Statistics 131A                                                                         Fall 2008

Instructor

Ching-Shui Cheng

Office:  419 Evans Hall
Phone:  642-9968
Email: cheng@stat.berkeley.edu

Office Hours: Tu Th 11-12 and by appointment

Before final:

Thursday December 11: 2-4

Lectures: TuTh 2-3:30, 180 TAN

Labs

Days                Time                 Location          

MW                 11-12               330 Evans       

MW                 12-1                 330 Evans

GSI

Joel Hanson

Email: jhanson@stat.berkeley.edu

Office hours: MW 1-3 PM and by appointment (in room 379 Evans)
 
Before final: 
 

Friday December 12: 9 - 11

Textbook: Introduction to the Practice of Statistics (6th edition) by Moore, McCabe and Craig

This course will cover Chapters 1-10 and 12.

Grading

Midterm exam I (October 2, 20%)

Chapter1, Chapter 2, Section 3.1

Midterm exam II (November 6, 20%)

Chapters 4, 5, 6

Note that Section 7.1 has been dropped.

Final exam (35%): 12:30-3:30P, December 15  

106 STANLEY

Weekly homework assignments (10%)

Four quizzes (15%)

The two lowest homework grades and the lowest quiz grade will be dropped.

No make up or early Final/Midterms/quizzes will be given.

All exams are closed book, but you can bring one 8.5x11 page (both sides) of notes to the midterm and three such pages to the final.

Schedule

August 28:                    Introduction

September 2, 4:            1.1, 1.2

September 9, 11:          1.3, 2.1, 2.2

September 16, 18::       2.2 (continued), 2.3, 2.4, 2.6

September 23, 25:        2.5, 3.1, 3.2

September 30:              3.3, 4.1, 4.2

Oct. 2:                          Midterm I

October 7, 9:                4.2 (continued), 4.3, 4.4, 4.5

October 14, 16:            4.5 (continued), 5.1, 5.2

October 21, 23:           5.2 (continued), 6.1, 6.2

October 28, 30: 6.3, 6.4, 7.1

November 4: 7.2

November 6: Midterm II

November 13: 8.1, 8.2

November 18, 20: 9.1, 9.2, 9.3

November 25: 10.1

December 2, 4: 10.2, 12.1

December 9: Review

Homework

Homework will be assigned every Tuesday and due at the beginning of the following Tuesday class unless otherwise specified.

 
Late homework will not be accepted. Solutions will be posted at bSpace.
 
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Assignment #1: 1.22, 1.28 (a), (b), 1.34, 1.40, 1.64, 1.72, 1.78, 1.94, due September 9

Assignment #2: 1.120, 1.122, 1.126, 1.132, 1.136, 1.142, 1.146, 2.22, due September 16

Assignment #3: 2.36, 2.44, 2.48, 2.50, 2.64, 2.72, 2.78, 2.96, 2.98, 2.100, due September 23

Assignment #4: 2.114, 2.116, 2.122, 2.126, 2.130, 2.160, 3.26, 3.32, 3.44, due September 30

Assignment #5: 3.61, 3.66, 3.72, 3.91, 4.28, 4.32, 4.34, 4.44, due October 9

Assignment #6: 4.58, 4.60, 4.66, 4.74, 4.78, 4.82, 4.90, 4.108, due October 14

Assignment #7: 4.118, 4.122, 4.124, 4.126, 4.128, 5.14, 5.22, 5.24, 5.28, 5.30, Due October 21

Assignment #8: 5.48, 5.50, 5.52, 5.60, 6.18, 6.32, 6.66, 6.68, Due October 28

Assignment #9: 6.58, 6.102, 6.112, 6.113, 6.114, 7.20 (a)(b)(c)(d), Due November 4 

Assignment #10: 7.24, 7.32, 7.48, 7.64, 7.88, due November 13

Assignment #11: 8.22, 8.28, 8.30, 8.48, due November 18

Assignment #12: 9.22, 9.28, 9.34, 9.42, due November 25

Assignment #13: 10.14, 10.18, 10.48, 10.49, 10.50, 12.22, 12.42, due December 9.

Quizzes

Quiz #1           September 24:  Chapter 1 and Sections 2.1, 2.2, 2.3. 

                        One single-sided page of notes is allowed.

Quiz #2           October 22: Chapter 4, 5.1

                        One single-sided page of notes is allowed.

Quiz #3           November 19: 7.1, 7.2, 8.1, 8.2

                        One single-sided page of notes is allowed.

Quiz #4 December 10: 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 10.1, 10.2, 12.1