Fall 2024 STA 2000
@ Baruch College (CUNY)
The above is MY syllabus for our section, FTRA. During Fall 2024 there will be a departmental final exam. The common syllabus for all sections of STA 2000 may be found HERE. Please do let me know if you find any significant differences between the common syllabus and the one above.
As we go along I may note the very few things that may be explained differently in the online lecture notes in this website and the assigned textbook
Our section of STA 2000 is a hybrid in-person / synchronous-online class. Tuesdays we meet in room 8-155 (VC) and Thursdays we meet over Zoom, both at 4:10 - 5:25PM. Exams and Quizzes will take place as indicated in the course outline below.
Office hours: Tuesdays 11:00 AM – 12:30PM and by appointment + by appointment. Office: Room 11-228
email: Prof.Friedman @ gmail.com
WEEK - BY - WEEK SCHEDULE
A DYNAMIC COURSE OUTLINE
WEEK / TOPIC
SYNCHRONOUS CLASSES
HOMEWORK
Before class, read the assigned chapters in the textbook; visit the Lectures page for class notes in pdf format, narrated slides, and videos. Then do the Homework assigned.
Homework is due by week, not by date / time. See Brightspace and Pearson.com
August 28 - First Day of Classes at Baruch
Week 1
Thursday August 29 Zoom Class: Getting Started
Tuesday Sept 3 All About Data
Email me (See Brightspace Assignment)
Purchase textbook and access Instructions
Read Ch. 1
Week 2
Thursday Sept 5 Zoom Class: Summarizing and Presenting Data
Tuesday Sept 10: Summarizing and Presenting Data Problem Session
Read Ch. 2
Week 3
Thursday Sept 12 Zoom Class: Summarizing and Presenting Data (2 variables)
Tuesday Sept 17: Probability Problem Session
Read Ch. 3
Week 4
Thursday Sept 19 Probability Distributions
Tuesday Sept 24: Normal Distribution problem session
Read Ch. 4
Week 5
Thursday Sept 26: Normal Distribution Problems
Tuesday Oct 1: Sampling Distribution of the Sample Mean
Read Ch. 5, 6
October 2-4 No classes at Baruch College
Week 6
Tuesday Oct 8: Sampling Distribution Problems
Thursday Oct 10: Review for Quiz #1 (Midterm)
Read Ch. 7
October 11 - 12 No classes at Baruch College
Monday October 14 College Closed
Tuesday October 15 - Baruch Monday
Week 7
Thursday Oct 17: NO ZOOM TODAY. Synchronous class cancelled today. Asynchronous work to be assigned.
Tuesday Oct 22: Quiz #1 (Midterm - Introduction through Probability Distributions)
Week 8
Thursday Oct 24: NO ZOOM TODAY. Synchronous class cancelled today. Asynchronous work to be assigned.
Tuesday Oct 29: Statistical Inference - Estimation and Hypothesis Testing of µ
Ch. 8, 9
Week 9
Thursday Oct 31: Estimation and hypothesis testing using the Z statistic. Problem Session
Tuesday Nov 5 : Estimation and hypothesis testing using the Student's t statistic.
Week 10
Thursday Nov 7: The t Distribution Problem Session.
Inferences about Proportions
Tuesday Nov 12: One-sample inference, Continued
Week 11
Thursday Nov 14: Sample Size Determination. Begin two sample tests.
Tuesday Nov 19: Two-sample hypothesis tests. Review for Quiz
Ch. 10
Week 12
Thursday Nov 21: QUIZ #2- Statistical Inference
Tuesday Nov 26: Correlation & Regression
Thanksgiving Recess November 28-29 College Closed
Saturday Nov 30 No classes at Baruch
Sunday Dec 1 - College Closed
Week 13
Tuesday Dec 3: Correlation & Simple Regression
Thursday Dec 5: Review for Quiz #3
Ch. 12
Week 14
Tuesday Dec 10: Quiz #3- Correlation & Regression
Thursday Dec 12: Review for Final Exam
No work of any kind accepted after Dec 10
LAST DAY OF CLASSES AT BARUCH Dec 14
BARUCH FINAL EXAM PERIOD Dec 15 - 21
FINAL EXAM
Fri Dec 20, 2024 10:30-12:30
Date and time as per the College's final exam schedule
Comprehensive FINAL EXAM - Departmental
Final will be ONLINE, on Pearson.com
Also see the Baruch College Fall 2024 Academic Calendar