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{\large\bf Math\,214}\hfill {\large\bf Spring 1998}

{\large\bf Heide Gluesing-Luerssen}
\begin{center} {\Large\bf Introduction into Statistics}\\[2ex]
                        {\large\bf Report and Syllabus}
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There were 33 students registered for the course. Most of them were
students of {\em Science and
Business\/} or of {\em Science and Preprofessional Studies}.

The textbook being used for this course was R.~L.~Scheaffer \&
J.~T.~McClave: Probability and
Statistics for Engineers; Wadsworth Inc.~1995, 4th edition.
As often with textbooks, it turned out that there were two slightly
different versions of this edition
around.
\\
I think the textbook is a bit too much engineering-oriented for this group
of students.
It would be more interesting for them to have a broader variety of examples
and problems
than just  ``material tests'' etc.

There was one serious problem with the syllabus during the semester:
the prerequisites for this course are Math~120 or Math~126.
Neither course covers functions in two variables, which, however, are
necessary for the theory of
joint probabilities!


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Date        Reading           Homework-Assignments
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1/14        ch. 1             1.11, 1.13c (for each of the 3 groups of
batteries)
1/16        2.3/2.4           2.11 (with 24 in place of 25), 2.13, 2.17,
2.19, 2.20
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1/19        2.5               2.22, 2.23, 2.25, 2.26, 2.27, 2.32, 2.33,
2.61, 2.62, 2.63
1/21        2.6               2.36, 2.37, 2.42, 2.48, 2.55, 2.56, 2.66
1/23        2.7               2.38, 2.49, 2.51, 2.67, 2.75, 2.68
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1/26        2.8/3.1           2.53, 2.54, 2.73, 2.80, 2.82, 2.83, 2.87
1/28        3.1/3.2           3.1, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.8, 3.9
1/30        Tutorial          2.31, 2.40, 2.64, 2.65, 3.10
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2/02        3.2               3.11, 3.13, 3.14, 3.15, 3.16
2/04        Review 1
2/06        Exam 1
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2/09        3.2/3.3/3.4       3.17, 3.18, 3.19, 3.20
2/11        3.4
3.21,3.22,3.23,3.24,3.25,3.29,3.31,3.32,3.33,3.34,3.37,3.87
2/13        3.5/3.6           340, 3.43a, 3.46a
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2/16        3.6/3.7           3.43b, 3.46b, 3.47, 3.48, 3.49, 3.51
2/18        3.7/4.1           3.52, 3.53, 3.54, 3.57, 3.58, 3.62, 3.63
2/20        4.1/4.2           4.1, 4.2, 4.4 a - c,  4.5, 4.6, 4.8, 4.9,
4.10, 4.12, 4.13
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2/23        4.3/4.4           4.16, 4.17, 4.22, 4.23, 4.25, 4.26
2/25        4.4/4.5           4.33, 4.36, 4.38, 4.39, 4.41, 4.42, 4.43, 4.46
2/27        4.5/4.6           4.52, 4.53, 4.54, 4.55, 4.56
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3/2         Review 2
3/4         Exam 2
3/6         Some Problems of the Exam
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3/16        4.6               4.57, 4.58, 4.59, 4.61, 4.65, 4.66, 4.67, 4.68
3/18        5.1/5.2           5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4
3/20        5.3               5.5, 5.6, 5.7, 5.8, 5.13
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3/23        5.4               5.17 (answer in the book is false!),
5.18,5.21,5.22,5.23
3/25        Tutorial          5.41a,b,d,e, 5.51, 5.44, 5.43, 5.53
3/27        6.1/6.2           6.1 (only stem-and-leaf-plot), 6.3a, b, 6.4,
6.5
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3/30        6.3/6.4           6.14, 6.16, 6.18, 6.19, 6.25, 6.26, 6.29,
6.30, 6.31, 6.32
4/1         6.5               6.34, 6.35, 6.36, 6.37, 6.38, 6.40
4/3         6.8/7.1/7.2       6.60, 6.64, 6.65, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3
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4/6         7.3
7.10,7.11,7.12,7.14,7.20,7.21,7.22,7.24,7.26,7.27,7.29,7.30
4/8         7.4               7.34, 7.36, 7.41, 7.42, 7.46, 7.47, 7.48
4/10        Good Friday
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4/13        Easter Monday
4/15        Review 3
4/17        Exam 3
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4/20        7.4/7.5           7.54, 7.55, 7.57, 7.58
4/22        8.1/8.2           8.1, 8.4, 8.10, 8.12, 8.13, 8.14, 8.15, 8.16,
8.19
4/24        8.3.1/8.3.2/8.3.5 8.28, 8.30, 8.32, 8.33, 8.34, 8.37
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4/27        7.3.2/8.2.2/7.4.2
4/29        Review
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Monday 5/4         Final Exam 4:15 - 6:15 pm in HAYE 124
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