Spring 2023 STA 2000
@ Baruch College (CUNY)
This section of STA 2000 course is combined in-person and synchronous-online. Tuesdays we meet in room 10-175 (VC) and Thursdays we meet over Zoom. Both at 4:10-5:25PM. Exams and Quizzes will take place as indicated in the schedule below.
Office hours:
Tuesdays 3:00-4:00 PM + by appointment. Office: Room 11-228
WEEK - BY - WEEK SCHEDULE
A DYNAMIC COURSE OUTLINE
WEEK / TOPIC
SYNCHRONOUS CLASSES
HOMEWORK
Before class, visit the Lectures page for class notes and videos.
Tuesdays in room 10-175
Thursdays on Zoom
Homework and Solutions may be found on the Homework page link at the left.
January 25 - First Day of Classes at Baruch
Week 1
Intro to Business Statistics
Thursday January 26 Zoom Class: Getting Started
Tuesday January 31 All About Data
HW: Email me (See Bb)
Bb: Post your Intro to Our Class Blog
Week 2
Thursday Feb 2 Zoom Class: Summarizing and Presenting Data
Lectures: Descriptives 1-2
Tuesday Feb 7: Summarizing and Presenting Data Problem Session
HW: View All 4 Descriptives Lectures before the Thursday Feb 9 Zoom Class
Week 3
Thursday Feb 9 Zoom Class: Summarizing and Presenting Data (2 variables)
Lectures: Descriptives 3-4 (also 1-2) Q&A
February 12-13 College Closed
Week 3 continued
Tuesday Feb 14: Summarizing and Presenting Data (2 variables) Problem Session
HW: View Probability Lecture before the Thursday Feb 16 Zoom Class
Week 4
Thursday Feb 16 Zoom Class: Basic Probability
Q&A
HW: View Probability Distributions Lecture before the Thursday
Feb 23 Zoom Class
Feb 23 Zoom Class
Feb 20 college closed
Tue Feb 21 Baruch Monday
Week 4 continued
Thursday Feb 23: Probability (continued) & Probability Distributions
Q&A
Week 5
Tuesday Feb 28: Probability and Expected Value Problem Session. Review for Quiz
Thursday March 2: QUIZ on Blackboard
(All topics thru Probability)
(All topics thru Probability)
HW: View Normal Probability Distribution Lecture
Week 6
Tuesday March 7: Normal Distribution
Thursday March 9: Sampling Distributions Q&A
HW: View Sampling Distributions Lecture before the Thursday
Mar 9 Zoom Class
Mar 9 Zoom Class
Week 7
Tuesday March14: Review for Exam #1. Sampling Distributions Problem Session
Thursday March 16: Statistical Inference
HW: Pre-View Statistical Inference / Estimation Lecture before the Thursday
Mar 16 Zoom Class
Mar 16 Zoom Class
Week 8
Begin Statistical Inference
Tuesday March 21: Midterm Exam (All Topics thru Sampling Distributions)
Thursday March 23: Estimation and Hypothesis Testing of µ
HW: ReView Statistical Inference / Estimation Lecture before the Thursday
Mar 23 Zoom Class
Mar 23 Zoom Class
Week 9
Tuesday March 28: Estimation and hypothesis testing using the Z statistic. Problem Session
Thursday March 30: Estimation and hypothesis testing using the Student's t statistic. Q&A session.
HW: View "t Distribution" Lecture before the Thursday
Mar 30 Zoom Class
Mar 30 Zoom Class
Week 10
Tuesday April 4: The t Distribution Problem Session.
Inferences about Proportions
HW: View "Proportions" Lecture before the Tuesday April 4 Class
Apr 5-13 Spring Recess
Week 10 continued
Tuesday April 18: Sample Size Determination. Review for Quiz. Begin two sample tests.
Week 11
Thursday April 20 Quiz 2 (Topics: One-Sample Statistical Inference). On Blackboard
Tuesday April 25 Two-sample hypothesis tests Class Cancelled
Week 12
Thursday April 27 Review for Exam #2 (statistical inference)
Tuesday May 2: Midterm Exam #2 (Statistical Inference - all topics). Exam will be ONLINE on Blackboard.
HW: View all three "Two-sample Tests" Lectures before the Thursday
Apr 27 Class
Apr 27 Class
Week 13
Thursday May 4: Correlation & Simple Regression
Tuesday May 9: Correlation & Regression. THIS CLASS WILL TAKE PLACE ON ZOOM.
HW: View "Correlation" and "Regression" Lectures before the Thursday
May 4 Zoom Class
May 4 Zoom Class
Week 14
Thursday May 11. Quiz 3 [Correlation & Regression] on Blackboard
Tuesday May 16 Zoom Class: Final Exam Review
No work of any kind accepted after May 10
LAST DAY OF CLASSES AT BARUCH MAY 16
BARUCH FINAL EXAM PERIOD MAY 17-23
FINAL EXAM
Friday May 19 10:30-12:30
Date and time as per the College's final exam schedule
Comprehensive FINAL EXAM - Departmental
Final will be ONLINE, not in-person
You must log into Pearson.com with your login credentials in order to take the exam.
You must log into Pearson.com with your login credentials in order to take the exam.
See Registrar's Final Exam Schedule