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: EXAM #1 (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: Inferences about Proportions. Problem Session. Sample Size Determination. Review for Quiz
Week 11
Thursday April 20 Quiz (Topics: One-Sample Statistical Inference). On Blackboard
Tuesday April 25 Two-sample hypothesis tests; chi-square tests
HW: View all three "Two-sample Tests" Lectures before the Tuesday
Apr 25 Class
Apr 25 Class
Week 12
Thursday April 27 Review for Exam #2 (statistical inference)
Tuesday May 2: EXAM #2 (Statistical Inference - all topics). Exam will be in class.
Week 13
Thursday May 4: Correlation & Simple Regression
Tuesday May 9: Correlation & Regression. Problem Session.
HW: View "Correlation" and "Regression" Lectures before the Thursday
May 4 Zoom Class
May 4 Zoom Class
Week 14
Thursday May 11. Quiz [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
See Registrar's Final Exam Schedule