SYLLABUS

GB 210 Spring 2010

Note: This class will introduce participants to the remote symposium software Centra, to be
used for office hours, replaying (if needed) of classes (which are recorded by the software)
and emergencies such as illnesses and storms. Details will be provided at the first class
meeting. Please note also that each session listed below consists of two class meetings. Excel
and SPSS will be used interactively in class so participants should bring their laptop to class.

Professor: Dominique Haughton

Office: 380 Morison Hall; phone 781-891-2822
e-mail: dhaughton@bentley.edu

Classes: Mondays, Wednesdays 3:35 – 4:50

Lindsay 26A

Office Hours: On Centra, schedule to be determined

Text: Doane and Seward, Essential Statistics in Business & Economics,

McGraw-Hill/ Irwin, to be discussed at first meeting
Statistics, http://hawkeslearning.com/ (instructions in class)

Software: Bentley has a site license to SPSS which allows you to install your software on
your own computer. Instructions in class on how to install.

Description: This is a first course in statistics primarily for business majors. The course provides
an introduction in the fundamental principles and methods of classical statistics
and probability. Topics include data analysis, probability models and random
variables, statistical estimation including confidence intervals and tests of
hypothesis. The use of Excel for analyzing qualitative and quantitative data sets
will be integrated throughout the course material, and participants will become
proficient in the statistical package SPSS.

Assessment: The student’s grade will be determined on the basis of Hawkes Statistics
certificates (30%), Homework assignments (15%), Class participation (30%) and a
Final Exam (20%), Centra proficiency (5%).

Honor Code: The honor code adopted by students at Bentley states that students are responsible
for their own conduct and that of their peers. Cheating is neither done nor
tolerated. For homeworks, sharing ideas with others in and out class is expected.
Direct copying of the work of others in or out of class, copying from other
student’s papers or from any source during an examination is cheating. For more
information Student Handbook:
http://ecampus.bentley.edu/shandbook/Integrity/Student_Responsibilities_and_Rig
hts.cfm
 Schedule

Session Topic Chapter/Section

1 Introduction, populations, samples, sampling, Chapters 1-3
graphical descriptive data analysis
2 Numerical descriptive data analysis Chapter 4
3 Probability concepts, conditional probability Chapter 5
4 Discrete distributions, Binomial distribution Chapter 6
5 Continuous distributions, normal distribution Chapter 7
6 Normal distributions, continued Chapter 7
7 Sampling distributions Chapter 8
8 Confidence intervals Chapter 8
9 Confidence intervals Chapter 8
10 Hypothesis testing Chapter 9
11 Hypothesis testing Chapter 9
12 Regression analysis Chapter 12
13 Regression analysis Chapter 12,13
14 Regression analysis Chapter 13
15 Final exam