Department of StatisticsCollege of Commerce, NCCU Yue,Jack C.
NATIONALCHENGCHIUNIVERSITY
COLLEGE OF COMMERCE
DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS
REGULAR BS PROGRAM
Statistics
FALL 2014
A. Instructor: Professor Yue, Ching-SyangJack
E-mail:
Phone/Fax: Tel: (02) 2938-7695
Fax: (02) 2939-8024
Home page: http://csyue.nccu.edu.tw
Class Hours: Thursday: 14:10 - 17:00
Office Hours: Wednesday: 10:00~12:00 or by appointment
B. Books
1. Statistics for Business and Economics (2014), David R. Anderson, Dennis J. Sweeney, and Thomas A. Williams,South-Western College Publishing, 12th Edition.
2. Tainted Truth (1996), C. Crossen, Chinese version published by China Times.
3. The Cartoon Guide to Statistics (1993), L. Gonick and W. Smith, Chinese version published by Common Wealth Publishing Co.
Computer Software:
Minitab Statistical SoftwareExcel
C. Course Objectives
The objective of this course is to provide the students with the essential and fundamental concepts of elementary statistics. The topics include descriptive statistics, probability, sampling, design of experiments, and statistical inferences. At the end of this course, the students should be able to define the real problem, to use graphical and numerical summaries, to apply standard statistical inference procedures, and to draw conclusions from statistical analyses. In addition to materials in the textbook, the students may be required to use the computer lab for some class activities.
D. Grading Policy
1. Midterm examination ------30%
2. Final examination ------30%
3. Quiz------20%
4. Homework ------20%
Total 100%
E. Important Notes and Policies
The one who fails to attain the final exam will result “Fail” in the final grade.
CLASS SCHEDULE
1 / 09/18 / Introduction; Data and Statistics / Chap1
2 / 09/25 / Data format; Descriptive Statistics (Tables) / Chap1, 2
3 / 10/02 / Descriptive Statistics (Figures and Numerical Methods) / Chap2, 3
4 / 10/09 / Examples in Descriptive Statistics / Chap3
5 / 10/16 / Probability / Chap4
6 / 10/23 / Probability/1st Quiz / Chap4
7 / 10/30 / Discrete Probability Distribution / Chap5
8 / 11/06 / Continuous Probability Distribution / Chap5, 6
9 / 11/13 / Sampling and Sampling Distribution / Chap7
10 / 11/20 / Mid-term Exam / Chap1~6
11 / 11/27 / Sampling Distribution and Interval Estimation / Chap7, 8
12 / 12/04 / Interval Estimation / Chap8
13 / 12/11 / Testing Hypothesis / Chap9
14 / 12/18 / Testing Hypothesis/2nd Quiz / Chap9
15 / 12/25 / Compare Two Populations / Chap10
16 / 01/01 / Happy New Year! / ---
17 / 01/08 / Compare Two Populations / Chap10
18 / 01/15 / Final Exam / Chap1~10
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