STAT 431/STAT 511: Statistical Inference Summer Session II 2006 G94 JMHH MTWR 10:40-12:15pm

 

 

Instructor: Zhihua Qiao

Office: 427.2 JMHH

Email: zhqiao@wharton.upenn.edu

Office hours: 4-5 PM Wednesday, other time by appointment, you can also reach me by email.

Text: Probability and Statistics for Engineering and the Sciences, by Jay L. Devore, 6th edition, Thomson Brooks/Cole Publishers, 2004.

Website: http://stat.wharton.upenn.edu/~zhqiao/STAT431-511/index.html

Some course materials will be made available here, including data sets, homework, review stuff and solutions, in addition to any announcements that may need to be made.

Statistical Computing Package: JMP-IN Version 5.0. It is recommended that you have a copy of the software on your own computer. If not, you can find the software in the Wharton computer labs (F75 and F80 JMHH). To use Wharton computing facilities, you will need to apply for an account in F35 JMHH (Wharton students do not need to).

Homework: There will be approximately 5 homework assignments. Homework problems will involve calculations by hand and the use of JMP-IN. No late homework will be accepted.

Quizzes: There will be 4 or 5 quizzes: Each quiz will be approx. 15 minutes.

Quizzes will be closed book. A one-sided formula sheet is allowed. There are no makeup quizzes.


 

Exams: There will be 1 midterm and 1 final exam. Both will be given in-class.

Midterm: (tentative): July 17, Monday

Final (cumulative): August 3, Thursday

กค         Exams will be closed book; however, you will be allowed a formula sheet (2 sides of 8.5" by 11" sheet of paper) and a calculator.

กค         There is no makeup for the midterm. The only excuses for missing an exam are a serious illness or a major family crisis. Proof must be provided in the form of an official document. A note from a family member alone is not sufficient.

กค         You have until one week after receiving your grades on the quizzes/exams to dispute the grade; the same applies to any homework grade. Note that when asking for a question to be re-graded, the entire assignment/exam may be re-graded, and so you run the risk of losing more points than you gain back.

กค         It is recommended that exams be done in pen. Use of pencil voids the students right to request a re-grade of the exam.

 

Grading: Homework: 20% (best 4 out of 5 count)

Quizzes: 20%

Midterm: 25%

Final Exam: 35%

 

Class schedule: (no class on July 27)

Lecture 1 (June 26): Introductory class

Lecture 2 (June 27): Confidence intervals.

Lecture 3 (June 28): confidence intervals

Lecture 4 (June 29): introduction to hypothesis testing

Lecture 5 (July 5): one-sample hypothesis testing

Lecture 6 (July 6): one-sample hypothesis testing

Lecture 7 (July 7): two-sample hypothesis testing and confidence intervals

Lecture 8 (July 10): two-sample hypothesis testing and confidence intervals

Lecture 9 (July 11): two-sample hypothesis testing and confidence intervals

Lecture 10 (July 12): examples and review

 

Lecture 11 (July 13): simple linear regression (not in the midterm)

 

Lecture 12 (July 17): midterm

Lecture 13 (July 18): simple linear regression

Lecture 14 (July 19): simple linear regression

Lecture 15 (July 20): simple linear regression

Lecture 16 (July 24): multiple linear regression

Lecture 17 (July 25): multiple linear regression

Lecture 18 (July 26): multiple linear regression

Lecture 19 (July 31) categorical data

Lecture 20 (Aug 1):  examples and review

Lecture 21 (Aug 2):  review

 

Lecture 22 (Aug 3): final