Math 143A
Introduction to Probability and Statistics
Spring, 2004
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* Exam Review: Topics for Exam 1 | Exam 2

* Applets

Effect of adjusting bin size in a histogram: applet 1 | applet 2
Sampling Reese's Pieces
An applet for the distribution of simulated dice rolls
IPS applets
Mean & median | 1-variable statistics calculator | Normal curve calculator
Correlation & regression | Simple random sample | What is probability?
Expected value | Central limit theorem | Normal approximation to binomial distribution
Confidence intervals | Tests of significance | 1-way ANOVA | 2-asset portfolios
More applets on normal distributions: Seeing Statistics | the 68-95-99.7 rule

* Handouts

One-sample t procedures for means
1-sample z procedures for proportions; 2-sample procedures for means and proportions
Summary sheet of formulas for 1 and 2-sample procedures
Chi-squared tests
ANOVA
Inference practice problems and their solutions
Simple linear regression analysis
General questions to help guide studying for final exam

* Tips for studying and policies: Group work and integrity | Reading the textbook

* Miscellany: Grading codes

* Software

Mozilla web browser for Windows or Mac OS X
Stata: links to online learning resources
R: Download v. 1.8.1 (Windows) | list of add-on packages | manuals

This page maintained by:
Thomas L. Scofield
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Calvin College

Last Modified: Saturday, 10-Dec-2005 17:26:15 EST