Catalog Description: A survey of data analysis, probability theory, and statistics. Stem and leaf displays, box plots, schematic plots, fitting straight line relationships, discrete and continuous probability distributions, conditional distributions, binomial distribution, normal and t distributions, confidence intervals, and significance tests. May not be taken for credit in addition to ECO 320.
Prerequisite: AMS 201 or 210 or MAT 211
3 credits
Textbook: Probability and Statistics for Engineers and Scientists, by Friend and Miller, Seventh Edition, Pearson
Fall 2009 Sections
92690 LEC 01 MW 5:20-6:40PM Loc: Physics P118 Inst: Katy Sharpe AMS 310.1 Webpage
92689 LEC 02 TUTH 06:50-8:10PM Loc: Physics 116 Inst: Hyunjoong Kim
92688 LEC 03 TUTH 02:20-03:40PM Loc: Engineering 145 Inst: Jiaqiao Hu AMS 310.3 Webpage
Spring 2010 Sections
52491 LEC 01 TUTH 05:20-06:40PM Loc: Humanieties 1003 Inst: Jiaqiao Hu
52492 LEC 02 MW 05:20-06:40PM Loc: Lgt Eng Lab 102 Inst: Katy Sharpe
AMS 310 IS ALSO OFFERED DURING SUMMER SCHOOL. CHECK THE SUMMER SCHOOL BULLETIN FOR TIMES.
Topics
1. Basic concepts of probability theory (Chap. 2) – 3 class hours
2. Discrete random variables and probability distributions (Chap. 3) – 6 class hours
3. Continuous random variables and probability distributions (Chap. 4) – 4 class hours
4. Random samples and Central Limit Theorem (Chap. 5) – 2 class hours
5. Descriptive Statistics (Chap. 1) – 4 class hours
6. Point Estimation (Chap. 1) – 3 class hours
7. Confidence Intervals (Chap. 7) – 4 class hours
8. Testing Hypotheses (Chap. 8) –5 class hours
9. Two-sample problems (Chap. 9) – 4 class hours
10. Regression (Chap. 12) – 2 class hours
11. Examinations and Review – 5 class hours