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Eastern Mediterranean University
Faculty of Arts and Sciences
DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS
Course Code
Math324
Academic
Year
2010 – 2011
Course
Title
Academic
Term
Statistics
Course
Credit
Spring
e – mail, web
Instructor
Asst. Prof. Dr. Yücel
TANDOĞDU
[email protected]
http://brahms.emu.edu.tr/t
andogdu
(3,1,0) 3
Office
AS356
Tel.
1004
Lab.
Instructor
Assistant
Catalog
Description
Course
Outline
Descriptive statistics, frequency distributions, histograms, ogives. Measures of
general tendencies; mean, median, mode, standard deviation. Elementary
sampling theory; small samples, chi-square distributions, t-distribution,
degree of freedom, confidence intervals, chi-square test, analysis of tables.
Estimation of parameters; point and interval estimations. Curve fitting;
method of least squares, linear regression, correlation, approximating curves.
 Chapter 1: Descriptive Statistics
(6 hours)
Raw data, arrays, population, sample, frequency distributions, class
intervals, class boundaries, class mark, histograms, frequency
polygon, ogives, bar charts, pie charts.
 Chapter 2: Measures of General Tendencies
(8 hours)
Arithmetic mean, weighted arithmetic mean, median, mode,
geometric mean, standard deviation. Coefficient of variation.
Arithmetic mean, geometric mean, median, mode and standard
deviation computed from a grouped data. Quartiles, deciles and
percentiles. Evaluation of test results and test questions.
 Chapter 3: Elementary Sampling Theory
(8 hours)
Normal distribution, Standard normal distribution, Applications of
the normal distribution, Normal approximation to binomial
distribution. Sampling theory. Random samples, sampling with and
without replacement. Sampling distributions. Small samples, chi –
square distribution, confidence intervals, degrees of freedom, t –
distribution, F – distribution.
 Chapter 4: Statistical Estimation Theory
(6 hours)
Estimation of parameters; point estimation, interval estimation.
Probable error. Paired observations. Two samples estimation
problems.
 Chapter 5: The Chi – Square Test
(8 hours)
Observed and theoretical frequencies, computed chi – square,
significance test, analysis of tables, goodness of fit, contingency
tables, coefficient of contingency.
 Chapter 6: Curve Fitting
(6 hours)
Curve fitting, method of least – squares, least – square (approximating) line, standard error of estimate, confidence intervals for
regression coefficients, correlation. Nonlinear equations reducible to
linear form.
Important
dates
Textbook
Recommended Reading
Grading
Criteria
Academic
Honesty
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Last day of add and drop: March 24, 2011
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Midterm Exam Week : March 26 - April 06, 2011
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Last day of course withdrawal: April 22, 2011
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Last day of classes: May 18, 2011
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Final Exams Period: May 23 – June 07, 2011
Probability & Statistics For Engineers and Scientists, 6th Ed.
R. E. Walpole, R. H. Myers, S. L. Myers
Prentice Hall, 1998.
 Basic Statistics for Business & Economics
Douglas A. Lind, William G. Marchal, Samuel A. Wathen
Mc-Graw Hill, 4th Edition, 2003.
 Statistics
Schaum's Outline Series
Mc-Graw Hill, 1974.
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Quiz 1 : 10%
Midterm Exam : 25%
Quiz 2 : 10%
Quiz 3 : 10%
Lab. Quiz :
Participation : 05%
Final Exam : 40%
Individual accountability for all individual work, written or oral. Copying from
others or providing answers or information, written or oral, to others is
cheating. Providing proper acknowledgment of original author. Copying from
another student’s paper or from another text without written
acknowledgement is plagiarism. According to University’s bylaws cheating
and plagiarism are serious offences resulting in a failure from exam or
project and disciplinary action (which includes an official warning may appear
in student’s transcript or/and suspension from University for up to one
semester).
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Course time table:
Lecture hours: Tuesday, 10.30 – 12.20, CL 111
Friday, 11.30 – 12.20, CL201
Tutorial hour: Friday, 10.30 – 11.20, CL201
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Additional
Remarks
Office hours:
Wednesday, 9.30 – 10.20
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Attendance:
Attendance is compulsory. Any student who has poor attendance
without a valid excuse will receive grade NG.
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Make – up examinations:
All make – up examinations will be given at the end of the semester,
after the final examinations period.