Statistics 324: Introductory Applied Statistics for Engineers (Spring
2012)
Lecture Information:
Instructor: Minjing Tao
Office: 1245H Medical Sciences Center (608)262-7173
Email: mtao2@wisc.edu minjing@stat.wisc.edu
Lectures: TuTh 9:30AM - 10:45AM Ingraham
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Office Hour: Mo 10:00AM – 11:00 AM, Th 12:00PM – 1:00PM or by appointment
Discussion Sections:
TA: Chanhan Hsu
Section
311 Mo 3:30PM - 4:20PM Sterling
1333
Section
312 Mo 2:25PM - 3:15PM Social
Science 5322
Section 313 Mo 12:05PM - 12:55PM Social
Science 6310
Section
314 Mo 4:35PM - 5:25PM Social
Science 6224
Free Tutorial Lab: The Department of Statistics offers FREE TUTORING for
students in Stat 224, Stat 301, Stat 324 or Stat 371. Tutoring is available in
room 1586 MSC. The Tutorial Lab is OPEN Monday-Friday 9:00am-4:30pm, but is
CLOSED ON MONDAY'S from 9:00-10:00 AM. (Details: website, docx file)
Textbook: Principles of Statistics for Engineers and Scientists by Navidi, William. (ISBN:
9780077289317, Publisher: MCGRAW-HILL)
Course Description: introductory probability and
statistics with illustrations from engineering. This course covers the
statistical concepts and methods including the computation and presentation of
descriptive statistics, probability, random variables and their probability
distributions, sampling distribution. It also covers statistical inference and
applications such as confidence intervals and hypothesis testing, linear
regression, factorial experiments and analysis of variance.
Grading Policy: click here.
Matlab:
- Free Matlab training for students: click here.
- Some
commands used in our course: click here.
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Other
resources (lists of useful commands in Statistics): list 1, list 2.
Tentative Schedule:
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Week |
Day |
Date |
Material |
Due |
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1 |
Tuesday |
1/24 |
Intro of the course, 1.1 |
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Thursday |
1/26 |
1.2 |
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2 |
Tuesday |
1/31 |
1.3, Matlab for Ch 1, 2.1 |
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Thursday |
2/2 |
3.1, 3.2 |
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3 |
Tuesday |
2/7 |
3.2, 3.3 |
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Thursday |
2/9 |
3.3, 3.4 |
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4 |
Tuesday |
2/14 |
4.1, 4.2, 4.5 |
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Thursday |
2/16 |
4.3 |
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5 |
Tuesday |
2/21 |
4.4, 4.7, 4.8, part of 4.6 |
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Thursday |
2/23 |
Finish Ch4, 5.1, Info about
midterm 1 |
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6 |
Tuesday |
2/28 |
Midterm 1 (Chap 1 - 4) |
No HW Due |
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Thursday |
3/1 |
5.2 |
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7 |
Tuesday |
3/6 |
5.3, 5.4 |
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Thursday |
3/8 |
Part of 5.5, 6.1, 6.2 |
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8 |
Tuesday |
3/13 |
6.3, 6.4 |
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Thursday |
3/15 |
6.5 |
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9 |
Tuesday |
3/20 |
6.6, 6.7 |
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Thursday |
3/22 |
6.8, 7.1, 7.2 |
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10 |
Tuesday |
3/27 |
7.3 |
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Thursday |
3/29 |
7.4, 7.5 |
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11 |
Tuesday |
4/3 |
Spring Break Week |
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Thursday |
4/5 |
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12 |
Tuesday |
4/10 |
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Thursday |
4/12 |
Midterm 2 (Chap 5 - 7) |
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13 |
Tuesday |
4/17 |
2.2, 2.3 |
No HW Due |
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Thursday |
4/19 |
Info about project, 8.1 |
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14 |
Tuesday |
4/24 |
8.2, 8.3, 8.4 |
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Thursday |
4/26 |
Matlab for Regression (data,
command), 9.1 |
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15 |
Tuesday |
5/1 |
9.1, 9.2 |
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Thursday |
5/3 |
9.3, 9.4 |
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16 |
Tuesday |
5/8 |
9.5 |
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Thursday |
5/10 |
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17 |
Thursday |
5/17 |
Final Exam (5:05pm - 7:05pm) |
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