Course:
BQA 8443-501, Statistical Analysis for Business Decisions, Spring 2023
Course Schedule
The course schedule is tentative and subject to change. I will notify you if adjustments are made to the schedule including but
not limited to topics covered and homework assignments. Exams and homework/weekly assignments will be available by noon
Monday and should be completed no later than 9 pm CST each Sunday of the scheduled week.
Week 1:
01/17-01/22
Week 2:
01/23-01/29
Week 3:
01/30-02/05
Week 4:
02/06-02/12
Week 5:
02/13-02/19
Week 6:
02/20-02/26
Week 7:
02/27-03/05
Week 8:
03/06-03/12
Week 9:
03/13-03/19
Week 10:
03/20-03/26
Week 11:
03/27-04/02
Week 12:
04/03-04/09
Week 13:
04/10-04/16
Week 14:
04/17-04/23
Week 15:
04/24-04/30
Week 16:
05/01-05/07
Topic
Honor Code; Chapter 1 – Statistics, Data, and Statistical
Thinking
Chapter 2 – Methods for Describing Sets of Data
Chapter 3 – Probability
Chapter 4 – Random Variables and Probability
Distribution
Exam 1 (Chapters 1, 2, 3, & 4)
Reading
Sec. 1.1-1.6
Sec. 2.1-2.7
Sec. 3.1-3.6
Sec. 4.1, 4.2,
4.5, 4.6, 4.7
Homework*
Honor Code, Intro, and Sec.
1.1-1.6
Sec. 2.1+2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 3.1,
3.2-3.4, 3.5+3.6
Sec. 4.1+4.2, 4.6, 4.7 &
Honorlock Practice Session
Chapter 5 – Sampling Distributions
Sec. 5.1-5.3
Sec. 5.1, 5.2, 5.3
Chapter 6 – Inferences Based on a Single Sample,
Estimation with Confidence Intervals
Chapter 7 – Inferences Based on a Single Sample, Tests of
Hypotheses
Exam 2 (Chapters 5, 6, & 7)
(March 7 is the last day to drop a course with a “W” grade.)
Chapter 8 – Inferences Based on Two Independent
Samples, Confidence Intervals and Tests of Hypotheses
Chapter 8 – Inferences Based on Paired Differences,
Confidence Intervals and Tests of Hypotheses
Chapter 9 – Design of Experiments and Analysis of
Variance (ANOVA)
Exam 3 (Chapters 8 & 9)
Sec. 6.1-6.3,
6.6
Sec. 7.1-7.5
Sec. 6.2, 6.3+6.5
Sec. 8.1, 8.2
Sec. 8.2
Sec. 8.3
Sec. 8.3
Sec. 9.1-9.3
Sec. 9.1, 9.2
Chapter 11 – Simple Linear Regression
Sec. 11.1-11.5
Sec. 11.2, 11.3+11.4, 11.5
Chapter 12 – Introduction to Multiple Linear Regression
(April 18 is the last day to withdraw from the semester.)
Chapter 10 – Categorical Data Analysis
Sec. 12.1-12.3
Sec. 12.3
Sec. 10.1-10.3
Sec. 10.2, 10.3
Sec. 7.2+7.3, 7.4+7.5
Exam 4 (Chapters 10, 11, & 12)
Disclaimer
It is your responsibility to review this syllabus found in Canvas and be aware of its content and keep up with all the course
announcements that will be made via Canvas. By remaining enrolled in this class, you agree to comply with the above class
policies/instructions/schedule/etc. and follow the University Honor Code.
BQA 8443-501, Ballard, From Syllabus