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STA 2023
Elementary Statistics
Course Handouts
Ø Syllabus: This document w= ill give you a good idea of what the course will be like.
Ø Schedule: This document contains a tentative schedule for the entire term.
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MathLab/CourseCompass: A link to the online homework syst=
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that we will be using for the course.
To access the system, you will need a course name and a course ID.
Ø Blackboard: Handouts, reviews, practice tests, and the gradebook can be found here.
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LINKS
Probability
Ø Probability -- from MathWorld: A short description of Probability.
Ø The Law of Large Numbers: A Maple worksheet that demonstrates the Law= of Large Numbers--as the number of trials increases, the empirical probability will approach the theoretical probability.
Ø Simeon Poisson: A short biograph= y of the mathematician for which the Poisson distribution is named.
Ø Combinatorics -- f= rom MathWorld: A short description of combinatorics. This is the branch of mathematics which deals with counting.
Statistics
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Statistics -- from
Ø Sampling and the Normal Distribution: A Maple worksheet that demonstrates = that the Normal Distribution arises naturally.
Ø The Approximation of the Binomial Probability Distribution with the Normal Distribution: A Maple worksheet that shows that the Normal distribution= can be used to approximate a Binomial Distribution.
Ø Best Estimates: A Guide to Sample Size and Margin of Error: A discussion of sample size and the margin of error in polling data found at Public Agenda Online.
Ø William Gosset: A short biography= of the inventor of the t-test.
Ø Pafnuty Lvovich Chebyshev: A short biography of the creator of Chebychev’s Theorem.
Ø Dentist Cartoon: Is statistics re= ally relevant? This funny cartoon = gives a humorous perspective to the question.&nb= sp; We post it with the written permission of the artist who draws Bizarro-Da= n Piraro.
Ø O= ne Day in America: A nice funny article from Time Magazine that discusses what it means to be an “average” American.
Statistical
Data
Ø Wo= rld Records in Athletics
Ø United St= ates Census Bureau
Ø Stock Q= uotes from Yahoo Finance
Ø FedStats
Ø World= Clock: A clock that shows how various wor= ld statistics throughout the world are varying over time. It was brought to my attention by Barbara Duncan, a colleague who teaches mathematics at the Dale Mabry Campu= s.
Formula Sheets for Tests