As we go along I will note here the very few things that may be explained differently in the online lecture notes in this website and the assigned textbook:
The population proportion is denoted by an uppercase P in my online lectures and by the Greek letter π in the textbook.
email: Prof.Friedman @ gmail.com
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. All work for this course may be found on Blackboard under Assignments.
January 25 - First Day of Classes at Baruch
Thursday January 25 Zoom Class: Getting Started
Tuesday January 30 All About Data
Email me (as per Bb Assignment)
Post your Intro to the Our Class Blog on Bb
Purchase textbook and access to MyLab. CourseID is hwang59954
Read Ch. 1
Thursday Feb 1 Zoom Class: Summarizing and Presenting Data
Tuesday Feb 6: Summarizing and Presenting Data Problem Session
Read Ch. 2
Thursday Feb 8 Zoom Class: Summarizing and Presenting Data (2 variables)
Read Ch. 3
Monday February 12 College Closed
Tuesday Feb 13: Problem Session Review for Quiz #1
Monday Feb 19 College closed
Tuesday Feb 20: Probability
Read Ch. 4
Thursday Feb 22 Baruch Monday
Tuesday Feb 27: Probability and Expected Value Problem Session.
Read Ch. 5
Wednesday Feb 28 Baruch Monday
Thursday Feb 29: Probability (continued) & Probability Distributions
Read Ch. 6
Tuesday March 5: Normal Distribution
Thursday March 7: Sampling Distributions
Read Ch. 7
Tuesday March 12: Review for Quiz.
Tuesday March 19: Statistical Inference - Estimation and Hypothesis Testing of µ
Ch. 8, 9
Tuesday March 26: Estimation and hypothesis testing using the Z statistic. Problem Session
Thursday March 28: Estimation and hypothesis testing using the Student's t statistic. Q&A session.
Tuesday April 2: The t Distribution Problem Session.
Inferences about Proportions
Thursday April 4: One-sample inference, Continued
Tuesday April 9: Sample Size Determination. Begin two sample tests.
Thursday April 11: Two-sample hypothesis tests
Ch. 10
Tuesday April 16: Review for Quiz
Spring Recess Apr 22-30 Spring Recess
Thursday May 2: Correlation & Simple Regression
Tuesday May 7: Correlation & Simple Regression
Ch. 12
Tuesday May 14: Review for Final Exam
LAST DAY OF CLASSES AT BARUCH MAY XX
BARUCH FINAL EXAM PERIOD MAY 16-22
Fri May 17, 2024 10:30-12:30
Date and time as per the College's final exam schedule
Also see the Baruch College Spring 2024 Academic Calendar