THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO

Department of Statistical & Actuarial Sciences

Statistical Sciences 222a: Methods of Statistical Analysis

Course Outline

Instructor: Dr. Z. Krougly, WSC 205, 661-2111 ext. 86985, zkrougly@stats.uwo.ca

Class Times: Tue 9:00 –12:00 a.m., Thu 9:00 –12:00 a.m., WSC 240

Office Hours: Tue 1:00-2:00 p.m. & 3:00-4.00 p.m., Thu 3:30-4:30 p.m. or by appointment.

Course Web Page: The URL given should be linked to

http://www.stats.uwo.ca/faculty/krougly/

Prerequisites: A full mathematics course, or equivalent, numbered 020 or above.

Antirequisites: All other courses or half courses in Introductory Statistics except Statistical Sciences 023a/b, Statistical Sciences 024a/b.

Textbook: Introductory Statistics (6th edition), by Neil A. Weiss.

Supplementary material to the textbook is in the Taylor library and will be held on a 2-hours reserve basis.

Course Objective:

The course basic understanding of the techniques for exploring, organising and describing data, techniques for producing data through surveys and experiments, random behaviour, statistical inference, data analysis and statistical procedures, and its applications through numerous examples.

Course Description:

This is an introductory course in the application of statistical methods, intended for honors students in departments other than Statistical and Actuarial Sciences, Applied Mathematics, Mathematics, or students in the Faculty of Engineering Science. Topics include sampling, confidence intervals, analysis of variance, regression and correlation. Cannot be taken for credit in any 3-year BSc program in statistics or honors program in statistics or actuarial science.

Evaluation: One Term Tests 40%, Final Exam 60%.

Term Tests

There will be one multiple-choice (non- cumulative) test. There will be no make up test (for those that do legitimately miss a test and provide the required supporting documentation before or immediately after the test, the weight of that test will be required for the final exam). Students should bring non-programmable calculator to the test. All tables needed and some formulas will be provided on test, advance notification will be given about which formulas will be provided.

 

Date

Time

Location

Midterm

June 4

6:30 – 8:30 p.m.

WSC 240

 

Final Exam:

 Topics Covered in the Textbook: Approximate Weekly Schedule

Week

Date

Chapter

1

May17 – May21

Course Introduction, Nature of Statistics, Organizing Data, Descriptive Measures, Probability Concepts (Ch1, Ch2, Ch3, Ch4);

2

May24 – May28

Discrete Random Variables, Normal Distribution, Sampling Distribution of the Sample Mean, (Ch5, Ch6, Ch7);

3

May31 – Jun4

Confidence Interval for One Population, Hypothesis Test for One Population Mean (Ch8, Ch9);
Test Review

Jun4 (Friday)

MIDTERM

4

Jun7 – Jun11

Inferences for Two Population Means, Inferences for Population Standard Deviations, Inferences for Population Proportions (Ch10, Ch11, Ch12)

5

Jun14 – Jun18

Chi-square Procedures, Descriptive Methods in Regression and Correlation, Inferential Methods in Regression and Correlation (Ch13, Ch14, Ch15)

6

Jun21 – Jun25

Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) (Ch16),

Test Review

 

 

FINAL EXAM

Note: Some sections of some chapters indicated will not be covered. Some topics may be treated differently.

Attendance: The Department views classroom attendance as a very important part of the learning process. Students are advised that excessive absenteeism may result in the student being debarred from the final examination. Attendance will be taken periodically and used to adjudicate border line cases.

Classroom Environment: The Department has adopted a "Mutual Expectations" policy. See website's Undergraduate section: www.stats.uwo.ca.