Fall 2022 STA 2000

@ Baruch College (CUNY)

STA 2000 Sections CTRB and ETRA are online in Fall 2022, and have both synchronous and asynchronous class components.

Synchronous classes:

  • meet over Zoom according to the schedule below. The days are the same for both classes. The times are as follows:

  • CTRB Tuesdays & Thursdays 10:45 AM - 12:00 PM

  • ETRA Tuesdays & Thursdays 2:30- 3:45 PM

  • You may attend at either time, or even both. However, you must take your Blackboard exams with your own class.

Office hours:

  • will be held in the Zoomiverse. Email me to schedule a meeting.

  • Contact Professor Linda W. Friedman: Linda.Friedman@baruch.cuny.edu OR Prof.Friedman@gmail.com

  • There will probably be some days/times when I am in my office in school. I'll let you know for those who prefer a face-to-face experience.

WEEK - BY - WEEK COURSE OUTLINE

WEEK / TOPIC

SYNCHRONOUS CLASSES

HOMEWORK

Before class, visit the Lectures page for class notes in pdf format, narrated slides, and videos. Then do the Homework assigned.

Section CTRB: 10:45 am - 12:00 pm
Section ETRA: 2:30 pm - 3:45 pm

Homework is due by week, not by date / time. All work for this course may be found on Blackboard under Assignments.

August 25 - First Day of Classes at Baruch

Week 1

Intro to Business Statistics

Thursday August 25 Zoom Class: Getting Started

Tuesday August 30 Zoom Class: All About Data

HW: Email me (See Bb)
Bb: Post your Intro to
Our Class Blog

Week 2

Descriptive Statistics

Thursday Sep 1: Zoom Class: Overview of Topic & Problem session

HW: Measuring Data

September 5 - Baruch College Closed

.Week 2 (continued)

Tuesday Sep 6 Zoom Class: Overview of Topic & Problem session

Bb: Begin work on Making Statistics Relevant (Discussion2) DUE Week 7

Week 3

Descriptive Statistics (continued)

THURSDAY Sep 8 Zoom Class: Overview of Topic & Problem session
Tuesday Sep 13 Zoom Class: Overview of Topic & Problem session

HW: Descriptive Stats

Week 4

Descriptive Statistics

Thursday Sep 15 Review for Quiz What 2 Know
Some Xtra Review Problems

Tuesday September 20: Exam #1 (a Quiz) on Blackboard

Quiz will cover Introduction, Descriptive Statistics

HW: Descriptive Stats II
(2-variable)

Week 5

Probability & Probability Distributions

Thursday Sep 22 Zoom Class: Overview of Topic & Problem session


September 26-27: No Classes at Baruch College

October 4-5: No Classes at Baruch College

Thursday September 29 is a BARUCH MONDAY

Week 5 (continued)

Probability & Probability Distributions

Thursday Oct 6 Zoom Class: Overview of Topic & Problem session


October 10: Baruch College Closed

Week 6

Binomial Distribution [DONE]
Normal Distribution

Tuesday October 11: Class is cancelled; no class meeting.
Catch up on your asynchronous work with the prepared Lectures

Thursday Oct 13 Zoom Class: Overview of Topic & Problem Session

HW: Probability
HW: Expected Value

Week 7

Normal Distribution
Sampling Distributions

Tuesday October 18: Class is cancelled; no class meeting.
Catch up on your asynchronous work with the prepared Lectures

Thursday Oct 20 Zoom Class: Overview of Topic & Problem Session

HW: Binomial Distribution
Bb: Making Statistics Relevant (Discussion2)

Week 8

Begin Statistical Inference

Tuesday Oct 25 Zoom Class: Overview of Topic & Problem Session

Thursday Oct 27 Zoom Class: Review for Exam #2

HW: Normal Distribution
HW: Sampling Distributions

Week 9

Intro to Statistical Inference, Z tests

Tuesday Nov 1: Exam #2 on Blackboard

Exam will cover Probability and Probability Distributions

Thursday Nov 3 Zoom Class: Overview of Topic & Problem Session


Week 10

Statistical inference with Z
Student's t distribution


Inferences about Proportions (?)

Tuesday Nov 8: Zoom Class: Overview of Topic & Problem Session

Thursday Nov 10 Zoom Class: Overview of Topic & Problem Session

HW: One-sample Z tests

Week 11

Inferences about Proportions
Sample Size Determination
Two-sample Tests

Thursday Nov 15 Zoom Class: Overview of Topic & Problem Session

Thursday Nov 17 Zoom Class: Review for Exam #3

HW: One-sample t tests
HW: Inferences about Proportions

Week 12


Tuesday Nov 22 Exam #3 on Blackboard

Exam will cover one-sample statistical inference


BARUCH THANKSGIVING RECESS Nov 24-27

Week 12 (continued)

2-sample hypothesis tests

Tuesday Nov 29 Zoom Class: Overview of Topic & Problem Session


Week 13

Correlation & Regression

Thursday Dec 1 Zoom Class: Overview of Topic & Problem Session

Tuesday Dec 6 Zoom Class: Review for Exam #4

HW: Two-sample tests (I,II,III)

HW: Correlation
HW: Regression

No homework of any kind accepted after December 7

Week 14

Study for the Comprehensive Final Exam [all topics]. If you do well on Exams 1-4 you may be exempt from the final.

Thursday Dec 8: Exam #4 on Blackboard

Exam will cover Two-sample tests, correlation, regression

Tuesday Dec 13 Zoom Class: Final Exam Q&A

LAST DAY OF CLASSES AT BARUCH DEC 13

BARUCH FINAL EXAM PERIOD Dec 15-21

FINAL EXAM

Date and time as per the College's final exam schedule

Comprehensive FINAL EXAM on Blackboard

Section CTRB Thursday December 15th 10:30 AM
Section ETRA Tuesday December 20th 3:30PM

1 Also see the Baruch College FALL 2022 academic calendar

2 Late Discussion posts will not be graded. No exceptions here.