MATH 2300:
Statistical Methods Fall
2018
8Instructor: Dr. Leif Ellingson
E-Mail: leif.ellingson_at_ttu.edu
Office: MATH 215
Office Hours: 2:00 — 3:00 PM MWF
Class Meetings: 1:00 — 1:50 TuTh in MATH 115
Final Session: Tuesday, Dec 11
10:30 AM — 1:00 PM
An electronic copy of the syllabus
can be found here.
Textbook: Elementary
Statistics, 9th Edition, by
Neil A. Weiss
Note: The website will
be updated throughout the semester
Homework Problems:
Chapter 1
1.1: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 14, 15, 17, 19, 21, 25, 26
1.2: 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33
1.3: 65, 67, 69, 71, 73, 78, 79
Chapter 2
2.1: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12
2.2: 17, 18, 19, 21(a,b,d), 26, 28, 32(a,c), 34(a,c), 36(a,c)
2.3: 42, 44, 51, 52, 53, 60, 62, 64, 66, 75, 78, 80, 82, 84, 97, 99,
102, 111, 120
2.4: 128, 129, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 142, 144,
148, 151
Chapter 3
3.1: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 12, 14, 20, 22, 24, 28, 34, 36, 53, 54
3.2: 57, 58, 59, 60, 62, 63, 64, 66, 68, 70, 72, 74, 78, 93
3.4: 148, 149, 150, 160, 162, 164, 168, 170, 172, 178, 180
Chapter 5
5.1: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 18, 20, 24, 25,
26, 28, 33
5.2: 42, 43, 44, 45, 48, 49, 50, 52, 53, 55, 56, 57, 59, 60, 67, 75
5.3: 77, 78, 88, 90, 92, 94, 96, 98, 100, 102
5.4: 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 110, 114, 115, 116, 118, 120, 123,
124, 125
5.5: 127, 128, 134, 136, 139, 140, 142, 143
5.6: 149, 153, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 167, 168,
169, 170, 171, 172, 175, 177, 179, 181, 183
Chapter 6
6.1: 1, 2, 3, 6, 8, 10, 12, 16, 18, 20. 21, 26, 35, 43, 44
6.2: 50, 51, 52, 53, 57, 60, 62, 64, 66, 68, 70, 72, 74, 78, 80, 82
6.3: 86, 88, 90, 92, 94, 98, 100, 102, 104, 106, 108, 111, 112
6.4: 116, 117, 118, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126
Chapter 7
7.1: 1, 2, 11(a,b,d,e), 12(a,b,d,e), 13(a,b,d,e), 14(a,b,d,e),
15(a,b,d,e)
7.2: 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51
7.3: 62, 64, 66, 68(a,b,d,e) 70(a,b,d,e), 71, 72, 74, 76, 84, 90
Chapter 8
8.1: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 18
8.2: 29, 30, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 41, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 70,
71, 72, 74, 76
8.3: 110, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 130,
132, 134, 136, 138
Chapter 9
9.1: 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30
9.2: 31, 32, 33, 34
9.4: 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 78 , 80, 82, 84, 86, 88
9.5: 108, 110, 112, 114, 116, 118, 120, 122
9.3: 47, 48, 49, 52, 54, 64, 66, 68
Powerpoint Slides : The following are links to pdf
versions of the PowerPoint slides shown in class:
Introduction and Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Section 3.1
Section 3.2
Section 3.3
Chapter 5
Chapter 5, Part 2
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Additional Examples of the Central Limit
Theorem in Practice
Chapter 8
Chapter 9.1
Chapter 9.2
Chapter 9.3
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Powerpoint Slides : The following are links to Youtube video lectures that I recorded:
The Binomial Distribution Part 1
The Binomial Distribution Part 2
The Binomial Distribution Part 3
Applets : The following are
links to online applets to help you explore and familiarize yourselves
with some of the topics we cover in class:
Sampling Distribution for Sample Mean
Confidence Intervals
Additional Resources :
Here are some additional resources for the class:
Formula Sheet for Exams in the exact form provided by the book
Condensed Formula sheet for Exams
Table II (Standard Normal Table)
Table IV (T-Table)