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
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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.
August 28 - First Day of Classes at Baruch
Thursday August 29 Zoom Class: Getting Started
Tuesday Sept 3 All About Data
Email me (as per Bb Assignment)
Post your Intro to the Our Class Blog on Bb
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Read Ch. 1
Thursday Sept 5 Zoom Class: Summarizing and Presenting Data
Tuesday Sept 10: Summarizing and Presenting Data Problem Session
Read Ch. 2
Thursday Sept 12 Zoom Class: Summarizing and Presenting Data (2 variables)
Tuesday Sept 17: Problem Session Review for Quiz #1
Read Ch. 3
Thursday Sept 19 Quiz 1 (tentative)
Introduction, Data, & Descriptive Statistics
Tuesday Sept 24: Probability
Thursday Feb 22 Baruch Monday
Thursday Sept 26: Probability and Expected Value Problem Session.
Tuesday Oct 1: Probability (continued) & Probability Distributions
Read Ch. 5
October 2-4 No classes at Baruch College
Tuesday Oct 8: Normal Distribution
Thursday Oct 10: Sampling Distributions
Read Ch. 7
October 11 - 12 No classes at Baruch College
Monday October 14 College Closed
Tuesday October 15 - Baruch Monday
Thursday Oct 17: Synchronous class cancelled today. Review relevant lectures.
Review for Quiz.
Tuesday Oct 22: Quiz 2 (tentative)
Probability and Probability Distributions
Thursday Oct 24: Synchronous class cancelled today. Review relevant lectures.
Statistical Inference - Estimation and Hypothesis Testing of µ
Tuesday Oct 29:
Ch. 8, 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. Q&A session.
Thursday Nov 7: The t Distribution Problem Session.
Inferences about Proportions
Tuesday Nov 12: One-sample inference, Continued
Thursday Nov 14: Sample Size Determination. Begin two sample tests.
Tuesday Nov 19: Two-sample hypothesis tests
Ch. 10
Thursday Nov 21: Review for Quiz
Tuesday Nov 26: Quiz 3 (tentative)
Statistical Inference
Thanksgiving Recess November 28-29 College Closed
Saturday Nov 30 No classes at Baruch
Sunday Dec 1 - College Closed
Tuesday Dec 3: Correlation & Simple Regression
Thursday Dec 5: Correlation & Simple Regression
Ch. 12
Tuesday Dec 10: Quiz 4 (tentative)
Correlation & Regression
Thursday Dec 12: Review for Final Exam
LAST DAY OF CLASSES AT BARUCH Dec 14
BARUCH FINAL EXAM PERIOD Dec 15 - 21
Fri Dec 20, 2024 10:30-12:30
Date and time as per the College's final exam schedule
Also see the Baruch College Fall 2024 Academic Calendar