Summer1 2005 Course Syllabus
Course: C067.012.
Course Title: Elements of Statistics.
Time: 12:55-2:25 MTWR.
Place: Curtise Hall 302.
Instructor: Soong, Chi-Shang.
Instructor Office: 446 Wachman Hall.
Instructor Email: chi-shang.soong@temple.edu
Instructor Phone: 215-787-1653.
Office Hours: 2:25-3:00 MTWR.
Prerequisites: C055 College Math.
Textbook: Introduction to Probability and Statistics by Lipschutz and Schiller McGraw-Hill.
Course Goals: To equip students with quantitative thinking and some statistical techniques to deal with modern world.
Topics Covered: Elementary probability calculations,random variables and expectations, Bernoulli trials and binomial distributions, normal probability and its applications, central limit theorem and the law of large numbers, normal approximation to binomial probability, measure of central tendency and variability,sampling distributions ( t and chi-square ), confidence intervals for the the population mean and variance, confidence intervals for population proportions, test of hypothesis of the mean and the difference of the means,test of hypothesis of the population proportion and the difference of the proportions, contingency table and the chi-square test, least square linear regression.
Course Grading: A:90 and above B:80-89 C:70-79 C- 60-69 D:50-59 F: below 50.
Exam Dates: Weekly test on Wed ( 50% of the grade) Final on June 28 2005 ( 50% of the grade) Final review and the sample problems will be be given before the final.
Attendance Policy: Attendance is mandatory.
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