Spring 2024 STA 2000
@ Baruch College (CUNY)
The above is MY syllabus for our section, ETRA. During Spring 2024 there will be a departmental final exam. The common syllabus for all sections of STA 2000 may be found HERE. Please do let me know if you find any significant differences between the common syllabus and the one above.
As we go along I will note here the very few things that may be explained differently in the online lecture notes in this website and the assigned textbook:
The population proportion is denoted by an uppercase P in my online lectures and by the Greek letter π in the textbook.
Our section of STA 2000 is a hybrid in-person and synchronous-online class. Tuesdays we meet in room 12-150 (VC) and Thursdays we meet over Zoom, both at 2:30-3:45PM. Exams and Quizzes will take place as indicated in the course outline below.
Office hours: Tuesdays 4:00-5:00 PM + by appointment. Office: Room 11-228
email: Prof.Friedman @ gmail.com
WEEK - BY - WEEK SCHEDULE
A DYNAMIC COURSE OUTLINE
WEEK / TOPIC
SYNCHRONOUS CLASSES
HOMEWORK
Before class, read the assigned chapters in the textbook; visit the Lectures page for class notes in pdf format, narrated slides, and videos. Then do the Homework assigned.
Homework is due by week, not by date / time. All work for this course may be found on Blackboard under Assignments.
January 25 - First Day of Classes at Baruch
Week 1
Thursday January 25 Zoom Class: Getting Started
Tuesday January 30 All About Data
Email me (as per Bb Assignment)
Post your Intro to the Our Class Blog on Bb
Purchase textbook and access to MyLab. CourseID is hwang59954
Read Ch. 1
Week 2
Thursday Feb 1 Zoom Class: Summarizing and Presenting Data
Tuesday Feb 6: Summarizing and Presenting Data Problem Session
Read Ch. 2
Week 3
Thursday Feb 8 Zoom Class: Summarizing and Presenting Data (2 variables)
Read Ch. 3
Monday February 12 College Closed
Week 3 continued
Tuesday Feb 13: Problem Session Review for Quiz #1
Week 4
Thursday Feb 15: Quiz 1 (on Blackboard)
Introduction, Data, & Descriptive Statistics
Introduction, Data, & Descriptive Statistics
Monday Feb 19 College closed
Week 4 continued
Tuesday Feb 20: Probability
Read Ch. 4
Thursday Feb 22 Baruch Monday
Week 5
Tuesday Feb 27: Probability and Expected Value Problem Session.
Read Ch. 5
Wednesday Feb 28 Baruch Monday
Week 5 continued
Thursday Feb 29: Probability (continued) & Probability Distributions
Read Ch. 6
Week 6
Tuesday March 5: Normal Distribution
Thursday March 7: Sampling Distributions
Read Ch. 7
Week 7
Tuesday March 12: Review for Quiz.
Thursday March 14: Quiz 2 (on Blackboard)
Probability and Probability Distributions
Probability and Probability Distributions
Week 8
Tuesday March 19: Statistical Inference - Estimation and Hypothesis Testing of µ
Thursday March 21: Synchronous class cancelled today. Review Lectures: 1) Estimation 2) Hypothesis Testing - Z Tests
Ch. 8, 9
Week 9
Tuesday March 26: Estimation and hypothesis testing using the Z statistic. Problem Session
Thursday March 28: Estimation and hypothesis testing using the Student's t statistic. Q&A session.
Week 10
Tuesday April 2: The t Distribution Problem Session.
Inferences about Proportions
Thursday April 4: One-sample inference, Continued
Week 11
Tuesday April 9: Sample Size Determination. Begin two sample tests.
Thursday April 11: Two-sample hypothesis tests
Ch. 10
Week 12
Tuesday April 16: Review for Quiz
Thursday April 18: Quiz 3 (on Blackboard)
Statistical Inference
Statistical Inference
Spring Recess Apr 22-30 Spring Recess
Week 13
Thursday May 2: Correlation & Simple Regression
Tuesday May 7: Correlation & Simple Regression
Ch. 12
Week 14
Thursday May 9: Quiz 4 (on Blackboard)
Correlation & Regression
Correlation & Regression
Tuesday May 14: Review for Final Exam
No work of any kind accepted after May 14
LAST DAY OF CLASSES AT BARUCH MAY XX
BARUCH FINAL EXAM PERIOD MAY 16-22
FINAL EXAM
Fri May 17, 2024 10:30-12:30
Date and time as per the College's final exam schedule
Comprehensive FINAL EXAM - Departmental
Final will be ONLINE, on Pearson.com
Also see the Baruch College Spring 2024 Academic Calendar