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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 o Last day of add and drop: March 24, 2011 o Midterm Exam Week : March 26 - April 06, 2011 o Last day of course withdrawal: April 22, 2011 o Last day of classes: May 18, 2011 o 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. 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). 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 Additional Remarks Office hours: Wednesday, 9.30 – 10.20 Attendance: Attendance is compulsory. Any student who has poor attendance without a valid excuse will receive grade NG. Make – up examinations: All make – up examinations will be given at the end of the semester, after the final examinations period.