Spring 2021 STA 2000
@ Baruch College
NOTE: SPRING 2021 SEMESTER IS ONLINE.
Section ETA will have both synchronous and asynchronous class components.
Synchronous classes meet over Zoom on Tuesdays 2:30 - 3:45 PM.
Office hours in the Zoomiverse. Email me to schedule a meeting.
Contact Professor Linda W. Friedman: Linda.Friedman@baruch.cuny.edu OR Prof.Friedman@gmail.com
WEEK - BY - WEEK COURSE OUTLINE
WEEK / TOPIC
Before class:
visit the Lectures page for YouTube videos, class notes in pdf format, and narrated Powerpoints. Then do the Homework assigned.SYNCHRONOUS CLASS
Tuesdays @ 2:30pm
HOMEWORK DUE
Friday January 29th - First Day of Classes
Week 1
Topic: Intro to Business Statistics
Tuesday February 2
Zoom Class: Getting Started
HW: Email me (See Bb)
Bb: Post your Intro to Our Class Blog
Week 2
Topic: Descriptive Statistics
Tuesday February 9
Zoom Class : Overview of Topic
& Problem Session
HW: About Data
Friday February 12 - Baruch College Closed
Monday February 15- Baruch College Closed
Week 3
This week: Study for Exam #1 . Begin working on next week's Topic.
😒Tuesday February 16
Exam #1 (a quiz)
on Blackboard
Exam #1 (a quiz)
on Blackboard
Exam will cover Introduction, Descriptive Statistics
HW: Descriptive Stats
Week 4
Topic: Basic Probability
Tuesday February 23
Zoom Class: Overview of Topic
& Problem Session
Bb: Begin work on Making Statistics Relevant (Discussion2) DUE Week 8
Week 5
Topic: Probability Distributions, Binomial Distribution, Normal Distribution
Tuesday March 2
Zoom Class: Overview of Topic
& Problem Session
HW: Probability
Week 6
Topic: Continue work on Normal Distribution; Sampling Distributions
Tuesday March 9
Zoom Class: Review for Exam #2
HW: Expected Value
HW: Binomial Distribution
HW: Normal Distribution
Week 7
This Week: Study for Exam #2, Begin working on the next Topic.
😒Tuesday March 16
Exam #2
on Blackboard
Exam #2
on Blackboard
Exam will cover Probability thru Sampling Distributions
HW: Sampling Distributions
Week 8
Topic: Intro to Statistical Inference, Z tests
Tuesday March 23
Zoom Class: Overview of Topic
& Problem Session
Bb: Making Statistics Relevant (Discussion2)
Spring Recess March 27 - April 4
Week 9
Topic: Student's t distribution, Inferences about Proportions
Tuesday April 6
Zoom Class: Overview of Topic
& Problem Session
HW: One-sample Z tests
Week 10
Topic: Sample Size Determination, Study for Exam #3
Tuesday April 13
Zoom Class: Review for Exam #3
HW: One-sample t tests
HW: Proportions
Week 11
This Week: Study for Exam #3 Topic: Two-sample hypothesis tests
😒Tuesday April 20
Exam #3
on Blackboard
Exam #3
on Blackboard
Exam will cover one-sample statistical inference
Continue lectures on Statistical Inference to complete the topic of two-sample hypothesis tests
Week 12
Topic: Correlation and Regression, Study for Exam #4
Tuesday April 27
Zoom Class: Review for Exam #4
Recorded Zoom Class
HW: Two-sample tests (I,II,III)
Week 13
This Week: Study for Exam #4, Start reviewing for the final exam
😒Tuesday May 4
Exam #4
on Blackboard
Exam #4
on Blackboard
Exam will cover two-sample tests, correlation, regression
HW: Correlation
HW: Regression
No homework of any kind accepted after May 5
Week 14
Study for the Comprehensive Final Exam [all topics].
If you do well on Exams 1-4 you may be exempt from the final.
Tuesday May 11
Zoom Class: Final Exam Q&A
No office hours after May 14.
BARUCH LAST DAY OF CLASSES May 17
BARUCH FINAL EXAM PERIOD May 19-25
Final Exam
May 25, 2021 @ 3:30-5:30 pm
FINAL EXAM
on Blackboard
on Blackboard
Final exam is comprehensive
1) Also see the Baruch College Spring 2021 Academic Calendar.
3) Late Discussion posts will not be graded. No exceptions here.