Statistics 305
Section A
Spring 2013
Arka P. Ghosh
Email: apghosh@iastate.edu
Lectures:
TR 12:40 pm – 2:00 p.m. in DURHAM Building, Room 0171
Office Hours: TR 2:30 – 3:30 p.m. in Snedecor 3216 or by appointment
Office & phone: Snedecor Hall 3216 (515) 294 –7851
TA :
Ran Bi (biran@iastate.edu), , 294-8270
TA office hours: MWF 2:30 – 3:30 p.m in Snedecor Hall 1418.
Textbook:
Basic Engineering Data Collection and Analysis (ISBN 0-53436957-X) by Stephen B. Vardeman and J. Marcus Jobe,
published in 2001 by Duxbury/Thomson Learning.
Course Webpage:
http://www.public.iastate.edu/~apghosh/Stat305-S13/
Accommodations for Students with Disabilities:
If you have a disability and require accommodations, please contact the instructor
early in the semester so that your learning needs may be appropriately met. You
will need to provide documentation of your disability to the Disability Resources
(DR) office, located on the main floor of the Student Services Building, Room
1076, 515–294–7220.
Course Requirements:
• Class attendance: You are responsible for all material presented in
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lecture and assigned as required reading.
Homework: Weekly assignments will be collected on Thursdays. No late
homework will be accepted without an official excuse.
Four half-period quizzes: This class meets for 75 minutes on
Tuesdays and Thursdays. Class will typically meet for 40 minutes, recess
for 5 minutes, and meet again for 35 minutes. On 4 designated days, the
second half-period will be used as a quiz period.
Final exam: There will be a 2-hour comprehensive final exam during
finals week.
Grading System:
Letter grades including plus/minus will be based upon the following breakdown:
Quizzes
48%
Homework
12%
Final
40%
Section A
Statistics 305
Spring 2013
Guarantees of minimum grades in the course are:
95 or above = A, 90 or above = A- or better, 80 or above = B- or better, 70 or
above = C- or better, 60 or above = D- or better …
Tentative Date
Topic and/or Quiz
Reading
Tue
Thur
Tue
Thur
Tue
Thur
Tue
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Tue
Thur
Tue
Thur
Tue
Thur
Tue
Thur
Tue
Thur
01/15
01/17
01/22
01/24
01/29
01/31
02/05
02/07
02/12
02/14
02/19
02/21
02/26
02/28
03/05
03/07
03/12
03/14
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 3
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 4
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 5
Chapter 5
Chapter 5
Chapter 5
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 6
Chapter 6
Tue
Thur
Tue
Thur
Tue
Thur
Tue
Thur
Tue
Thur
Tue
Thur
03/26
03/28
04/02
04/04
04/09
04/11
04/16
04/18
04/23
04/25
04/30
05/02
Introduction
Data Collection
Data Collection
Descriptive Statistics
Descriptive Statistics
Descriptive Statistics
Line Fitting
Line Fitting
Curve and Surface Fitting
Random Variables / Quiz 1
Random Variables
Random Variables
Random Variables
Random Variables
Random Variables
Simple Inference / Quiz 2
Simple Inference
Simple Inference
Spring Break
Simple Inference
Simple Inference
Inference for SLR
Inference for SLR / Quiz 3
Inference for MLR
Inference for MLR
Inference for MLR
One Way Model
CI’s for Linear Functions of Means
One Way ANOVA / Quiz 4
Control Charts for Measurements
Control Charts for Measurements
Fri
05/10
Final Exam 9:45-11:45 a.m. (tentative schedule)
Chapter 6
Chapter 6
Chapter 9
Chapter 9
Chapter 9
Chapter 9
Chapter 9
Chapter 7
Chapter 7
Chapter 7
Chapter 7
Chapter 7