MATH 251, Probability and Statistics I, Fall 2005, Wed. Dec. 7, Day 42 before class

This page will be the repository for announcements, corrections, changes.  I'll also email anything important.

Please do an evaluation.  The blanks will be outside my door (if you can't do it now.) and Erna will have the envelope.

General end-of term info:  Additions& changes in this color
Final Exam:  open book takehome, due Thursday, Dec. 13, noon.  Into my hands or under my door, please!
Exam  is available in class today, in the blue folder in the 251 box outside  my door if you weren't here..
Data file (Chess) are linked to here, as SPSS chess.sav , and SPSS portable chess.por ,  as a text file (should import to SPSS OK--check your results) chess.txt
If  you can't download it for any reason, contact me!

I'll be on campus: this afternoon till MPS senior preentations 3:30(?) , and after that, roughly
 Friday 10-3, Monday 12-2,  Tuesday 9:30-5,  Thursday (exam due) 9-12. (I may leave to eat, help other students, etc.--email for an appointment to be sure.)   Changes will appear here .

Math 300  will be mostly probability models, using  Carol Ash, Probability Tutoring Book, an Intuitive Course for Engineers and Scientists and everyone else!   IPS will be helpful to supplement parts, especially  to finish chapter 4 (especially Sec. 4.5), and review Binomial (Ch. 5)
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Questions?

Continuing A glimpse of the wider world of statistics, in your textbook:   Day41

"Everything " is about

   Exploratory (descriptive) data analysis
or Confirmatory (inference) on data assumed to be collected in some way as free of biases as possible, and as much like a random sample as possible (Design of samples, experiments).

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Thank you for a very pleasant and interesting semester!


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