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
Before class:
visit the Lectures page for YouTube videos, class notes in pdf format, and narrated Powerpoints. Then do the Homework assigned.Tuesdays @ 2:30pm
Friday January 29th - First Day of Classes
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
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
This week: Study for Exam #1 . Begin working on next week's Topic.
Exam will cover Introduction, Descriptive Statistics
HW: Descriptive Stats
Topic: Basic Probability
Tuesday February 23
Zoom Class: Overview of Topic
& Problem Session
Bb: Begin work on Making Statistics Relevant (Discussion2) DUE Week 8
Topic: Probability Distributions, Binomial Distribution, Normal Distribution
Tuesday March 2
Zoom Class: Overview of Topic
& Problem Session
HW: Probability
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
This Week: Study for Exam #2, Begin working on the next Topic.
Exam will cover Probability thru Sampling Distributions
HW: Sampling Distributions
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
Topic: Student's t distribution, Inferences about Proportions
Tuesday April 6
Zoom Class: Overview of Topic
& Problem Session
HW: One-sample Z tests
Topic: Sample Size Determination, Study for Exam #3
Tuesday April 13
Zoom Class: Review for Exam #3
HW: One-sample t tests
HW: Proportions
This Week: Study for Exam #3 Topic: Two-sample hypothesis tests
Exam will cover one-sample statistical inference
Continue lectures on Statistical Inference to complete the topic of two-sample hypothesis tests
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)
This Week: Study for Exam #4, Start reviewing for the final exam
Exam will cover two-sample tests, correlation, regression
HW: Correlation
HW: Regression
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
BARUCH LAST DAY OF CLASSES May 17
BARUCH FINAL EXAM PERIOD May 19-25
May 25, 2021 @ 3:30-5:30 pm
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.