPORTIONS
11.1 Confidence Intervals for One Population Proportion