Introduction to Statistics
Spring 2008
Wednesdays 2:10 ~ 5:00 PM
Instructor: Dr. Berlin Chen (陳柏琳)Tentative List of Topics:
| 2/27 | Course Overview & Introduction | ||
| 3/05 | Sampling and Descriptive Statistics | ||
| 3/12 | Quick Review of Probability |
HW-01:
(Chapter 1) Supplementary Exercises 6, 8, 18 (Due: 03/19) |
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| 3/19 | Propagation of Error | ||
| 3/26 | Probability Distributions and Parameter Estimation |
HW-02:
(Chapter 2) Exercises (Section 2.5) 4; Exercises (Section 2.6) 4, 8 (Due: 04/09) |
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| 4/02 | Spring Break | HW-03: (Chapter 3) Supplementary Exercises 8, 14, 16 (Due: 04/09) | |
| 4/09 | Simulation | ||
| 4/16 | Break (Speech Workshop) | ||
| 4/23 | Confidence Intervals | ||
| 4/30 | Confidence Intervals | HW-04: (Chapter 4) Supplementary Exercises 8, 12, 20 (Due: 05/07) | |
| 5/07 | Midterm | Scope: Chapters 1-4 | |
| 5/14 | Hypothesis Testing |
HW-05:
(Chapter 6) Exercises (Section 6.2) 18;
Exercises (Section 6.8) 4; (Due: 05/28) |
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| 5/21 | Hypothesis Testing | ||
| 5/28 | Data Analysis and Dimension Reduction* | HW-06: Data Analysis and Dimension Reduction (MaleData , FemaleData) (Due: 06/11) | |
| 6/04 | Correlation and Simple Linear Regression | ||
| 6/11 |
Multiple
Regression Data Cleansing and Preparation (Tentative) |
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| 6/18 | Final (open notes) | Scope: Chapters 5-8 |
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 |