FUNDAMENTALS OF BUSINESS STATISTICS

M&IS 24056

Summer I, 2001

 

Instructor:              Dr. O. F. Offodile

                                    Office: Business Administration, Room A-415, Phone (330) 672-1155

                                    foffodil@bsa3.kent.edu

                                    Hours: M & W. 1:00-2:00 and 5:00-6:00. Or by Appointment

                                                T & Th. 1:00-2:00. Or by appointment

 

Note that my office hours are for your guide only. Please feel free to come by at any time you want to see me. However, should you be coming to see me from outside of the campus, call to be sure that I am available. If I am not, leave your name and number and I will call you back as soon as I can.

 

Course Objectives:

M&IS 24056 is designed to provide the student with basic skills in descriptive statistics and statistical inferences, probability distributions, test of hypothesis, statistical sampling, and how to apply these concepts in real-world situations.

 

Prerequisite:

MATH 11011 or 12001: College Algebra or Algebra and Trigonometry

 

Students who have not successfully completed the course prerequisites must withdraw from this class. You risk deregistration if you have not completed the prerequisites.

 

Students with Disabilities:

            In accordance with University policy, if you have a documented disability and require accommodations to obtain equal access in this course, please contact the instructor at the beginning of the semester or when given an assignment for which an accommodation is required. Students with disabilities must verify their eligibility through the Office of Student Disability Services (SDS) in the Michael Schwartz Student Services Center {(330) 672-3391}

 

Notes:

·        Class attendance and participation are required

·        Withdrawals are permitted in accordance with CBA and University policies.

·        NO makeup exams will be given.

·        Exceptions to this rule are sickness (with a doctor's paper), death in the family, and University functions performed out of town (such as field trips, sports activities, etc.). Prior notification of such activities is needed.

·        Membership in the APICS and ASQ are encouraged but not required. The instructor feels, however, that it will be in the students’ best interest to belong to these organizations.

 

Textbook:

None.

 

Lecture Notes:        

Available as a Course Packet at Wordsmith, 402 E. Main, Ph: (330) 677-9673: Ask for Packet # 10. Cost of the packet is about $10.00). Other materials will be distributed whenever necessary.

Tentative Class Schedule

 

Date                Chapters                Subject                                                             Chapter: Problems               

06/11               1 & 2               Data Acquisition & Classification                            2: 11,16,17,30,35,36,40

06/12               3.1-3                Measures of Position & Variability                             3: 1,2,3,13,15

06/13               3.5-6                Standard Observations                                     3: 26,30,31,44

06/14               4.1-3                Probability Concepts                                                    4: 3,4,5,6

 

06/18               4.4-5                Probability Theorems                                                    4: 7,8,24,30,32,36,50

06/19               5.1-5                Random Variables & Expected Values              5: 1-6,13,17,20-26

06/20               *                      EXAMINATION # 1                         Chaps: 1,2,3, &4 *

06/21               6.2-3                Functions of Random Variables                                  6: 5

 

06/25               7.1-4                Discrete Prob. Distributions: Binomial & Poisson            7: 1,2,6,12,17

8.1-3                  Cont. Probability Distributions: Normal/Expo.            8: 1,2,3,9,10,11,12-15

06/26               9.1-2                Statistical Sampling                                                       9: 6,8

07/27               9.3-5                Sampling from Finite Population                                9: 35

07/28               10.1-4              Point Estimation/Results About X-bar                        10: 6,8,10,11

 

07/02               10.5-6              Sampling Distributions of X-bar                                   10:

07/03               *                      EXAMINATION # 2                         Chaps: 5,6,7,8,9 & 10            *

07/04               *                      INDEPENDENCE DAY                *

                        11.4-5              Confidence Interval for Population                                11: 9,11,12,16,17

07/05               11.1-3              Interval Estimation/Confidence Interval              11: 1,2,3,4

 

07/9                 12.1-4,7       Tests for Population Mean/P-Values/Sample size       12: 2,3,10,12-17,30,31

07/10               13.1-3              Population and Sample Proportion                                13: 17-20,23,24,28-30

07/11               14.1-3              Comparison of Two Populations                               14: 4-7,9

07/12               14.4-5              Inferences                                                                   14: 12-15, 17,18,20,23,24,26,

07/12               *                      EXAMINATION # 3                         Chaps: 11, 12,13 & 14        *                     

 

 

Course requirements:

            Exam            1            32%

            Exam            2            31%

            Exam            3            32%

            Attendance/Participation          5%

            Total               100%