AK Math2560 (Section E)

                                Elementary statistics I

Announcement^hot

• Dec. 22:  the exam marks and the unofficial grade have been posted. Note: the 1st column is the last five digits of your student no.

• Dec. 3:  I have posted all the grades for 4 assignments and the test. Please check yours.

• Nov. 23: I have posted the questions for 2002 Fall exam (below). I will discuss it in our last class (next Tuesday night). No solution will be posted.

• Nov. 22: suggested questions for 11th lecture: Ex5.32, Ex5.40, Ex5.45, Ex5.61 and the brief answer.

• Nov. 13: suggested questions for last lesson: Ex5.1, Ex5.9, Ex5.11, Ex5.20 and the brief answer.

• Nov. 6: Assignment 4 is posted. The suggested questions for last two lectures are: Ex4.14, Ex4.47, Ex4.53, Ex4.83 and the brief answer.

• Nov. 1: the questions and solution and grade for the test are posted.

• The brief answer for the suggested questions of lecture_2 is posted.

• Oct. 13: the brief answer for suggested questions of lecture_5 is posted.

• Oct. 10: The suggested questions for practicing for 5th lecture are:  Ex 2.20 , Ex 2.119 , Ex 2.120, Ex 2.121.

• Questions for practicing:  Ex1.14, Ex1.28, Ex1.31, Ex1.53

General course information

• Instructor:     Qing Shao (email: qshao@mathstat.yorku.ca)

• Office:            N531, Ross building (Tel: 416-736-2100 ext. 66096)

• Office Hour:  Tuesdays, 1:00pm-2:30pm or by appointment

• Lectures:       Tuesdays, 7:00pm-10:00pm at CLH-E

• Grading:        

  • Assignments:   5%    

  • Midterm test:  35%    

  • Final exam:     60%

• Text:              Introduction to the Practice of Statistics(4th Edition) by   D.S. Moore & G.P. McCabe

Detailed course outline

• Course detailed outline

• Assignments dates and regulations

• Test date and regulations

• Final exam: Thursday, December 12, 19:00 - 22:00, Tait McKenzie Student Field House (Both Sides)

Previous years' exam

• Fall 2001 exam

Examples and part of notes

• Lecture 1,  Lecture 2,  Lecture 3

• Lecture 4,  Lecture 5,  Lecture 6

• Lecture 7,  Lecture 8,  Lecture 9

• Lecture10, Lecture11, Lecture12

Assignments and solutions

• Assignment 1:  questions, solution

• Assignment 2:  questions, solution

• Assignment 3:  questions, solution

• Assignment 4:  questions, solution

Test

• White Paper:  solution

• Green Paper:  solution

Grade

• Final exam mark and unofficial grade 

• Postings of grades: information,  grades, summary statistics

Statistics help center

• The Statistics Tutorial Lab Stats Lab is located in Ross, S 525

• There are Stats tutors in the Lab from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. every Monday to Friday (schedule may vary).

• Yin Liu is the tutor for this course. She will provide tutoring on Saturdays, 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. in CLH-J.

Computer work

• Software:    Minitab (recommended) or SAS or Splus or SPSS or Excel

  • You can download a 30-day demo of MINITAB from Minitab.com

  • You can use the following two files to teach yourself Minitab:

    • the Mini-Guide

    • or a more complete guide, Minitab Guide

• Facilities:    Steacie Lab (you need to have a Phoenix account, if you don't,   go to Steacie Helpdesk).

• Calculator: You are required to have a scientific calculator for this course.

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