Mathematics 111-15--Probability and Statistics I
Summer 2002
Instructor: John Liukkonen
Office: 405 Gibson Hall
Telephone: 862-3440
E-mail: jrl@math.tulane.edu
Students are encouraged to contact me, and
e-mail is the most effective way of doing this.
Course Description
This course will go through basic probability and statistics, and
provide an introduction to the use of Microsoft Excel.
There will be four lectures each week
(MTWR 11AM in Room 310 Gibson Hall) and two lab sessions (MW1:30PM in Room 325 Gibson Hall).
Each Thursday there will be a test; there will
be frequent quizzes in lab.
The course will begin with the graphical and numerical presentation of data, move
rapidly through the basics of probability and the distributions of sample statistics,
and go into confidence intervals and tests on parameters of one and two populations.
Prerequisites
Course Materials
Textbook:
- McClave, Sincich, Statistics (provided for you)
Calculator:
- We will provide a TI-83 calculator for this class.
Course components:
Final Exam (30% of your grade)
In class test total--50% of your grade)
Lab quizzes and homework (20%)--this component will be taken seriously.
Grading policy:
Your semester average will determine your grade as follows: 90% up A, 80-89% B,
60-69% C, 50-59% D. If I am convinced you know the material better than your average indicates (e.g., with
a strong performance on the final), I will increase your grade accordingly.
Makeup policy:
There will be no makeup tests or quizzes given. In the event of an excused absence
from a test, your semester grade will be based on your remaining work. In the event of an unexcused
absence from a test, you will receive a grade of 0 for that test. For quizzes, your average will be
computed from the top 75% of your quiz grades, so no makeup quizzes need be given.
Final Exam: FRIDAY AUGUST 9
Tests: Every Thursday in class. Since Thursday July 4 is a holiday, we will
have an abbreviated test on Wednesday July 3.
Homework:
The homework will come from the McClave Sincich text
problems listed below. You are encouraged to use MS Excel on as many
of the numerical problems as possible. Problems marked with an H should be
written up and handed in during lab. Problems marked with an E
should be carried out with MS Excel in lab. Other problems
are for practice and you should know how to do them.
List of homework problems
- Chapter 1: 13, 15H, 23H
- Chapter 2: 22H, 23, 33, 42H, 44E, 50H, 58H, 64E, 66, 67, 74, 77H, 108H
- Chapter 3: 5, 6H, 11, 19H, 23H, 25, 33H, 34, 39, 43H, 44, 45H, 50H, 51
63H, 65H, 66, 68, 73H, 77H, 84, 88, 89H
- Chapter 4: 5H, 7, 12H, 17, 23, 24H, 26H, 29, 33, 35, 37H, 39H, 48H, 74H, 82, 87
- Chapter 5: 16H, 19, 20H, 24H, 25, 28H, 32H, 38, 45H, 56H
- Chapter 6: 15H, 19H, 20H, 21H, 22H, 24H, 28
- Chapter 7: 4H, 6H, 10, 14, 15H, 27H, 28H, 30H, 42H, 43, 50H, 54H, 58, 59H, 63
- Chapter 8: 1, 2, 3, 4, 11H, 12H, 13H, 21H, 22, 24H, 26H, 30, 33H, 34H, 44H, 49H,
53, 56H, 64H, 65H, 67H, 76H, 77, 78
- Chapter 9: 1H, 2H, 3, 5, 8, 10H, 11, 12, 13H, 27, 28H, 29H, 35, 50, 51H, 52H