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  Southwestern
Probability & Statistics  
MATH 241  
   Adventist University
 
Lawrence E. Turner, Ph.D.
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Beauty is the first test; there is no permanent place in the world for ugly mathematics.
G. H. Hardy

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Chapter 1     What is Statistics?
 objectives
 handouts
  classes of variables
 assignments

Chapter 2     Simplfying and Summarizing Data with Numbers
 objectives
 handouts
  central measures examples for data types
  computational formulae
  QwikStat
 assignments

Chapter 3     Visual Descriptions of Data
 objectives
 assignments
 
Test 1 (chapter 1–3)
 summary
 sample test questions  (chapter 1 [pdf] 57KB)
 sample test questions  (chapter 2 [pdf] 57KB)
 sample test questions  (chapter 3 [pdf] 57KB)
 results  [spring 2008]

Chapter 4     Living in a Chancy World
 objectives
 assignments

Chapter 5     Discrete Random Variables
 objectives
 handouts
  factorial
  permutation
  combination
  pascal's triangle
  discrete probability distributions
  trees and hypergeometric
  trees and binomial
  expectation
  calculator
 assignments

Chapter 6     Continuous Random Variables
 objectives
 handouts
  normal distribution
  standard normal table
  table lookup
  normal calculator
  t-distribution calculator
 assignments
 
Test 2 (chapter 4–6)
 summary
 sample test questions  (chapter 4 [pdf] 104KB)
 sample test questions  (chapter 5 [pdf] 104KB)
 sample test questions  (chapter 6 [pdf] 104KB)
 results  [spring 2008]

Chapter 7     Confidence Intervals
 objectives
 assignments

Chapter 8     Hypothesis Testing
 objectives
 handouts
  hypotheses and errors
  hypothesis testing process
 assignments
 
Project
 overview

Chapter 9     Binomial and Multinomial Experiments and Contingency Tables
 objectives
 handouts
  simple chi-sqr calculator
  two-way contingency table calculator
 assignments
 
Test 3 (chapter 7–9)
 summary
 sample test questions  (chapter 7 [pdf] 108KB)
 sample test questions  (chapter 8 [pdf] 108KB)
 sample test questions  (chapter 9 [pdf] 108KB)
 results  [spring 2008]

Chapter 10     Hypotheses Involving Two Populations
 objectives
 assignments

Chapter 11     The Analysis of Variance
 objectives
 handouts
  one-way ANOVA calculator
 assignments

Chapter 12     One-Variable Regression and Correlation
 objectives
 assignments
 
Final Exam (chapter 10–12 and comprehensive)
 summary
 sample test questions  (chapter 10 [pdf] 252KB)
 sample test questions  (chapter 11 [pdf] 252KB)
 sample test questions  (chapter 12 [pdf] 252KB)
 results  [spring 2008]

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