Instructor Office:  694 PGH
Office Hours: Wed,Fri 1-2 or by appointment
Phone Number:  (713) 743-3492
E-mail address:  dlabate@math.uh.edu
Homepage:  http://www.math.uh.edu/~dlabate

The course is an introduction to statistics. Students are introduced to the notions of graphical and descriptive methods in statistics, probability models, random variables and distributions, sampling, estimation, hypothesis testing, regression, analysis of variance, exploratory and diagnostic methods, statistical computing.

Here are some background notes on set theory: brief note, longer article (by Daniel Ashlock at University of Guelph).

You are strongly encouraged to work out the homework problems that are assigned regularly and carefully. The only way to understand and master the material presented in class is by working on your own, and not by watching someone else doing the work for you. There will be (almost) weekly homework assignments posted at the link below counting 30% towards the final grade. Your worst HW assignment will be dropped.

Homework submission and evaluation policy: Every week I will either collect the homework or administer a short quiz (10 min) based on the homework. If there is a quiz, it will be at the beginning of the lecture. Homework is due on the DUE DATE before the beginning of the lecture (12:05PM). No late homework submissions will be accepted. A late or missed HW will receive a 0 score. Homework should be submitted in a "professional" form which allows the grader to read your solutions without unnecessary effort or ambiguity. In particular, your solution should either be typed or handwritten in a neat and legible form; if you submit scanned pages, they should be perfectly legible; submitted pages should be ordered with clear indication of which problem is being solved; if your homework solution consists of more than one page, pages must be stapled. Homework which does not satisfy any of these guidelines might receive a 10-20% penalty in the score.

HOMEWORK PROBLEMS:

(the list below will be updated during the semester)

Chap.2: Homework 1 - Problems 2.1-2, 2.1-8, 2.1-10 from attached page: problems page - DUE: Sept 4 - Solution.
Chap.2: Homework 2 - DUE Sept 11 - Solution.
Chap.2: Homework 3 - Problems 26, 48 (a,b), 62, 84(a,b,c,d) problem pages- DUE Sept 16 - Solution.
Chap.3: Homework 4 - DUE Sept 25 - Solution.
Chap.3: Homework 5 - Binomial+Poisson Tables - DUE Oct 5 - - Solution.
Chap.3: Homework 6 - DUE Oct 12 - Solution.
Chap.5: Homework 7 - DUE Oct 19 - Solution.
Chap.4: Homework 8 - Problems 2,4 (p.142) 6 (p.143), 12 (p.150), 14 (p.151) - DUE Oct 30 - Solution.
Chap.4: Homework 9 - Problems 28 (p.162), 32 (p.162) - DUE Nov 6 - Solution.
Chap.7: Homework 10 - DUE Nov 13 - Solution.
Chap.7-9: Homework 11 - Definitions Confidence Intervals - DUE Nov 23 - Solution.
Chap.8: Homework 12 - Problems 20, 25(a) (p.321), 28 (p.322), 34(a) (p.323) - Summary table of hypothesis testing - DUE DEC 4 (NOT TO BE COLLECTED) - Solution.
- Review problems (no solution will be provided; it may be available in the back of the textbook): #15,p.63;#39,p.72;#49,p.80;#13,p.104;#35,p.113;#49,p.120;#69,p.127;#81,p.132;311,p.150;#31,32,35,p.162;#61,p.170;322,p.211;#51,p.229;#13,p.283;#37,p.293;#47,p.297;#17,19,21,p.309;#47,49,p.337;#4.

There will be three tests in class counting 40% towards the final grade (tentatively) on FRI SEPT 18, WED OCT 21, WED NOV 18 . The worst of your 3 tests will be half-dropped; that is, the 3 tests counts 40% towards the final grade, where the best two tests will count 16% each, the worst one will count 8%.
The final exam counts 30% towards the final grade. This is scheduled on FRI DEC 11 at 11 am.
Makeup tests (or no penalization) will be allowed only for justified and unavoidable absences. In this case, if possible, previous authorization should be obtained from the Instructor. In all other cases, you will get a zero score for a missed test.

Here are some old tests with solutions:
Test #1 - Solution -- Test #2 - Solution -- Test #3 - Solution.

Here are the tests with solutions: (I will post the information for current tests when available)
Test #1 with Solution -- Test #2 with Solution -- Test #3 with Solution

 

The grade will be determined according to a set point scale: 90%-100%: A, 80%-89%: B, 70%-79%: C, 60-69% D; F is less than 60% (+ and - will also be used).