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QSCI 381B: Introduction to Probability and Statistics

Class Notes  (provisional lecture schedule)
 
 

Lecture

Date

Topic

Week 1

 

 L & F: Sections 1.1 – 2.2

1

3 January

Data and Measurements

2

4 January

Descriptive Statistics I

3

5 January

Descriptive Statistics II

4

6 January

Laboratory 1

Week 2

 

L & F Sections 2.2 – 3.2

5

9 January

Descriptive Statistics III

6

10 January

Descriptive Statistics IV

7

11 January

Probability I

8

12 January

Probability II

9

13 January

Laboratory 2

Week 3

 

L & F Sections 3.3 – 4.2

10

16 January

Holiday: Martin Luther King Day

11

17 January

Probability III

N/A

18 January

Lecture Cancelled - Snow closure

N/A

19 January

Lecture Cancelled - Snow closure

N/A

20 January

Lecture Cancelled - Snow closure

Week 4

 

L & F Sections  4.3 - 5.5

12
23 January
Introduction to Probability Distributions

13    

24 January

The Binomial Distribution

15

25 January

The Poisson Distribution
16
26 January
The Normal Distribution I

N/A
17

27 January

First Mid-term Examination
The Normal Distribution II

Week 5

 

L & F Sections  5.6 - 6.4    

20

30 January

More on Probability Distributions

21

31 January

Inferences about the Mean I

22

1 February

Inferences about the Mean II

23

2 February

Confidence intervals for Variances and Proportions

24

3 February

Laboratory 5

Week 6

 

L & F Sections  7.1 - 7.5

25

6 February

Introduction to Hypothesis Testing I

26

7 February

Introduction to Hypothesis Testing II

27

8 February

Decisions on Means

28

9 February

Decisions on Means, Proportions and Variances

29

10 February

Laboratory 6

Week 7

 

L & F Sections  8.1 -  8.4

30

13 February

Testing with Two Samples I

31

14 February

Testing with Two Samples II

32

15 February

Testing with Two Samples III

33

16 February

Second Mid-term Examination

34

17 February

Laboratory 7

Week 8

 

L & F Sections  9.1 - 9.3

35

20 February

Holiday: Presidents Day

36

21 February

Correlation and Regression I

37

22 February

Correlation and Regression II

38

23 February

Correlation and Regression III

39

24 February

Laboratory 8

Week 9

 

L & F Sections  10.1 - 10.4

40

27 February

Goodness of Fit Tests

41

28 February

Testing for Independence

42

29 February

Testing Differences in Population Variances

43

1 March

Introduction to ANOVA

44

2 March

Laboratory 9

Week 10

 

Review  

45

5 March

Review

46

6 March

Review

47

7 March

Review

48

8 March

Review

49

9 March

Review

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