Copies of Overhead Transparencies Shown in

MATH 4753-002, Fall 2009

(Last updated on 20 November 2009)

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Transparencies shown on 24 August 2009 (what is statistics and the distinction between statistics and probability)

Transparencies shown on 24 August 2009 (descriptive statistics)

Transparencies shown on 24 August 2009 (summarizing qualitative data)

• Example of frequency bar chart
• Example of relative frequency bar chart
• Example of pie chart
• Example of Pareto diagram

 

Transparencies shown on 26 August 2009 (summarizing quantitative data)

• Sorted inspection scores for cruise ship data example
• Frequency histogram for cruise ship data
• Relative frequency histogram for cruise ship data

Transparencies shown on 26 August 2009 (measures of central tendency)

 

Transparencies shown on 28 August 2009 (measures of variation)

Transparencies shown on 28 and 31 August 2009 (measures of relative standing; outliers)

 

Transparencies shown on 31 August and 2 September 2009 (the essentials of probability theory)

 

Transparencies shown on 2 and 4 September 2009 (some counting rules)

 

Transparencies shown on 4 September 2009 (a probability/statistics example)

Transparency shown on 4 September 2009 (selecting a random sample)

 

Transparencies shown on 9 and 11 September 2009 (random variables, expected value, and variance)

 

Transparencies shown on 14 and 16 September 2009 (Bernoulli and binomial RVs)

 

Transparencies shown on 16, 18, and 21 September 2009 (Continuous RVs)

• Interpretation of probability as area for a continuous RV

 

Transparencies shown on 21 and 23 September 2009 (Expected value and variance for continuous RVs)

 

Transparencies shown on 23 September 2009 (Uniformly distributed RVs)

 

Transparencies shown on 25 September 2009 (Normally distributed RVs)

 

Transparencies shown on 5 October 2009 (Discrete bivariate probability distributions)

Transparencies shown on 5 and 7 October 2009 (Continuous bivariate probability distributions)

 

Transparencies shown on 9 and 12 October 2009 (Expected values of functions of pairs of RVs and independence of RVs)

 

Transparencies shown on 12 and 14 October 2009 (Covariance and correlation)

 

Transparencies shown on 19 and 21 October 2009 (Sampling distributions)

• Histogram of 1000 simulated values of a sum of squares of standard normal RVs
• Graphical illustration of the Central Limit Theorem for a uniform RV
• Comparison of the binomial distribution with a normal RV of the same mean and variance
• Illustration of the continuity correction for the normal approximation to the binomial distribution

 

Transparencies shown on 21 and 23 October 2009 (Sampling distributions related to the normal distribution)

 

Transparencies shown on 26 and 28 October 2009 (Basics of estimating parameters in distribution functions)

 

Transparencies shown on 28 and 30 October 2009 (Interval estimation and confidence intervals for the mean)

 

Transparencies shown on 2 November 2009 (Confidence intervals for the difference of two means)

 

Transparencies shown on 4 November 2009 (Confidence intervals for population proportions and the difference of two population proportions)

 

Transparencies shown on 6 and 9 November 2009 (Confidence intervals for population variances and the ratio of two population variances)

 

Transparencies shown on 9 November 2009 (Choosing sample sizes for given degrees of accuracy and confidence)

 

Transparencies shown on 11 November 2009 (Review examples for Exam 2)

 

Transparencies shown on 16 and 18 November 2009 (Introduction to hypothesis testing)

 

Transparencies shown on 20 November 2009 (Testing population means; corrected version)

 

Transparencies shown on 23 November 2009 (Observed level of significance; also called p-values)

Transparencies shown on 23 November 2009 (Testing differences of population means)

Transparencies shown on 23 November 2009 (Testing population proportions)

Transparencies shown on 23 November 2009 (Testing differences of population proportions)