MA452 Course Coverage

1/16: Went over syllabus, assigned presentations, Section 7.1 – 7.3 (Transformation of variables using CDF and Change of Variable method for 1 variable), 7.5 (MGF technique)

Hwk #1 given out

1/23: Finished last example from 7.5, Section 7.4 (Transformations of 2 variables), Section 8.1 (Population, sample, parameter, statistic, def of Xbar, S), Section 8.2 Distribution of xbar

Hwk #2 given out

1/30: Finish Section 8.2 (Central Limit Theorem and applications), start section 8.4 (Chi-squared distribution and properties)

Hwk #3 given out

2/6: Finish rest of Chapter 8: Chi-Squared Distribution, T-distribution, F-distribution

No new homework given out

2/13: Finish and review Chapter 8, Start Chapter 10.1-10.3 (Estimators, Unbiased Estimators, MVUE)

Hwk #4 given out

2/20: Finish 10.4 (Consistent Estimators), Go over Library resources and portfolio assignment, Tour of Library

Hwk: Finish Hwk 4, find article for portfolio assignment

2/27: Secion 10.7 and 10.8: Method of Moment and Maximum Likelihood estimators, Chapter 11.1 (CI for mean, sigma known)

Hwk #5 given out (due 3/19)

3/5: Class Cancelled for Spring Break

3/12: Chapter 11 (CI for mean, sigma unknown, CI for 2 means, CI for proportion, Hwk #6 given out (due 4/2)

3/19: Chapter 11 (CI for variance, CI for ratio of variances), Chapter 13 (Intro to Hypothesis tests, Type I and II error, a, b)

3/26: Exam 1

4/2: Chapter 13.1 – 13.3 (Reviewed Type I and II error, One and Two mean Hypothesis tests), Hwk #7 Given out (due 4/16)

4/9: Section 13.3 – 13.5 (Hypothesis testing for variance(s), hypothesis testing for proportion(s)), Hwk #8 Given out (due 4/22)

4/16: Section 13.6 and 13.7 (Chi-squared tests), Dept Evals, Hwk #9 Given out (due 4/22)

4/22: Chapter 14 Overview (Linear Regression), Final Given out, University Evals

4/30: No Class..Work on Final Exam and Portfolio (due 5/7 by 7p)