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