Elementary Statistics
Matt Jones
Maynard 236
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jonesmatt@apsu.edu
Last updated: Jan 16, 1972
Lecture Notes and Videos
Unit 1: Introduction
Unit 3: Association and Regression
Association & Regression Notes
Association&Regression1.p1-5 16:07
LinearEquationsReview.p10-11 9:55
LeastSquaresRegressionLines.p12-14 16:57
Outliers&InfluentialObservations.p15 22:47
CoefficientofDeterminationr^2.p16 11:18
Unit 4: Basic Probability
ConditionalProbability.p11 11:15
LawofTotalProbability.p15 11:36
Birthday Problem Excel Sheet (this is just an image... the actual Excel file is toward the bottom of this webpage, and also called "Birthday Problem Excel Sheet"... or something like that. Click the down-arrow next to it to download it)
Unit 5: Probability Distributions
Probability Distributions Notes
RandomVariablesandMeans.p1-5 13:23
RandomVariablesandStdDev.p6 9:42
BinomialRandomVariables.p7-8 27:59
BinomialRandomVariablesExamples.p9 13:48
NormalRandomVariables.p10-12 23:19
Unit 6: Sampling Distributions
Distributions of Sample Statistics 1 2 3 6:34
Distributions of Sample Statistics 4 5 22:40
Average Coin Value Simulation 10:06
Distributions of Sample Statistics 6 7 8 9 25:19
The Central Limit Theorem.p10-12 13:50
Unit 7: Confidence Intervals
How to program invT into your Calculator!
CIs for Proportions.p1-5 15:25
CIs for Proportions: Examples.p7 21:02
Random Intervals for Means.p8 6:20
The t-Distribution.p9-12 18:02
CIs for Means: Examples.p14-15 27:28
Min Required Sample Sizes.p16 11:19
Min Required Sample Sizes: Examples.p17 9:56
Unit 8: Hypothesis Testing
HypoTestsforOnePopulationMean 8:43
HypoTestsforMeansExample1 14:27
HypoTestsforMeansExample2 12:32
HypoTestsforMeansExample3 8:50
HypoTestsforProps:ExactBinomialandNormalApprox 9:06
HypoTestsforProportionsExample1 13:08
HypoTestsforProportionsExample2 11:05
HypoTestsforProportionsExample3 10:38
The End
Assignments: In D2L
btw... you can find the Excel Demo on alpha and beta at the bottom of this page for download. You may want to use it for one of the assignment problems.
Activities
Getting to Know the Class: Histograms and Bar Charts
Handspan Stats for 11:10 Class
Who Takes This Course?: Using Minitab to Make Basic Charts and Graphs
Matt's Solutions
More On Hand Spans- Comparing Samples from Different Populations
Excel sheet for instructors- in the attachments below
Data from class
Gender vs. Political Party: A Permutation-Based Hypothesis Test
Matt's Solutions
Life Expectancy vs. Infant Mortality Rate
You will need the Minitab worksheet below- scroll down to the bottom of this page. It's in the list of files there. Click the down-arrow to download it, and open it with Minitab.
Matt's Solutions
Rock, Paper, Scissors: Intro to Probability
Excel Sheet for Instructors (in the Attachments section below)
Data from 8:00 class:
# of times A won:
# of times B won:
# of ties:
Data from 11:10 class:
# of times A won:
# of times B won:
# of ties:
Dice, Driving, and Smoking: Conditional Probability and Independence
1530 Student Data Fall 2010 (in the Attachments section below)
Matt's Solutions
True-False Quizzes and Gestation Periods: The Normal Approximation to the Binomial
Matt's Solutions
Sleepy Time: Confidence Intervals
Matt's Solutions
Facebook Friends: A Hypothesis Test for One Population Mean
Matt's Solutions
Spinning Pennies: The Binomial Test for Proportions
Penny Data from Class
Matt's Solutions
The t-Distribution and t-Intervals
tdistribution.xls file in the Attachments section below
Matt's Solutions
Confidence Interval and Hypothesis Test Problem Blitz!
Exam I Information
Exam II Information
Exam II Review from 8:00 class, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018
Exam II Review from 11:10 class, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018
Exam II Fall 2011 Solutions Solutions
***Study assignments from units 4, 5, 6, and the examples from the videos. Also, the last three problems from Exam III Fall 2011 below.***
Exam III Information
Exam III Summer 2017 Solutions Video
Exam III from Fall 2011 Solutions and Review
Final Exam Review
The final exam will be cumulative and based on the material from all previous exams. All the old rules apply (see previous exam reviews). You can find your final exam time by Googling "APSU Final Exam Schedule".
Final Exam Fall 2012 Solutions
Final Exam Fall 2010 Solutions NOTE: The correct answer to problem #34 should be "c", not "d".