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Columbus State Community College

Elementary Statistics, Stat 1350

 

Course Description (from the University): STAT 1350 is designed to acquaint students with statistical methods used in gathering and analyzing data. The course includes survey methods, graphical displays of data, descriptive statistics, the Normal distribution, correlation and linear regression, basic concepts in probability and simulation, sampling distributions and the Central Limit Theorem, confidence intervals, and significance testing.

Lecture: 3 hours Prerequisite: MATH 1030 or MATH 1050, or Math 1025 minimum grade of “C”

 

Web Syllabus -- in Word format
Blended Syllabus

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Discussion Board Guidelines

Important Dates
Exam I -- June 11th review/review key/more review/key
Exam II/Midterm -- June 28th review/review key/more review
Exam III--  July 18th  review/review key/more review/key
Final Exam -- Tuesday, August 4th review
 

see the syllabus for a more detailed calendar
 

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Announcements:

Math Adjunct Office # DH 448
My CSCC voicemail # 287-3848
My CSCC email: bmccall2@cscc.edu
Office Hours: MW 4:30-5 & 8-8:30 p.m., TR 7:30-9 p.m. additional hours by appointment
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Notes & Video Links

Chapter 10 & 11 notes
Chapter 12 notes
Chapter 13 notes
Chapter 14 & 15 notes
Chapter 17 & 18 notes
Chapter 21 notes
Against All Odds: Inside Statistics
Statistical Reasoning
Probability and Statistics
Statistics 2
Statistical Reasoning II

Discussion Questions:
Video Links for DQs
Week of
5/25
6/1
Test Week 6/8
6/15
Test Week 6/22
6/29
7/6
Test Week 7/13
7/20
Final 7/27

 

 

 

Problem Sets

Problem Set #1
Problem Set #2
Problem Set #3
Problem Set #4
Problem Set #5
Problem Set #6
Problem Set #7
Problem Set #8

Homework List

Labs

Lab #1
Lab #2
Lab #3
Lab #4
Lab #5
Lab #6
Lab #7
Lab #8
Lab #9
Lab #10
Lab #11
Lab #12
Lab #13
Lab #14
Lab #15
Lab #16
Lab #17
Lab #18
Lab #19
Lab #20

Samples Activity -- key
Normal Distribution Activity -- key
Permutations and Combinations Activity -- key
Probability Activity -- key
Expected Values Activity -- key
Hypothesis Tests Activity -- key
Problem Solving Activity -- key
Linear Regression Problems -- key
Confidence Intervals I -- key
Confidence Intervals II -- key
Confidence Intervals on Means -- key
Counting Sample Spaces with Trees -- key
Design Your Own Experiment
Empirical Rule -- key
Experiment/Study Diagrams -- key
Hypothesis Tests II -- key
Legal Analogy
Statistical Graphs  -- key

Calculator Guides:

TI 84 Entering Data
TI 84 Box and Whisker Plots
TI 84 Frequency Histograms
TI 84 Descriptive Statistics
TI 84 Descriptive Statistics Grouped Data
TI 84 Discrete Probability Distribution
TI 84 Discrete Probability Distribution (With Graph)
TI 84 Normal Distribution
TI 84 Determine x or z
TI 84 Confidence Intervals
TI 84 Hypothesis Testing
TI-84 Expected Values
TI-84 Correlation & Regression

 

Answer Keys



DQ Keys:
Chapters 1-3
Chapters 4-6
Chapters 7-9
Chapters 10-11
Chapters 12-13
Chapters 14-15
Chapters 17-18
Chapters 19-20
Chapter 21
Chapters 22-23

 

Links!

PDF Graph Paper
Bad Graphs (Convention Speeches)
Visualizing Data Badly: 8 Examples
Correlation is not Causation: orginal article / handout
Presidents by State
How much people lie on surveys
On the Hazards of Significance Testing
Exploring Correlation and Regression
Central Limit Theorem: with Bunnies and Dragons
How Many Ways Can You Arrange a Deck of Cards?
Free Online Math Courses
Medical Testing and Vitamin C
How to Tell if Correlation Implies Causation

Summer 2014
Fall 2014
Spring 2015

 

 
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Last updated: 2013 January 12th