Introduction to Statistics
Math 252 – A/B, Spring 2005
Mon 12:00 – 14:00 Class F – 308
Tue 13:00 – 14:00 Class F – 308
Instructor
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Mehmet Emin Şan
Office
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Office Hours
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A-326
Wednesday
Tel & E-mail
Course Book
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References
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Tue 09:00 – 11:00
Thu 12:00 – 13:00
Class F – 309
Class F – 309
11:00 – 16:00or By appointment through e-mail
889-0810 ext. 2053 & mehmetsan@fatih.edu.tr
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Statistics for Business and Economics, Mc Clave, Benson, Sincicih, 8th Ed. Prentice Hall
John E. Freund’s, “Probability and Statistics,” Prentice Hall, 6th Edition, 1999
Sosyal Bilimlerde İstatistik Dr. Filiz Çakır Alfa Yayınları,
Sosyal Bilimlerde İstatistik Doç.Dr Fazıl Güler Beta Yayınları
Mathematical Statistics 6th Ed. John E. Freund’s, 1999
Martha Aliaga and Brenda Gunderson, “Interactive Statistics” Prentice Hall, 2nd Edition,
2003.
R.E. Walpole, R.H. Walpole, SL. Myers and K. Ye, “Probability & Statistics for Engineers
& Scientists”, Prentice Hall, 7th Edition, 2002.
Applied Statistics and Probability for Egineers, by Douglas C. Montgomery and George C.
Runger, published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 3rd edition, 2003.
Course
Description
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Course
Objectives
Attendance
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Content of MATH 251-A has been organized for social science students as an introductory
course in Statistics. It will cover random sampling and data summary such as stem-leaf
diagrams, time plotting, and box plot i.e. Then; you will learn point estimation methods.
Studying to statistical intervals for a single sample you will learn how to construct
confidence interval and by testing of hypotheses for single sample you will learn how to
make a decision for statistical problems. Finally, you will learn simple linear regression and
correlation for building empirical models for social science data
Expand understanding of social science topics in statistical applications.
To learn the statistics in real life problems and analyze the results.
Attendance is crucial for success. Because of time constraints material is presented only
once. If you miss class, you will definitely miss new ideas as well as your chance to ask
question. I suggest you to read “Student’s Catalog” to learn your right in the school.
According to officials you have to show 70% attendance through each semester. If you
don’t show that much attendance you won’t be allowed to attend final examination. You
will need a valid excuse if you miss a class. If you have an official report it should be from
a main hospital and from its president (Bashekim). Otherwise, it is not acceptable officially
again. There is a 20-point award for some students who don’t miss any class and a 10-point
award for some students who attend more than 90% of all class time for any reason through
all semester. You can find more information about attendance in the Students’ College
Catalog 2005 – 2006
Methods of Evaluation
Homework
Exams
: Some practice problems will be assigned and will be collected to grade. These assignments
are excellent preparation for exams. To get the best grade from the exams you should do
these practice problems regularly and you may feel free to ask for help related to these
problems any time. Also you will prepare a project whose subject will be announced in class
: There are 2 in-class exams. Dates of exams are strictly definite and cannot be changed due to
any other courses’ exams. Exam dates are as follows:
Monday/Tuesday
3rd/4th
Monday/Tuesday May15th/16th
2006
Subjects to be assigned
2006
Subjects to be assigned
There is no Make-up exam unless the student can prove that there was a legitimate reason
(as judged by the instructor and accepted by Fatih University) for missing the test. When you
missed the exam your grade is automatically zero. However, if a student has a legal report
than he/she must take the make-up exam that will be held in the last week of the semester.
Don’t forget that if you missed the exam your chance to pass this class will not high due to
percentage of each exam. The subjects related to each exam will be announced by the
instructor before the exam.
Final Exam
: Comprehensive departmental final exam will be at the end of semester and the date of exam
will be announced by the department. The final exam will cover all subjects.
Final Exam
: After all type of tests, you may be able to received 400 points (possible 420 with extra credits
due to attendance) total. The following is the determination of your final grade:
Exams
Final Exam
Exams
Final
Exam
Exams
Final Exam
400 – 360
– 310
– 335
– 285
– 250
DC
– 225
224 – 200
– 175
F : 174 and below
Course Contents
Sampling Distributions (2 weeks)
Inference Based on a Single Sample (Hypothesis Testing and Confidence Interval Construction) (3
weeks)
Inference Based on Two Samples (Hypothesis Testing and Confidence Interval Construction) (3 weeks)
Time Series Analysis (2 weeks)
Nonparametric Statistics (2 weeks)
Regression Analysis 2 weeks