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The University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus
Stat 230 Elementary Applied Statistics
2011 Winter Term 1
Professor: Dr. Ryan Lekivetz
e-mail:
ryan.lekivetz@ubc.ca
Office: SCI 111
Lectures: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 11:30 am – 12:30 pm in ASC 130
Labs: L01 Wed. 8:30-9:30 am SCI 128, L02 Wed. 10:30-11:30 am SCI 128, L03 Fri. 12:301:30 pm SCI 128, L04 Wed. 5:00-6:00 pm SCI 128, L05 Wed. 9:30-10:30 am FIP 133,
L06 Wed. 6:00-7:00 pm FIP 133.
Office Hours: Monday/Wednesday 12:30 – 1:30 pm.
Calendar description: Introduction in applied statistics for students with a first-year calculus
background. Estimation and testing of hypotheses, problem formulation, models and basic
methods in analysis of variance, linear regression, and non-parametrics. Descriptive statistics
and probability are presented as a basis for such procedures.
Cannot provide further credit for students with credit for STAT 121. OUC equivalent:
STAT 230.
Course prerequisite: MATH 101 or MATH 142
Text: Swartz (2010). Introduction to Probability and Statistics. Pearson Learning Solutions.
Website: Course Material can be found on WebCT.
Evaluation:
Midterms
Assignments
Final Exam
30%
25%
45%
Electronic Devices: A basic non-programmable scientific calculator will be allowed on quizzes,
midterms and final exams. You will not be permitted to use or have any other electronic devices
for quizzes, term tests or finals exams.
Midterm Exams: Will be held during the regular class times on the following days:
Midterm 1: October 7 (Friday)
Midterm 2: November 9 (Wednesday)
Sorry, no arrangements can be made to take the midterms at alternative times. If you
miss a midterm for whatever reason, your final exam marks will be adjusted to make up
for the missed exam(s).
Assignments: There will be around five (5) assignments through the course of the term.
Assignments will be good preparation for the midterms and will typically consist of problems
similar, but harder, than questions on the midterm. Each assignment will typically have at least
one question that requires a statistical program to complete. You can use whatever program
you choose, but you will be given code in the labs for using the package R.
© Dr. Ryan Lekivetz, 2011-2012, All Rights Reserved
Tentative Course Outline:
Descriptive Statistics (Chapter 2)
Probability (Chapter 3)
Discrete Distributions (Chapter 4)
Continuous Distributions (Chapter 5)
Inference: Single Sample (Chapter 6)
Inference: Two Samples (Chapter 7)
Linear Regression (Supplementary Material)
Analysis of Variance (Supplementary Material)
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