Eastwood's BA201 Course Page Last revision: 08/24/2006
Tentative Schedule of Assignments -- Check Regularly for Revisions
Table 1: Reading Assignments (from Basic Statistics for Business and Economics)
| Chapter | Reading Assignment | Pages | Summary Due Date |
| 1 | Intro | 1-17 | 30-Aug |
| 2 | Graphing | 18-59 | 1-Sep |
| 3 | Descriptive Stat | 60-119 | 8-Sep |
| 4 | Probability | 120-160 | 15-Sep |
| 5 | Discrete Distributions | 161-193 | 25-Sep |
| 6 | Continuous Distributions | 194-218 | 6-Oct |
| 7 | Sampling Distributions | 219-264 | 20-Oct |
| 8 | Hypothesis Tests, large n | 265-299 | 27-Oct |
| 9 | Hypothesis Tests, small n | 300-332 | 3-Nov |
| 10 | F-test & ANOVA | 333-357 | 13-Nov |
| 11 | Simple Linear Regression | 358-398 | 22-Nov |
| 12 | Multiple Regression | 399-438 | 1-Dec |
Table 2: Problem Sets (from Basic Statistics for Business and Economics)
| Set | Chapter: Exercises | Due Date |
| Key 1 | Chapter 1: Exercises 5, 6, 7, 8 & 10 | 30-Aug |
| Key 2 | Chapter 2: Exercises 14, 17, 18, 21, and 22 | 6-Sep |
| Key 3 | Chapter 3: Exercises 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 16, 20, 22 | 11-Sep |
| Key 4 | Chapter 3: Exercises 25, 26, 29, 30, 32, 33, 35, 36, 38, 42 | 13-Sep |
| Key 5 | Chapter 4: Exercises 14, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32 | 18-Sep |
| Key 6 | Chapter 4: Exercises 34, 36, 38, 40, 44, 68, 74, 80, 82, 84 | 20-Sep |
| Key 7 | Chapter 5: Exercises 2, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 19, 20 | 29-Sep |
| Key 8 | Chapter 5: Exercises 24, 25, 26, 30, 31, 32, 34, 38, 40, 42 | 2-Oct |
| Key 9 | Chapter 5: Exercises 36, 43, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 53 | 4-Oct |
| Key 10 |
Chapter 6: Exercises 21-30 |
11-Oct |
| Key 11 | Chapter 6: Exercises 31-40 | 13-Oct |
| Key 12 | Chapter 7: Exercises 8, 14, 20, 26, 30, 46, 50, 58, 60 and 61 | 25-Oct |
| Key 13 | Chapter 8: Exercises 26, 28, 30, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46 | 1-Nov |
| Key 14 | Chapter 9: Exercises 26, 28, 30, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46 | 8-Nov |
| Key 15 | Chapter 10: Exercises15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 | 17-Nov |
| Key 16 | Chapter 11: Exercises 37 through 41 | 29-Nov |
| Key 17 | Chapter 11: Exercises 42 through 46 | 1-Dec |
| Key 18 | Chapter 12: Exercises 2 through 10 (even numbers only) | 6-Dec |
| Key 19 | Chapter 12: Exercises 12 through 20 (even numbers only) | 8-Dec |
Table 3: Computer Assignments (from Basic Statistics Using Excel for Office '97)
| Assignment (links download keys) |
Read Pages | Exercises | Due Date |
| 1 descriptive stats | pp. 33-50 | text 3 exercise 3-79 (a-g), page 113. For part f, prepare a histogram instead of a boxplot. Use textbox for brief report. | 8-Sep |
| 2 graphing | pp. 1-31 | 2-2, 2- 3, 2-4 + text exercise 2-52 | 15-Sep |
| 3 probability concepts | pp. 53-58 | 5-1, 5-2, 5-3, and 5-4, page 59 | 27-Sep |
| 4 discrete random var. | pp. 61-70 | 6-2, 4, 6, 7, 8, and 10, page 71 | 9-Oct |
| 5 normal distribution | pp. 73-83 | 7-2 through 7-6, pages 84-85 | 16-Oct |
| 6 sampling dist | pp. 87-109 | 8-1 through 8-4, page 110 | 23-Oct |
| 7 hypo test: large n | pp. 111-131 | 9-2, 6, 9 & 10 pages 132-133 | 30-Oct |
| 8 hypo test: small n | pp. 135-150 | 10-2, 4, 5 & 6 pp. 151-152 | 6-Nov |
| 9 F-test & ANOVA | pp. 153-161 | 11-1 through 11-4, pp 165-166 | 15-Nov |
| 10 Simple linear regr. | pp. 167-173 | 12-1 & 12-2, page 174 | 27-Nov |
| 11 Multiple regression | pp. 175-179 | Download the data here: 13-1 & 13-2, pages 180-181 |
4-Dec |
Table 4: Exams
| Exam | Date | Study guide | Chapters |
| 1 (link to key) | 22-Sep | New | 1 – 4 |
| 2 | 18-Oct | Revised | 5 & 6 |
| 3 | 20-Nov | New | 7 – 10 |
| Final 8:00 class, Section 1 |
Monday, 11-Dec, 7:30 - 9:30 a.m. | New | 1 - 12 |
| Final 9:10 class, Section 2 |
Wed., 13-Dec, 7:30 - 9:30 a.m. | New | 1 - 12 |
| Final 10:20 class, Section 3 |
Monday, 11-Dec, 10 a.m.- noon | New | 1 - 12 |