Here are some Practice Exercises for Test 3

Solutions to Assignment 3\\

Solutions to Quiz 8
Solutions to Quiz 7\\

4 MAY 2017 announcements:
Here are some Practice Exercises for Test 3 .
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Here is the Corrected Assignment 3 due Wednesday May 3rd at 8:30am. Corrections are highlighted in yellow.

Here is the Corrected Assignment 3 due Wednesday May 3rd at 8:30am. Corrections are highlighted in yellow.

1 MAY 2017 announcements:\\

Here is the Corrected Assignment 3 due Wednesday May 3rd at 8:30am. Corrections are highlighted in yellow.

1 May 2017 "announcements"

Here is the Corrected Assignment 3 due Wednesday May 3rd at 8:30am.

Here is Assignment 3 due Wednesday May 3rd at 8:30am. To date, you should be able to answer every question except #2, which you will learn how to do on Monday. \\

27 APRIL 2017 announcements:
Here is Assignment 2 due Wednesday May 3rd at 8:30am. To date, you should be able to answer every question except #2, which you will learn how to do on Monday. \\

Solutions to Test 2\\

Solutions to Assignment 2\\

Solutions to Quiz 6\\

Solutions to Assignment 2\\

[[(Attach:)401_stats_social_science_quiz6_solutions_W17.pdf| Solutions to Quiz 6]\\

30 MARCH 2017 (Lectures 9.1 & 9.2) announcements:
Test #2 is next Wednesday April 5th, it will cover all material from weeks 6 to 9 inclusively.
Material covered in class:

• Central Limit Theorem and the sampling distribution of sample means

Solutions to Quiz 5\\

• Quiz #6 will take place on March 29 (next week)

22 MARCH 2017 (Lecture 8.2) announcements:
Material covered in class:

• Normal approximation to the binomial distribution

20 MARCH 2017 (Lecture 8.1) announcements:
Material covered in class:

• Using the standard normal distribution table
• Assignment #2 posted below
• Quiz #6 postponed

Here is Assignment 2 due Wednesday March 29 at 8:30am. To date, you should be able to answer questions 1-4, the rest of the material will be covered after the break. \\

8 MARCH 2017 announcements:
Here is Assignment 2 due Wednesday March 29 at 8:30am. To date, you should be able to answer questions \\

8 March 2017 (Lectures 7.1 & 7.2) announcements:
Material covered in class:

• Normal distributions
• Density curves
• Binomial probability distribution

Solutions to Test 1\\

Solutions to Quiz 4\\

1 March 2017 (Lectures 6.1 & 6.2) announcements:
Material covered in class:

• Random variables
• Difference between a discrete and continuous probability distribution
• Expected value and standard deviation of discrete probability distributions
• Binomial probability distribution

Solutions to Assignment 1\\

Solutions to Assignment 1\\

• On Monday, due bad weather, we did not cover any new material, we went over the solutions of Quiz 3

• On Monday, due to the bad weather, we did not cover any new material, we went over the solutions of Quiz 3

15 FEBRUARY 2017 (Lectures 4.1 & 4.2) announcements:
Material covered in class:

• On Monday we went over the solutions of Quiz 3
• Independence of events and conditional probability
• Tree diagrams and conditional probability

Solutions to Quiz 3\\

8 FEBRUARY 2017 (Lecture 3.2) announcements:
Material covered in class:

• Computing conditional probabilities
• Independence of events and conditional probability
• Multiplication formula for probability

Here is Assignment 1 due Wednesday February 15 at 8:30am.\\

Here is Assignment 1 due Wednesday February 15 at 8:30am.\\

6 FEBRUARY 2017 announcements:
Here is Assignment 1 due Wednesday February 15 at 8:30am.

QUIZ 3 is this Wednesday! It will cover all class material related to probability covered to date (including today's lecture).\\

QUIZ 2 is this Wednesday! It will cover all material covered to date, excluding what was covered in today's class (intro to probability).\\

25 JANUARY 2017 (Lecture 1.2) announcements:\\

23 JANUARY 2017 (Lecture 1.1) announcements:\\

Solutions to today's Quiz 2 have been posted above in the "solutions" section.\\

6 FEBRUARY 2017 (Lecture 3.1) announcements:
QUIZ 3 is this Wednesday! It will cover all class material related to probability covered to date (including today's lecture).

Material covered in class:

• Independence of events
• Conditional probability

1 FEBRUARY 2017 (Lecture 2.2) announcements:

Material covered in class:

• Complement of an event
• General addition formula for probability

30 JANUARY 2017 (Lecture 2.1) announcements:\\

Solutions to Quiz 2\\

Solutions to Quiz 2

QUIZ 2 is this Wednesday! It will cover all material covered to date, excluding what was covered in today's class (intro to probability).\\

• Intro to elementary probability theory, definitions and examples of: sets, union of sets, intersection of sets, the empty set, disjoint sets, probability (classical and frequentist interpretations), sample spaces

30 JANUARY 2017 announcements:
QUIZ 2 is this Wednesday! It will cover all material covered to date, excluding what was covered in today's class (intro to probability).

Material covered in class:

• The r-score (continued)
• Intro to elementary probability theory
• Definitions: set, union, intersection, empty set, disjoint sets, probability (classical and frequentist interpretations), sample space

Solutions to today's quiz have been posted above in the "solutions" section. For those students who did not get full marks on question 1 (using the calculator to compute the mean and standard deviation), you can earn back up to half of the marks by demonstrating the calculations to me after class on Monday. So, you all have 4 more days to learn how to use your calculator!\\

Solutions to today's quiz have been posted above in the "solutions" section. For those students who did not get full marks on question 1 (using the calculator to compute the mean and standard deviation), you can earn up to half of questions 1's marks by demonstrating the calculations to me after class on Monday. So you all have 4 more days to learn how to use your calculator!\\

Solutions to today's quiz have been posted above in the "solutions" section. For those students who did not get the full marks on question 1 (using the calculator to compute the mean and standard deviation), you can make up half of the marks by demonstrating the calculations to me after class on Monday.\\

Solutions to Quiz 1

Solutions to Quiz 1\\

Solutions to today's quiz have been posted above in the "solutions" section.
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25 JANUARY 2017 announcements:
Material covered in class:

• Statistical terminology for samples and populations
• Population parameters vs sample statistics
• The z-score
• The r-score as an example of the use of z-scores

23 JANUARY 2017 announcements:
QUIZ 1 is on Wednesday! It will cover means, medians, variance and standard deviation. You should know how to compute these things using your calculator.

Material covered in class:

• Mean, median, sample variance, sample standard deviation
• Discussion of advantages and disadvantages of the mean and median
• Using your calculator to compute mean, sample standard deviation and sample variance

• Presentation of course outline parts I and II (see above under "downloadable stuff")

• Stat Fact of the Week: Simpson's Paradox (watch a video here: Simpson's Paradox explanatory video)

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• Stat Fact of the Week: Simpson's Paradox (watch a video here: Simpson's Paradox explanatory video)\\

Please bring your calculator to next Monday's class. If you do not have the recommended calculator (Sharp EL-531XG, available at the Dawson Bookstore) please bring along your calculator model's instruction manual (which you can find easily online).

Material covered in class:

• Presentation of course outline parts I and II (see above for download)
• Stat Fact of the Week: Simpson's Paradox (watch a video here:

18 JANUARY 2017 announcements:
Today we

10 JANUARY 2017 announcements:\\

Emilie Richer's Schedule Winter 2017\\

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1. Emilie Richer's Schedule Winter 2017 \\

10 DECEMBER 2017 announcements:
Welcome to your Statistics Class! You will find all material related to the course on this website, including a PDF version of your textbook, a reference textbook, solutions to your tests and quizzes and a summary of what was covered in class. Please check the website every few days to keep abreast of what's happening in the class.

Attach:paranormal_distribution.jpg Δ

Alternate textbook: Open Intro Statistics
Standard Normal Probabilities Table
Student's t-table\\

Alternate textbook: Open Intro Statistics

Official class textbook: George McArthur's Statistics\\

Statistics for Social Science (201-401-DW)\\

Dawson College, Winter 2017\\

Emilie Richer's Schedule Winter 2017
General Course Outline (part I of II)
Teacher's Supplement to Course Outline (part II of II)\\

Standard Normal Probabilities Table Δ
Student's t-table Δ\\

Introduction to Statistical Methods (201-922-DW)

Laboratory Technology - Analytical Chemistry Program
Dawson College, Fall 2016
Taught by Emilie Richer

Downloadable Stuff
Emilie Richer's Schedule Fall 2016 Δ
General Course Outline (part I of II) Δ
Teacher's Supplement to Course Outline (part II of II) Δ
Official class textbook: George McArthur's Statistics Δ
Alternate textbook: Open Intro Statistics Δ

Solutions
Solutions to In-class Assignment #1 Δ
Solutions to Take-home Assignment #1 Δ
Solutions to Bonus Assignment #1 Δ
Solutions to Test #1 Δ
Solutions to Quiz #1 Δ
Answers to Quiz #2 Δ
Solutions to In-class Assignment #2 Δ
Solutions to Test #2 Δ
Solutions to Quiz #3 Δ
Standard Normal Probabilities Table Δ
Student's t-table Δ

Attach:paranormal_distribution.jpg Δ
INFORMATION

12 DECEMBER 2016 announcements: Here is your Final Assignment Δ. It is optional and due on December 21, 2016

30 NOVEMBER 2016 announcements: Here is your Test 3 Study Guide Δ

16 NOVEMBER 2016 announcements:
This week we are covering the Standard Normal Distribution and Normal Approximation to the Binomial.

Practice Exercises:
From Official Textbook:
p.71 #16-24
(These exercises cover the Normal Approximation to the Binomial)

9 NOVEMBER 2016 announcements:
Today we covered the Normal Distribution and the Standard Normal distribution. Here are some practice exercises to prepare you for next week's Quiz:

Practice Exercises:
From Official Textbook:
p.69 #1-12

From Alternate Textbook:
Section 3.6.1
p.158 #3.1 - 3.6

2 NOVEMBER 2016 announcements:
For Monday's test 2, please remember to bring your non-programmable calculator - and, unlike your quiz, you will not have access to an info sheet on how to use your calculator

1 NOVEMBER 2016 announcements:
Here is a Test 2 Study Guide Δ

25 OCTOBER 2016 announcements:
Here are practise exercises for tomorrow's quiz: calculator quiz exercises Δ .

24 OCTOBER 2016 announcements:
There will be a Quiz in Wednesday's class covering the use of the calculator for calculating various values. Here is a summary of what we covered in class regarding using the calculator in STAT mode Δ .

17 OCTOBER 2016 announcements:
There will be a Quiz in Wednesday's class covering today's class material: probability distributions. Below are some problems that you should try to help you prepare for Wednesday's quiz.

Practice Exercises:
From Official Textbook:
Section 2.6 (p.45)

• #19a, 20a, 21a, 22a, 23a

3 OCTOBER 2016 announcements:
Here is a Test 1 Study Guide Δ

26 SEPTEMBER 2016 announcements:
Test #1 has been rescheduled to October 5th

Material covered in class:

• Defining independent events
• Introduction to counting (permutations)

More Practice Exercises:
From Alternate Textbook:
Section 2.6 (p.116)

• #2.9, 2.26, 2.27-2.30
• Read example #2.52 on p.96 and try the guided practice #2.53

21 SEPTEMBER 2016 announcements:

• Conditional probability continued

• Solutions to Take-home Assignment #1 are available for download (see link above)

17 SEPTEMBER 2016 announcements:
Click here for Assignment #1 Δ due Wednesday September 21, 2016 at 2:30pm

Practice Exercises:
From Official Textbook:

• p.36 #1-5
• p.39 #26-28

From Alternate Textbook:
Section 2.6 (p.116)

• #2.1 to 2.8
• #2.10 to 2.11
• #2.12 a, b, c
• #2.14, 2.16, 2.19-2.25

(solutions to odd numbered problems on p.409)

Other info:

• Both textbooks are available for free download (see link above)

15 SEPTEMBER 2016 announcements:

• Definitions of probability
• Computing probability
• Conditional probability

• Solutions to In-class Assignment #1 are available for download (see link above)

31 AUGUST 2016 announcements:

• Venn diagrams to illustrate events
• Union, intersection, mutual exclusivity, complement of sets
• Events within a sample space

24 AUGUST 2016 announcements:

• Presentation of course and course outline
• Introduction to Sample Spaces

• The textbook is now available for download (see link above)

23 AUGUST 2016 announcements:
Welcome to your Statistics Class! You will find all material related to the course on this website, including a PDF version of your textbook, a reference textbook, solutions to your tests and quizzes and a summary of what was covered in class. Please check the website every few days to keep abreast of what's happening in the class.