INSTRUCTOR: Ani
Adhikari. Email
address aniclass@stat.berkeley.edu, office 413 Evans, phone 642-2208. I do not
answer
questions
like,
``How do I solve Problem X?'' by email or on the phone. Please use
email
and the phone only for emergencies and administrative issues. Please include your
full
name and SID in all email messages to me.
OFFICE HOURS: TuTh 11:30-1:30
in
413 Evans; and you can always talk to me after class. On Tuesdays
my Stat 20 students will have preference in office hours.
You will have preference on Thursdays.
GSI: Donghui Yan. His office hours will be announced by the end of the first week.
WEEKLY SCHEDULE: Lecture meets MWF 1-2 in 2 LeConte. Sections meet F for an hour each in Evans.
WEB PAGE: http://www.stat.berkeley.edu/~ani/s135f06/index.html . You must visit this page regularly. It will contain homework assignments, data for analysis, etc.
PREREQUISITES: Algebra, calculus, and probability at the level of Stat 134. I will assume not just an acquaintance but fluency with all of these.
TEXT: Mathematical Statistics and Data Analysis
(third
edition), by John Rice, published by Duxbury. We will cover most of Chapters 7 to 13.
An excellent reference for probability is Probability by Jim Pitman, published by Springer Verlag. The best introductory statistics text in the world is Statistics by Freedman, Pisani, and Purves, published by W.W. Norton.
HOMEWORK: Assignments will be posted on the web each week and will be due Friday of the following week in section. No late homeworks will be accepted.
COMPUTER LABS: Later in the term we do some data analysis using a freely downloadable statistical package called R.
You will find it useful to have access to a computer and to the
Internet at home, though we will provide accounts on our department
machines if necessary.
EXAMS: There will be one
midterm and one final. If you cannot take the final at the date
and
time given below, you cannot take this class. There will be no
late,
early, or repeat exams.
Midterm :
Friday October 20,
in class.
Final : Friday December 15, 5-8 p.m., Exam Group 12. Room to be
announced.
GRADES: Overall
scores will be
computed as follows:
Homework and computer labs 40%
What this means is, do your homework well. And if you
mess up on the midterm, work hard for the
final. If you score higher (as a percent of the total points) on
the final than on the midterm, then your midterm percent will be
replaced by your final exam percent.
Larger of midterm and final 20%
Final 40%
No individual letter grades will be given for quizzes, midterm or final. Your letter grade for the course will be based on your overall score.