Introduction to Statistics

Spring 2010
Mondays, 2:10 ~ 5:00 PM
Instructor:
Prof. Berlin Chen (陳柏琳 教授)

Tentative List of Topics:

02/22

 

Course Overview & Introduction

 

03/01

 

Sampling and Descriptive Statistics

 

03/08

 

Quick Review of Probability

HW-01: (Chapter 1) Supplementary Exercises 8, 14, 16 (Due: 03/22)

03/15

 

Break (IEEE ICASSP 2010, Dallas, Texas, USA)

 

03/22

 

Propagation of Error  
03/29   Commonly Used Distributions and Parameter Estimation HW-02: (Chapter 2) Supplementary Exercises 10, 20 (Due: 04/12)
HW-0
3: (Chapter 3) Supplementary Exercises 6, 16 (Due: 04/12)
04/05   Break  
04/12   Commonly Used Distributions and Parameter Estimation  
04/19   Simulation HW-04: (Chapter 4) Supplementary Exercises 6, 10, 18, 22 (Due: 05/3)
04/26   Midterm Scope: Chapters 1-4
05/03   Confidence Intervals Notice of Possible Failure to Pass
05/10   Discussion of Homework and Quiz 1  
05/17   Confidence Intervals HW-05: (Chapter 5) Supplementary Exercises 8, 12, 16*, 18 (Due: 05/31)
              *You should show the details when answering Exercise 16.
05/24   Hypothesis Testing  
05/31   Hypothesis Testing & Quiz 2  
06/07   Correlation and Simple Linear Regression  
06/14   Correlation and Simple Linear Regression
Multiple Regression
 
06/14   Final Scope: Chapters 5-7

 

Textbook:
     1.   William C. Navidi, “Statistics for Engineers and Scientists,” McGraw-Hill (2 edition, 2007)

References:

1 Prem S. Mann, "Introductory Statistics," Wesley, (6 edition, 2007)
2 Ethem Alpaydin, Introduction to Machine Learning, MIT Press, 2004