Fall  2007  STA 6166  Tentative Course Schedule   (Section of Moore/McCabe given after topic)

Week 1

8/27 Introduction (1.1), Stemplots, Measures of Central Tendency  (1.2) HW 1,3,5,7,13,15,17,19,21,23

8/29 Stemplots (1.2)

Week 2 

9/ 3 HOLIDAY (no class)

9/ 5 Introduction to SPSS for Windows   How to use SPSS for Windows      Homework 1  (Due 9/24)

Week 3

9/10 Measures of Variation(1.2) HW ,43, 45, 47, 49, 55, 57, 59

9/12 Boxplots (1.2)

Week 4 

9/17 Normal Distribution (1.3) HW 83, 85, 87, 89, 92, 93, 95, 97, 99, 103, 105, 107, 111, 113, 115

9/19 Producing Data (3.1 - 3.2) HW 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13

Week 5 

9/24   Producing Data (3.3 - 3.4) HW 37, 39, 41, 43, 63, 65, 67  (Homework 1 Due)    Two Sample Exams

9/26  Review   Formulas Exam1

Week 6 

10/ 1 EXAM 1 (Chapter 1)

10/ 3  Light Intro to Probability (4.1-4.2) HW 1,5,11,13,15,17, try 27  Homework 2 (Due 10/29)

Week 7 

10/ 8 Random Variables (4.3) HW 41, 45, 57

10/10 Conditional Probability (4.5) + SPSS HW 87, 97, 99, 101, 103  Crosstabulations in SPSS

Week 8

10/15 Central Limit Theorem (5.2) HW 29, 31, 35, 37, 43

10/17  Confidence Intervals (6.1) HW 1, 3, 5, 7, 13, 17, 25, 31    Confidence Intervals in SPSS

Week 9 

10/22  Intro to Testing (6.2 - 6.3) HW 33, 35, 37, 39, 41, 43, 45, 47, 49, 51, 55, 73, 75, 77  Hypothesis Testing Steps

10/24 Uses and Abuses of Tests (6.3)    Sample Exam 2    Formulas Exam 2

Week 10

10/29  Inferences for One Mean, small sample (7.1) HW 7, 9, 11, 13, 17, 21, 23, 29  (Homework 2 Due) 

10/31 Review

***************** 11/ 2  LAST DAY to DROP with a DR or WI *********************

Week 11

11/ 5  EXAM 2 (Chapters 3-5, 6.1)

11/ 7  Matched Pairs t-test (7.1) HW 31, 33, 35, 37, 39, 41  Homework 3   (Due 12/ 3)

Week 12

11/12  Veteran's Day (No class)

11/14   Independent Means t-test (7.2) HW (use pooled s for all problems) 53, 55, 57, 59, 61, 63, 65, 67, 85, 87

Week 13 

11/19   Independent Samples t-test in SPSS

11/21  No class

Week 14 

11/26   Inference for 1 Proportion (8.1) HW (no +4) 1, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 15, 17

11/28  Comparing 2 Proportions (8.2, 9.1) HW (no +4) 31, 33, 35, 37, 49, 51, 53

Week 15

12/ 3  Two proportions with SPSS  (Homework 3 Due)   Formulas Exam 3   Sample Exam 3    Sample Exam 3 SPSS  output 
Sample  Exam 3 SPSS charts    Sample Exam 3 answers

12/ 5 Review

Week 16 12/10 Monday 5-7:45 PM   EXAM 3 (Chapters 6-8)    http://www.fiu.edu/~register/finalexams.htm