MATH 2260 - Probability and Statistics I
Text: Modern Elementary Statistics by Freund and Perles, 12'th edition
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Suggested Topics and Problems from the Text:
Class Sections Topics and Problems
1. 3.1--3.6 Mean, Median, and Mode.
3.1--3.11(odd), 3.25--3.33(odd),
3.38, 3.39.
2. 4.1, 4.2 Range, Variance, and Standard Deviation.
4.1--4.4, 4.8--4.12
3,4 4.3 Chebyshev's Theorem, and z-score.
4.18--4.22, 4.24--4.28
5. 5.1 Multiplication Rule for Counting.
5.4--5.8, 5.11
6. 5.2 Permutations.
5.12--5.24
7. 5.3 Combinations.
5.25--5.40
8. Review for Test 1.
9. Test 1.
10. 5.4, 6.1 Sample Spaces, Events, and Classical
Probability Concept.
5.43--5.59(odd),6.1--6.5,6.10--6.18
11. 6.2 The Postulates of Probability.
6.21--6.29
12. 6.4 Addition Rule.
6.40--6.49
13,14 6.5, 6.6 Multiplication Rule for Probability and
Conditional Probability.
6.53--6.65
15. 6.7 Bayes' Theorem.
6.70--6.75.
16. 8.1, 8.2 Random Variables and Probability
Distributions.
8.1--8.4
17. 8.3 Binomial Distributions.
8.5--8.16
18. 8.4 Hypergeometric Distributions.
8.18--8.22
19. 8.7, 7.1 Mean, Variance, and Expectation.
8.40--8.43, 7.1--7.8
20. 8.8 The Standard Deviation of a Probability
Distribution.
8.44--8.49
21. Review for Test 2.
22. Test 2.
23. 9.1 Continuous Distributions.
9.1--9.5
24. 9.2 The Normal Distribution.
9.6--9.20
25. 9.4 Applications of the Normal Distribution.
9.25--9.37
26. 9.5 The Normal Approximation to the Binomial
Distribution.
9.39--9.48
27. 10.1, 10.6 Random Sampling, Sampling Distribution.
10.1--10.4,
10.30, 10.31
28. 10.7 The Standard Error of the Mean.
10.35--10.37
29,30 10.8 The Central Limit Theorem.
10.40--10.43
31. Review for Test 3.
32. Test 3.
33,34 11.1 Confidence Interval(large samples).
11.1--11.11
35. 11.2 Confidence Interval ( n < 30 ).
11.17--11.27
36,37 12.2 Tests of Hypotheses
12.1--12.5
(Type II error is optional)
38,39 12.3 Tests Concerning Means.
12.21--12.25
40. 12.4 Tests Concerning Means(small samples).
12.27--12.34
41, 11.4 Confidence Interval for Proportions.
11.37--11.48, 11.50, 11.51
42. 14.2 Tests Concerning Proportions.
14.1--14.8
43. Review for Test 4.
44. Test 4.
45. Review for the Final Exam.
Time permitting, some instructor(s) may cover Chi-square Test for Goodness of Fit, and other additional topics from the textbook.