MA207 Spring 2008 Syllabus

Topic NumberMajor TopicText SectionSubtopics
1 Histograms 3.1-3.4Definition
 Drawing Histograms with Spreadsheets
 Drawing Histograms with Minitab
 Monte Carlo Experiments with Spreadsheets
 Monte Carlo Experiments with Minitab
 Handling Unequal Bin Sizes
 The Bell Curve or Normal Histogram
 Histograms for Other Distributions
2 Descriptive Statistics 3.2-3.3The Average
3.4-3.7The Standard Deviation
 The Median
 The Interquartile Range
 Descriptive Statistics with Spreadsheets
 Descriptive Statistics with Minitab
3 The Bell Curve or Normal Distribution 4.1-4.3The Normal Approximation for Data
4.4-4.5Percentiles
18.3-18.4The Normal Approximation for Probability Histograms
 Finding Percentiles with Spreadsheets
 The Sample Mean Bell Curve
18.5The Bell Curve Approximation for Proportions
4 Correlation 8.1 The Scatter Diagram
8.2-8.4, 9.1-9.5The Correlation Coefficient
 Calculating Correlations with Spreadsheets
5.4Calculating Correlations with Minitab
5 Regression 10.1-10.6 The Regression Line
11.1-12.4Error Measurement in Regression
 Computing Slope and Intercept with Spreadsheets
 Regression with Minitab
 More Complicated Models
6 Confidence Intervals 21.1-21.5 Confidence Intervals for Percentages
23.1-23.4Confidence Intervals for Averages or Means
 Computing Confidence Intervals with Spreadsheets
 Comparing Two Proportions
7 Tests of Significance 26.1-26.5 Test Statistics and Significance Levels
26.6The t-Test
27.1-27.2Comparing Two Sample Averages
 Comparing Two Proportions
 Tests of Significance with Spreadsheets
 Tests of Significance with Minitab
7 Tests of Independence 28.1-28.5 Chi-Square Tests
 Computing Chi-Square Tests with Spreadsheets
27.1-27.2Chi-Square Tests with Minitab