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 (Discussion3) 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 (Discussion3)
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
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 17.
BARUCH LAST DAY OF CLASSES May 17
BARUCH FINAL EXAM PERIOD May 19-25
Final Exam
DATE TBA @ 3:30-5:30 pm
FINAL EXAM
on Blackboard
on Blackboard
Final exam is comprehensive
a la the Baruch College Final Exam Schedule
1) Also see the Baruch College Spring 2021 Academic Calendar.
3) Late Discussion posts will not be graded. No exceptions here.