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SYLLABUS GB 210 Spring 2010 Note: This class will introduce participants to the remote symposium software Centra, to be used for office hours, replaying (if needed) of classes (which are recorded by the software) and emergencies such as illnesses and storms. Details will be provided at the first class meeting. Please note also that each session listed below consists of two class meetings. Excel and SPSS will be used interactively in class so participants should bring their laptop to class. Professor: Dominique Haughton Office: 380 Morison Hall; phone 781-891-2822 e-mail: [email protected] Classes: Mondays, Wednesdays Lindsay 26A 3:35 – 4:50 Office Hours: On Centra, schedule to be determined Text: Doane and Seward, Essential Statistics in Business & Economics, McGraw-Hill/ Irwin, to be discussed at first meeting Statistics, http://hawkeslearning.com/ (instructions in class) Software: Bentley has a site license to SPSS which allows you to install your software on your own computer. Instructions in class on how to install. Description: This is a first course in statistics primarily for business majors. The course provides an introduction in the fundamental principles and methods of classical statistics and probability. Topics include data analysis, probability models and random variables, statistical estimation including confidence intervals and tests of hypothesis. The use of Excel for analyzing qualitative and quantitative data sets will be integrated throughout the course material, and participants will become proficient in the statistical package SPSS. Assessment: The student’s grade will be determined on the basis of Hawkes Statistics certificates (30%), Homework assignments (15%), Class participation (30%) and a Final Exam (20%), Centra proficiency (5%). Honor Code: The honor code adopted by students at Bentley states that students are responsible for their own conduct and that of their peers. Cheating is neither done nor tolerated. For homeworks, sharing ideas with others in and out class is expected. Direct copying of the work of others in or out of class, copying from other student’s papers or from any source during an examination is cheating. For more information Student Handbook: http://ecampus.bentley.edu/shandbook/Integrity/Student_Responsibilities_and_Rig hts.cfm Schedule Session 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Topic Introduction, populations, samples, sampling, graphical descriptive data analysis Numerical descriptive data analysis Probability concepts, conditional probability Discrete distributions, Binomial distribution Continuous distributions, normal distribution Normal distributions, continued Sampling distributions Confidence intervals Confidence intervals Hypothesis testing Hypothesis testing Regression analysis Regression analysis Regression analysis Final exam Chapter/Section Chapters 1-3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 8 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 9 Chapter 12 Chapter 12,13 Chapter 13