Math 170, Spring 2008

Course Schedule

Chapter and section numbers are from Introductory Statistics by Neil Weiss
The week of Test, quiz or other event Topics and section and chapter numbers
May 5    Chapter 1, sections 1 and 2 - The nature of statistics

Chapter 2, sectioins 1 through 4 - Organizing data

May 12  Quiz 1 is Thursday, May 15  Chapter 3, sections 1 through 4 - Descriptive Measures
May 19  Quiz 2 is Thursday, May 22 Handouts - Scatter plots, correlation and linear regression

Chapter 5, Sections 1 and 2 - Discrete random variables

May 26  Monday, May 26 is Memorial Day - No Class

The Midterm Exam is Thursday, May 29

 Chapter 6, Sections 1 through 4 - The normal distribution
June 2   Chapter 7, Sections 1 through 3 - Sampling distribution of the Sample mean

Chapter 8, Sections 1 through 4 - Confidence intervals for one population mean

June 9  Quiz 3 is Thursday, June 12  Chapter 9, Sections 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6 - Hypothesis testing for one population mean
June 16  Quiz 4 is Thursday, June 19  Chapter 10, Sections 1 through 3 - Hypothesis testing for two population means
June 23  The Final Exam is Tuesday, June 24