Sample syllabi are provided on the following pages as an aid to instructors in planning their individual courses. The "class hour" referred to in these outlines consists of approximately one hour. In addition to the sample syllabi that follow, there are many other configurations that successfully satisfy individual needs and preferences. Note that the following sample syllabi include these two special cases preferred by some statistics professors:
For those professors who prefer early coverage of correlation and regression, note that Sections 9-2 and 9-3 are designed so that this option can be easily handled. Simply omit the subsection in Section 9-2 clearly identified as "Formal Hypothesis Test (Requires Coverage of Chapter 7)."
When selecting the sections to be included, consider assigning some sections as out-of-class independent work. For example, after students understand the basic concepts of confidence intervals and hypothesis testing, consider assigning exercises from Chapter 8 (Inferences From Two Samples) to be done using a computer software package or a TI-83 Plus calculator. This is an excellent way to include important and useful concepts while encouraging students to extend their basic knowledge to different circumstances.
Syllabus Version A
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Class Hour |
Text Section |
Topic |
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1 |
1-1, 1-2, 1-3 |
Overview; Nature of Data; Uses and Abuses of Statistics |
|
2 |
1-4 |
Design of Experiments |
|
3 |
2-1, 2-2, 2-3 |
Summarizing Data and Pictures of Data |
|
4 |
2-4 |
Measures of Center |
|
5 |
2-5 |
Measures of Variation |
|
6 |
2-5 |
Measures of Variation |
|
7 |
2-6 |
Measures of Position |
|
8 |
2-7 |
Exploratory Data Analysis |
|
9 |
Ch. 1, 2 |
Review |
|
10 |
Ch. 1, 2 |
Test 1 |
|
11 |
3-1, 3-2, 3-3 |
Fundamentals of Probability and Addition Rule |
|
12 |
3-4 |
Multiplication Rule: Basics |
|
13 |
4-1, 4-2 |
Random Variables |
|
14 |
4-3 |
Binomial Probability Distributions |
|
15 |
4-4 |
Mean, Variance, and Standard Deviation for the Binomial Distribution |
|
16 |
Ch. 3, 4 |
Review |
|
17 |
Ch. 3, 4 |
Test 2 |
|
18 |
5-1, 5-2 |
The Standard Normal Distribution |
|
19 |
5-3 |
Nonstandard Normal Distributions: Finding Probabilities |
|
20 |
5-4 |
Nonstandard Normal Distributions: Finding Values |
|
21 |
5-5 |
The Central Limit Theorem |
|
22 |
6-1, 6-2 |
Estimates and Sample Sizes of Means: Large Samples |
|
23 |
6-3 |
Estimates and Sample Sizes of Means: Small Samples |
|
24 |
6-4 |
Determining Sample Size |
|
25 |
6-5 |
Estimates and Sample Sizes of Proportions |
|
26 |
Ch. 5, 6 |
Review |
|
27 |
Ch. 5, 6 |
Test 3 |
|
28 |
7-1, 7-2 |
Fundamentals of Hypothesis Testing |
|
29 |
7-2, 7-3 |
Claims about a Mean: Large Samples |
|
30 |
7-3 |
Claims about a Mean: Large Samples |
|
31 |
7-4 |
Claims about a Mean: Small Samples |
|
32 |
7-5 |
Claims about a Proportion |
|
33 |
7-6 |
Claims about a Variance or Standard Deviation |
|
34 |
Ch. 7 |
Review |
|
35 |
Ch. 7 |
Test 4 |
|
36 |
9-1, 9-2 |
Correlation |
|
37 |
9-2 |
Correlation |
|
38 |
9-3 |
Regression |
|
39 |
9-3 |
Regression |
|
40 |
9-5 |
Rank Correlation |
|
41 |
10-3 |
Contingency Tables |
|
42 |
Ch. 9, 10 |
Review |
|
43 |
Ch. 9, 10 |
Test 5 |
|
44 |
Review for Comprehensive Final Exam |
|
|
45 |
Review for Comprehensive Final Exam |
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Syllabus Version B: EARLY COVERAGE OF CORRELATION AND REGRESSION
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Class Hour |
Text Section |
Topic |
|
1 |
1-1, 1-2, 1-3 |
Overview; Nature of Data; Uses and Abuses of Statistics |
|
2 |
1-4 |
Design of Experiments |
|
3 |
2-1, 2-2, 2-3 |
Summarizing Data and Pictures of Data |
|
4 |
2-4 |
Measures of Center |
|
5 |
2-5 |
Measures of Variation |
|
6 |
2-6 |
Measures of Position |
|
7 |
2-7 |
Exploratory Data Analysis |
|
8 |
9-1, 9-2 |
Correlation |
|
9 |
9-2, 9-3 |
Correlation and Regression |
|
10 |
9-3 |
Regression |
|
11 |
Ch. 1, 2, 9 |
Review |
|
12 |
Ch. 1, 2, 9 |
Test 1 |
|
13 |
3-1, 3-2, 3-3 |
Fundamentals of Probability and Addition Rule |
|
14 |
3-4 |
Multiplication Rule: Basics |
|
15 |
4-1, 4-2 |
Random Variables |
|
16 |
4-3 |
Binomial Probability Distributions |
|
17 |
4-4 |
Mean, Variance, and Standard Deviation for the Binomial Distribution |
|
18 |
5-1, 5-2 |
The Standard Normal Distribution |
|
19 |
5-3 |
Nonstandard Normal Distributions: Finding Probabilities |
|
20 |
5-4 |
Nonstandard Normal Distributions: Finding Values |
|
21 |
5-5 |
The Central Limit Theorem |
|
22 |
Ch. 3, 4, 5 |
Review |
|
23 |
Ch. 3, 4, 5 |
Test 2 |
|
24 |
6-1, 6-2 |
Estimates and Sample Sizes of Means: Large Samples |
|
25 |
6-3 |
Estimates and Sample Sizes of Means: Small Samples |
|
26 |
6-4 |
Determining Sample Size |
|
27 |
6-5 |
Estimates and Sample Sizes of Proportions |
|
28 |
7-1, 7-2 |
Fundamentals of Hypothesis Testing |
|
29 |
7-2, 7-3 |
Claims about a Mean: Large Samples |
|
30 |
7-3 |
Claims about a Mean: Large Samples |
|
31 |
7-4 |
Claims about a Mean: Small Samples |
|
32 |
7-5 |
Claims about a Proportion |
|
33 |
7-6 |
Claims about a Variance or Standard Deviation |
|
34 |
Ch. 6, 7 |
Review |
|
35 |
Ch. 6, 7 |
Test 3 |
|
36 |
10-1, 10-2 |
Multinomial Experiments |
|
37 |
10-3 |
Contingency Tables |
|
38 |
10-3 |
Contingency Tables |
|
39 |
10-4 |
Analysis of Variance |
|
40 |
10-4 |
Analysis of Variance |
|
41 |
Ch. 10 |
Review |
|
42 |
Ch. 10 |
Test 4 |
|
43 |
|
Review for Comprehensive Final Exam |
|
44 |
Review for Comprehensive Final Exam |
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Syllabus Version C: MINIMUM COVERAGE OF PROBABILITY
|
Class Hour |
Text Section |
Topic |
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1 |
1-1, 1-2, 1-3 |
Overview, Nature of Data, Uses and Abuses of Statistics |
|
2 |
1-4 |
Design of Experiments |
|
3 |
2-1, 2-2, 2-3 |
Summarizing Data and Pictures of Data |
|
4 |
2-4 |
Measures of Center |
|
5 |
2-5 |
Measures of Variation |
|
6 |
2-6 |
Measures of Position |
|
7 |
2-7 |
Exploratory Data Analysis |
|
8 |
Ch. 1, 2 |
Review |
|
9 |
Ch. 1, 2 |
Test 1 |
|
10 |
3-1, 3-2 |
Fundamentals of Probability |
|
11 |
4-1, 4-2 |
Random Variables |
|
12 |
4-3 |
Binomial Probability Distributions |
|
13 |
4-4 |
Mean, Variance, and Standard Deviation for the Binomial Distribution |
|
14 |
Ch. 3, 4 |
Review |
|
15 |
Ch. 3, 4 |
Test 2 |
|
16 |
5-1, 5-2 |
The Standard Normal Distribution |
|
17 |
5-3 |
Nonstandard Normal Distributions: Finding Probabilities |
|
5-4 |
Nonstandard Normal Distributions: Finding Values |
|
|
18 |
5-5 |
The Central Limit Theorem |
|
19 |
6-1, 6-2 |
Estimates and Sample Sizes of Means: Large Samples |
|
20 |
6-3 |
Estimates and Sample Sizes of Means: Small Samples |
|
21 |
6-4 |
Determining Sample Size |
|
22 |
6-5 |
Estimates and Sample Sizes of Proportions |
|
23 |
Ch. 5, 6 |
Review |
|
24 |
Ch. 5, 6 |
Test 3 |
|
25 |
7-1, 7-2 |
Fundamentals of Hypothesis Testing |
|
26 |
7-3 |
Claims about a Mean: Large Samples |
|
27 |
7-3 |
Claims about a Mean: Large Samples |
|
28 |
7-4 |
Claims about a Mean: Small Samples |
|
29 |
7-5 |
Claims about a Proportion |
|
30 |
7-6 |
Claims about a Variance or Standard Deviation |
|
31 |
Ch. 7 |
Review |
|
32 |
Ch. 7 |
Test 4 |
|
33 |
9-1, 9-2 |
Correlation |
|
34 |
9-2, 9-3 |
Correlation and Regression |
|
35 |
9-3 |
Regression |
|
36 |
10-1, 10-2 |
Multinomial Experiments |
|
37 |
10-3 |
Contingency Tables |
|
38 |
10-4 |
Analysis of Variance |
|
39 |
10-4 |
Analysis of Variance |
|
40 |
Ch. 9, 10 |
Review |
|
41 |
Ch. 9, 10 |
Test 5 |
|
42 |
Review for Comprehensive Final Exam |
|
|
43 |
Review for Comprehensive Final Exam |
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