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Course Syllabus
| Professor: |
Dr. Ed Manton |
E-Mail:
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Edgar_Manton@tamu-commerce.edu |
| Office: |
BA 327 |
Office Hours:
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T 9:00 am- 9:30 am
5:30 pm- 6:15 pm (UCD)
W10:00 am- 12 noon;
1:30 pm- 3:00 pm
R 9:00 am- 9:30 am
1:30 pm- 3:00 pm
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| Phone: |
903.886.5684 (office)
903.886.5693 (fax) |
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Required Text
Lind/Marchal/Wathen,
Statistical Techniques in Business & Economics --
McGrawHill Irwin, 14th
edition ISBN-
13:
978-0-07-340176-8
Course Description
A course dealing with statistical concepts including measures of
central tendency and dispersion, probability distributions, the Central
Limit Theorem, sampling, estimation, hypothesis testing, analysis of
variance, correlation and regression analysis.
Course Prerequisite
Math 141, 175 or equivalent.
Course Objectives
The objective of this course is to provide a foundation for the
graduate business student on basic principles of statistics to include
measurements of location and dispersion, probability, probability
distributions, sampling, estimation, hypothesis testing, regression and
correlation analysis, and multiple regression.
1.
The student will know the definition of inferential
statistics.
2.
The student will be able to identify the
measures of central tendency.
3.
The student will know the definition of variance.
4.
The student will be able to use the normal distribution table to solve a
problem.
5. The
student will be able to use the binomial distribution tables to solve a
problem.
6. The
student will be able to use the poisson distribution table to solve a
problem.
7. The
student will know the definition of a sampling distribution of means.
8. The
student will know the central limit theorem.
9. The
student will know the definition of a Type I and a Type II error.
10. The
student will be able to calculate a confidence interval for a population
parameter.
11. The
student will be able to test a statistical hypothesis.
12. The
student will know the definition of correlation.
13. The
student will know how to calculate a correlation coefficient.
14. The
student will know how to calculate a regression equation.
Grading Policy
Evaluation of student performance will be based
primarily upon three equally weighted tests.
There is no comprehensive final exam, therefore dead week will not be
observed. Grades for the course will be determined by achieving the
following average ranges:
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Average Range |
Grade |
| 90-100 |
A |
| 80-89 |
B |
| 70-79 |
C |
| 60-69 |
D |
| Below 60 |
F |
Attendance Policy
Attendance is mandatory. Anticipated absences for work related
reasons should be explained to instructor in advance.
Students are expected to be on-time for class. Class room door may be locked
after class commences.
Classroom Demeanor
"All students enrolled at the University shall follow the tenets
of common decency and acceptable behavior conducive to a positive
learning environment." See Student's Guide Book.
Special Accommodations
Students with Disabilities:
The Americans with Disabilities Act
(ADA) is a federal anti-discrimination statute that provides comprehensive
civil rights protection for persons with disabilities. Among other things,
this legislation requires that all students with disabilities be
guaranteed a learning environment that provides for reasonable
accommodation of their disabilities. If you have a disability requiring an
accommodation, please contact:
Office of Student Disability Resources and Services
Texas A&M University-Commerce
Gee Library, Room 132
Phone (903) 886-5150 or (903) 886-5835
Fax (903) 468-8148
Email: StudentDisabilityServices@tamu-commerce.edu
NOTE THE FOLLOWING
- The assignments listed are tentative for the semester.
It is meant to be a guide. Certain topics may be stressed more or less than
indicated in the text and, depending on class progress, certain topics may be
omitted.
- Homework: Homework problems will be assigned, but will
not be collected or graded. Selected problems will be solved in class during
lectures. Solution to homework problem can be found at
this link.
Several problems from the homework may be assigned to be solved using the
computer.
- You will be informed, at least one week before each of
the four exams.
- Missed examination: A missed examination may be made-up
during the week of final exams. This make-up exam will be comprehensive.
- Classroom Demeanor : “All students
enrolled at the university shall follow tenets of common decency and
acceptable behavior conducive to a positive learning environment ”. See
Students Guide Book.
- Attendance Policy : You are expected
to be present and on time for all class meetings of
this course. You will be allowed to make up work for classes you miss only if
your absence is excusable. Excusable absences are defined in the current
University Catalog.
- Special Needs : “Request from students
with disabilities for reasonable accommodations must go through the academic
support committee. For more information, please contact the office of
Advisement Services, BA 314 , 903 – 886 – 5133.
Class Schedule
The schedule will depend on class progress; chapter assignments
and tests may be altered as the class progresses. Students should read chapters,
do as many of the homework problems as possible and be familiar with the chapter
summaries and the end of chapter sef-examinations.
Chapter 1
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Text Assignment |
Topic |
Tests |
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Chapter 1 |
What is
Statistics? |
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Chapter
2 |
Describing Data- Frequency
Distribution and Graphic Presentation |
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Chapter 3 |
Describing
Data-Measures of Central Tendency |
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Chapter
4 |
Other Descriptive Measures |
Test 1 |
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Chapter 5 |
A Survey of
Probability Concepts |
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Chapter
6 |
Discrete
Probability Distributions |
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Chapter 7 |
The Normal
Probability Distribution |
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Chapter
8 |
Sampling Methods
and the Central Limit Theorem |
Test 2 |
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Chapter 9 |
Estimation and Confidence Interval |
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Chapter
10 |
One-Sample Tests of Hypothesis |
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Chapter 11 |
Two-Sample
Tests of Hypothesis |
Test 3 |
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Chapter 13 |
Linear Regression
and Correlation |
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Chapter 14 |
Multiple
Regression and Correlation Analysis |
Test 4 |
PROBLEM ASSIGNMENTS
Chapter 1:
5,6,7,8,9
Chapter 2: 18, 22Chapter 3:
3,18, 20,
37, 41, 46, 47, 58, 59, 60,
65
Chapter 4:
5,10,11,13,19,15, 22,19,2 4, 25, 26
Chapter 5:
11,12,13,17,18, 20, 27, 28, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 71
Chapter 6: 1,
2, 9,10,11,13,19,
20, 21, 22,
23, 31, 32,
34, 35, 36,
45, 46, 62,
63
Chapter 7:
10,13,15,16,17,18, 21, 31, 32, 33, 39
Chapter 8:
6,15,16,17, 33, 35
Chapter 9: 1,
2, 3, 5,
7, 9,
11,12,15,16,17,18,19,
20, 23, 27,
29, 31
Chapter 10:
1,
2, 5, 6,
7, 8, 9,
10,11,12,19, 20, 32, 36, 35, 52, 54 Chapter
11:
3, 4, 5,
8,13,15,16, 28,
33
Chapter 13:
1,
2, 7, 8,15,16,
21, 22, 23, 24, 27, 28, 29, 30
Chapter 14:
1,
2, 3, 4
*To be solved using computer and to be turned in for each problem. Also
calculate the:
a. correlation coefficient , r
b. the statistical significance of r
c. the coefficient of determination, r2
**Turn in
computer printout solution from Excel.
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