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Math 2345-Spring 03Business StatisticsProfessor: Dr. Kathleen Gilliam Office: Math 117B; 742-2580 (ext: 253)Email: kathleen.gilliam@wind.ttu.eduOffice Hours: MWF 9:50-11:50, and by appointmentTeaching Assistants: See announcements for full details on TA'sWEBCT Site: http://texas.math.ttu.edu/~kgilliam or http://webct2.tltc.ttu.eduPrerequisites: Math 1330 and 1331 with at least grade of C and basic computer literacy.Textbook: “Business Statistics: A first course” by Levine, Krehbiel, and BerensonCivility in the Classroom: Students are expected to assist in maintaining a classroom environmentwhich is conducive to learning. In order to assure that all students have an opportunity to gain from timespent in class, troublesome behavior will not be tolerated. At a minimum, this includes using cellularphones, making offensive remarks, reading newspapers, sleeping or engaging in any other form ofdistraction.Homework and Quizzes: Homework will be assigned daily. There will be 9 in-class multiple choicequizzes and 3 take-home quizzes (computer projects) based on the Homework Assignments. The lowestthree quizzes will be dropped and the quizzes will be worth 20%.Tests: There will be three midterms and a Comprehensive final. For each test you need to bring anorange scantron sheet, pencils and a calculator. Each of the tests will be worth 20%.Make-up Exams and Quizzes: Requests for make-ups will be granted ONLY when accompanied by aletter from an appropriate university official, i.e. the Dean of Students. In all other cases, no make-upwill be given, and the procedures outlined in this syllabus will be followed. There are no exceptions tothis rule.Grading Policies: Grades will be assigned based on your overall course average:90%-100% A 80%-89.9% B 69%-79.9% C60%-68.9% D 59.9% and below FLectures: The schedule below indicates the daily topics to be covered in class, the due dates for thetake-home quizzes and the dates for the exams. On any given day the material actually covered mightoverlap with the material indicated for the lecture just before or for the lecture just after the dateindicated.Math 2345 Calendar Spring 2003Date Material Covered Description Text ReadingsJan. 15 Introduction Chapter 1Jan. 17 Numerical Data and Organizations Chapter 2.1-2.3Jan. 22 Categorical Data and Graphing Chapter 2.4-2.5Jan. 24 Computer essentials, Excel and Word and In-class Quiz 1 Appendix 2.1

Jan. 27 Mean, Median, and Mode Chapter 3.1-3.2Jan. 29 Box plots And Distribution Shapes Chapter 3.3Jan. 31 Empirical Rule and the Coefficient of correlation Chapter 3.4-3.5Feb. 3 Basic Probability and Conditional Probability Chapter 4.1- 4.2Feb. 5 Statistical Independence and In-class Quiz 2 Chapter 4.2Feb. 7 Discrete Random Variable and Its Applications Chapter 5.1-5.2Feb. 10 Binomial Distribution Chapter 5.3Feb. 12 Normal Distribution Chapter 5.4Feb. 14 Normal Distribution (Cont.) and In-class Quiz 3 Chapter 5.5Feb. 17 Summary and Review for EX1Feb. 19 Wednesday Midterm Exam 1 (Ch1-Ch5)Feb. 21 Sampling Distributions Chapter 6.1Feb. 24 Confidence Interval for Mean and Take-Home Quiz 1 due Chapter 6.2-6.4Feb. 26 Confidence Interval for Proportion Chapter 6.5Feb. 28 Introduction to Testing Statistical Hypotheses and In-class Quiz 4 Chapter 7.1Mar. 3 Hypotheses Testing for a Single Mean Chapter 7.2-7.4Mar. 5 Hypotheses Testing for a Single Proportion Chapter 7.5Mar. 7 Hypotheses Testing for Comparing two Means and In-class Quiz 5 Chapter 8.1Mar. 10 F-test in Two variables and Comparing two Related Samples Chapter 8.2-8.3Mar. 12 Z Test for the Difference Between two Proportions Chapter 9.1Mar. 14 Chi-Square Test for Two Proportions and In-class Quiz 6 Chapter 9.2Mar. 24 Review for EX2Mar. 26 Wednesday Midterm Exam 2 (CH6-CH9)Mar. 28 Linear Regression Model Ch10.1-10.2Mar. 31 Residual Analysis and Take-Home Quiz 2 due Ch 10.3-10.5Apr. 2 Inferences About Slope and Coefficient Ch 10.6-10.7Apr. 4 Est. Mean Values and Prediction of Given Values and In-Class Quiz 7 Ch 10.8Apr. 7 Intro to Multiple Regression Ch 11.1-11.2Apr. 9 Inferences of Multiple Regression Ch 11.3-11.4Apr. 11 Testing Portions of the Multiple Regression and In-Class Quiz 8 Ch 11.5Apr. 14 Time-Series Analysis Ch 12.1-12.2Apr. 16 Smoothing and Fitting and Forecasting Ch 12.3-12.4Apr. 18 Intro to Control Charts and the P Chart Ch 13.1-13.4Apr. 23 Understanding Process Variability and In-Class Quiz 9 Ch 13.5Apr. 25 Review for EX3Apr. 28 Monday Midterm Exam 3 (CH10-CH13)Apr. 30 Intro to Xbar and R Charts Ch 13.6May 2 Review for the finalMay 5 Review for the final and Take-Home Quiz 3 dueFinal Exam:9:00 MWF Section Tuesday May 13, 7:30AM—10:00AM2:00 MWF Section Wednesday May 14, 4:30PM--7:00PMDisabled Students: Please advice me of your condition and provide a letter of verification as soon aspossible. I will make necessary accommodation.