Probability and Statistics (Spring 2026, Section 01)
MWF: 11:00 - 11:50 pm, SH 203
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General Information
General Information
Syllabus
Class begins January 12, 2026, ends May 7, 2026. For more details, please check Academic Calendar
E-Textbook w/Online Assignments: Triola, M.F. (2023). MyLab Statistics for Essential of Statistics (7th edition). New York, NY: Pearson Addison-Wesley.
To access the assignments, please follow my instructions sent by email.
Other resources:
LibreTexts: Introductory Statistics
OpenStax: Introductory Statistics 2e
Free web-based statistical analysis designed for the textbook: Statdisk Online
Some other free statistical analysis tools: Excel, Google Sheet, R, Python, JASP, etc.
Office hour (virtual) by appointment only. Please schedule your appointment through this form or by email.
Final Exam Schedule: Monday, May 4, 1:00 - 3:00 pm, Spring 2026
Past Exams
Past Exams
Summer 2023 (13 students): Average: 76.13%; Median: 80.75%
Summer 2023 (13 students): Average: 74.71%; Median: 79.92%
Summer 2023 (13 students): Average: 68.24%; Median: 72.77%
Summer 2023 (13 students): Average: 72.56%; Median: 73.83%
Schedule
Schedule
Please be aware that any number of unforeseen circumstances can cause a schedule to become inaccurate. Thus, you should not rely on this schedule. It is your responsibility to pay attention to, and adhere to, changes announced by email, or via LMS.
Class Handouts and References
Class Handouts and References
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Introduction: Why to learn Statistics? (YouTube Videos)
You will find lots of such educational videos on social medias.
Chapter 1
1.1 Statistical and Critical Thinking
Chapter 2
2.1 Frequency Distributions for Organizing and Summarizing Data
Using Excel to Construct Histograms (YouTube)
Using the TI-83/84 to Construct a Frequency Distribution and Histogram (YouTube)
2.3 Graphs That Enlighten and Graphs That Deceive (by publisher)
2.4 Scatterplots, Correlation, and Regression (by publisher)
Using Excel to Construct a Scatterplot (YouTube)
Using Statdisk to Determine Linear Corr. Coeff. & Regression Equation (you only need to watch how to determine linear correlation coefficient) (YouTube)
Using Excel to Determine the Correlation Coeff. & Regression Equation (you only need to watch how to determine linear correlation coefficient) (YouTube)
Chapter 3
3.3 Measure of Relative Standing and Boxplots
Using Statdisk to Construct Boxplots (YouTube)
Using the TI-83/84 to Construct Boxplots (YouTube)
Chapter 4
4.1 Basic Concepts of Probability
4.2 Addition Rule and Multiplication Rule
4.3 Complements and Conditional Probability and Baye's Theorem
Using Excel to Calculate Factorials, Permutations and Combinations (YouTube)
Using the TI-83/84 for Factorials, Permutations and Combinations (YouTube)
Chapter 5
5.2 Binomial Probability Distributions
Calculate Binomial Probability with TI-84 Plus/Plus CE (YouTube Video)
5.3 Poisson Probability Distributions
Chapter 6
6.1 The Standard Normal Distribution
Using Statdisk for Finding a z Score from a Known Area (YouTube)
Using Excel for Finding a z Score From a Known Area (YouTube)
6.2 Real Applications of Normal Distributions
6.3 Sampling Distribution and Estimators
6.6 Normal as Approximation to Binomial
Chapter 7
7.1 Estimating a Population Proportion
Using Statdisk to Construct a Conf. Interval Estimate of Population Proportion (YouTube)
Using Excel to Construct a Conf. Interval of a Population Proportion (YouTube)
Using the TI-83/84 to Construct a Conf. Interval Estimate of Pop. Proportion (YouTube)
7.2 Estimating a Population Mean
Using Statdisk to Construct a Conf. Interval of Population Mean (YouTube)
Using Excel to Construct a Confidence Interval of Population Mean (YouTube)
Using the TI-83/84 to Construct a Confidence Interval Estimate of a Pop. Mean (YouTube)
7.3 Estimating a Population Standard Deviation or Variance
Chapter 8
8.1 Basics of Hypothesis Testing
8.2 Testing a Claim About a Proportion
8.3 Testing a Claim About a Mean
8.4 Testing a Claim About a Standard Deviation or Variance
Chapter 9
9.1 Two Proportions
9.2 Two Means: Independent Samples
Using Statdisk for Inferences About Means of Two Independent Populations
Using Excel for Inferences About Means of Two Independent Samples
9.3 Two Dependent Samples (Matched Pairs)
Chapter 10
10.1 Correlation
10.2 Regression
Using Statdisk to Determine Linear Corr. Coeff. & Regression Equation
Using Excel to Determine the Correlation Coeff. & Regression Equation
10.3 Rank Correlation
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Attendence Tracking
Attendence Tracking
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