MATH 119 -
ELEMENTARY STATISTICS
(FALL 2023)
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Syllabus (Fall 2023):
Homework Assignments
HW #1: Homework
for Lessons 1-10 or Landscape
version
HW #2: Homework
for Lessons 11-18 or Landscape
version
HW #3: Homework
for Lessons 19-23 or Landscape
version
HW #4: Homework
for Lessons 24-31 or Landscape
version
HW #5: Homework
for Lessons 32-43 or Landscape
version
Class Notes
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Notes for HW 1
(tentatively Lessons 1-10; this may change!):
For
fun: Polls! (last major
revision: Spring 2009)
Notes for HW 2:
(tentatively Lessons 11-18; this may change!):
Lessons
11-14 or Landscape
version
Lessons
15-18 or Landscape
version
Notes for HW 3:
(tentatively Lessons 19-23; this may change!):
Lessons
19-20 or Landscape
version
Lessons
21-23 or Landscape
version
Notes for HW 4:
(tentatively Lessons 24-31; this may change!):
Lessons
24-26 or Landscape
version
Lessons 27
or Landscape
version
Lessons
28-31 or Landscape
version
Notes for HW 5:
(tentatively Lessons 32-43; this may change!):
Lesson 32 or
Landscape
version
Lessons
33-34 or Landscape
version
Lessons
35-38 or Landscape
version
Lesson 39 or
Landscape
version (Lesson 39 is optional; it will neither be on HW nor the Final)
Lessons
40-42 or Landscape
version
Lesson 43 or
Landscape
version
More
on ANOVA (not on HW or exams but look at this sometime!): ANOVA
Formula Sheets
Formula
Sheet for Quiz 1 (HW 1)
Formula
Sheet for Quiz 2 (HW 2)
Formula
Sheet for Quiz 3 (HW 3)
Formula
Sheet for Quiz 4 (HW 4)
Formula
Sheet for Final (HW 5)
EXCEL TEMPLATES!
0b:
Measures of Center (PresidentsՠAges)
2:
Random Numbers from Uniform Distributions
3: Random
Numbers from Normal Distributions
4:
Probabilities and Percentiles for Normal Distributions
5:
Probabilities for Binomial Distributions
7:
95% Confidence Interval for a Population Mean (z Distribution) (Lesson 28)
8:
99% Confidence Interval for a Population Mean (z Distribution) (Lesson 28)
9:
Confidence Intervals for a Population Mean (t Distributions) (Lesson 29)
10:
Confidence Intervals for p, a Population Probability or Proportion (z
Distribution) (Lesson 30)
11:
Confidence Intervals for a Population Variance or SD (Chi-Square Distributions)
(Lesson 31)
12:
Binomial Probabilities for Lesson 32 (Lesson 32: Hypothesis Testing;
P-Values; Coins)
13:
Chi-Square Test for Goodness-of-Fit (Lesson 40)
14:
Chi-Square Test for Independence (Lesson 41)
15:
Correlation and Regression (Lesson 43)
16:
Summary of Critical Values and P-Values (GREAT SUMMARY!)
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STATISTICS HANDOUTS
Law of Large
Numbers (LLN)
Central Limit Theorem
(CLT)
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and Microsoft Word with MathType .)
TUTORIALS and STATISTICAL CALCULATORS
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STATISTICAL TABLES:
http://www.hawkeslearning.com/documents/statdatasets/stat_tables.pdf
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from Hawkes learning)
https://home.ubalt.edu/ntsbarsh/business-stat/StatistialTables.pdf
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Old Exams and Solutions (Spring 2023)
Quiz 1 Solutions (1 hour and 20
minutes)
Lessons
1-10
Quiz 2 Solutions (1 hour and 20
minutes)
Lessons
11-18
Quiz 3 Solutions (1 hour and 20
minutes)
Lessons
19-23
Quiz 4 Solutions (1 hour and 20
minutes)
Lessons
24-31
• Last term, this Quiz included Lesson 32, which should be on the
Final.
• Problems 9e and 12 would be more appropriate for the Final.
Final Solutions (1 hour
and 20 minutes)
Lessons
32-43
• Last term, Lesson 32 was covered on Quiz 4.
• Problems 9e and 12 from Quiz 4 would be more appropriate for the
Final.
Current Exams and Solutions (Fall 2023)
Quiz 1 Solutions (1 hour and 20
minutes); posted by Tues., 9/26/23
Lessons
1-10
Quiz 2 Solutions (1 hour and 20
minutes)
Lessons
11-18
Quiz 3 Solutions (1 hour and 20
minutes)
Lessons
19-23
Exams
and solutions will be posted around the time they are graded.
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