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Definitions: Statistics, Population, Sample, parameter, Statistic - 1.1

Need of Statistics & Statistical Problem Solving Methodology & Introduction
1
to Data Collection.
- 1.3
Data Organization and Frequency Distributions: Data Raw, The Data Array,
1.7
Chapter 1: Descriptive Statistics

Frequency Distributions
1
Graphic Presentations of Frequency Distributions: The Histogram, The
Frequency Polygon, A Cumulative Frequency Graph, Stem-and-Leaf Display
1.5
1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5. 1.6.
1
Computing Measures of Central Tendency: Measuring Central Tendency for 1.7, 1.8, 1.9, 1.10, 1.11, 1.12.
Ungrouped Data: The Arithmetic Mean (population and sample), The Median, 1.13, 1.14, 1.15, 1.16, 1.17, 1.18, 1.19,
The Mode, Measuring Central Tendency for Grouped Data: The Arithmetic 1 10 1.4 1.20, 1.21, 1.24, 1.25.
Mean (population and sample), The Median, The Mode, Summary of
Comparative Characteristics 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 11.4, 11.5,
Computing Measures of Dispersion and Relative Position: Measuring 11.7, 11.10.
Dispersion for Ungrouped Data: The Range, The Mean Absolute Deviation,
The Standard Deviation (population and sample), The Standard Deviation for 1 1 1.5
Grouped Data (population and sample), The Measures of Positions:
Percentiles, Quartiles, Interquartile, Quartile Deviation.
Introduction to Linear Regression: The Simple Linear Regression Model, least
Squares and the Fitted Model
1 1 11.1, 11.2, 11.3
Creating Listing and Describing Data in EXCEL. (LAB) - 2 -
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Some Basic Considerations: Probability Experiment, Sample Space,

Event.
2.1, 2.2, 2.4, 2.5, 2.7, 2.8.
1
1 1 2.1, 2.2 2.10, 2.11, 2.12, 2.14, 2.15, 2.16, 2.17.
Events: Complement, Intersection, Mutually Exclusive, Union, Venn
2.18, 2.19, 2.20.
Diagram.
Statistics

2.21, 2.22, 2.24, 2.25, 2.26, 2.29, 2.30,

2: Probability

Counting Sample Points: Multiplication Rule, Tree diagram, Generalized 2.32.

2.3
multiplication rule, Permutation, Combination. 2.34, 2.35,
2 1.1, 1.2, 1.3,2.36,
1.4,2.38, 2.39, 2.40, 2.41,
1.5. 1.6.
1: Descriptive

2.45, 2.46, 2.47.

1.7, 1.8, 1.9, 1.10, 1.11, 1.12.
3
16 1.13, 1.14, 1.15, 1.16, 1.17, 1.18, 1.19,
Interpretations of Probability: Introduction, Axioms of Probability. 10 2.4 2.49, 2.50, 1.24,
2.51, 2.52,
1.20, 1.21, 1.25. 2.53, 2.54, 2.56,
Chapter

2.57, 2.58, 2.60,

11.1, 11.2, 2.61, 11.5,
11.3, 11.4, 2.62, 2.63, 2.64,
Additive Rules: For the mutually exclusive case, General Case. 1 2.5 2.66, 2.68,
11.7, 11.10.2.69, 2.70, 2.72.
Chapter

2.73, 2.74, 2.75, 2.76, 2.77, 2.78, 2.79,

Conditional Probability, Independence, and the Product Rule (or
Multiplicative Rule).
2 2 2.6 & 2.7 2.80, 2.81, 2.82, 2.83, 2.84, 2.85, 2.86,
2.87, 2.88, 2.90, 2.92, 2.93,
2.95, 2.96, 2.97, 2.98, 299, 2.100, 2.101,
Total Probability and Bayes’ Rule. 2 2 2.8
2.102
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Concept of Random Variable: Random variable, Discrete sample space,

Chapter 3 & 4: Random Variables and

Continuous sample space, Discrete random variable, Continuous random 11 - 3.1 -

variable.
Mathematical Expectation

3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.8, 3.10, 3.11, 3.12,

Discrete Random Variables and Probability Distributions: Discrete
Chapter 1: Descriptive Statistics

3.13, 3.15, 3.16, 3.22, 3.23, 3.24, 3.25,

Random Variables, Probability Distributions and Probability Mass
Functions, Cumulative Distribution Functions, Mean, Variance and
3 3 3.2 & 4.1 & 4.2 3.26.
Standard deviation. 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7, 4.33, 4.34, 4.35,
13 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5. 1.6.
4.36.
1.7, 1.8, 1.9, 1.10, 1.11, 1.12.
1.13, 1.14, 1.15, 1.16, 1.17, 1.18, 1.19,
10 3.6, 3.7, 3.9, 3.14, 3.17, 3.18, 3.19, 3.20,
Continuous Random Variables and Probability Distributions: Continuous 1.20, 1.21, 1.24, 1.25.
3.21, 3.27, 3.29, 3.30, 3.31, 3.32, 3.33,
Random Variables, Probability Distributions and Probability Density 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 11.4, 11.5,
Functions, Cumulative Distribution Functions, Mean, Variance and
3 3 3.3 & 4.1 & 4.2 3.35, 3.36.
11.7, 11.10.
Standard deviation. 4.11, 4.12, 4.13, 4.14, 4.15, 4.20, 4.22,
4.28, 4.29, 4.43, 4.50, 4.51, 4.71, 4.72,
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5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 5.7, 5.8, 5.9,

Bernoulli & Binomial Distribution 1 2 5.3 5.11, 5.12, 5.14, 5.15, 5.17, 5.18, 5.19,
Chapter 5: Some Discrete
Probability Distributions

5.20, 5.22, 5.23, 5.25, 5.26, 5.27, 5.28.

3
Chapter 1: Descriptive Statistics

5.29, 5.30, 5.31, 5.32, 5.33, 5.35, 5.36,

Hypergeometric Distribution 2 5.4
14
Negative Binomial and Geometric Distributions 2 5.5
10
3 1.20, 1.21, 1.24, 1.25.
Poisson Distribution and the Poisson Process 2 5.6
5.37, 5.38, 5.39, 5.41, 5.42, 5.43, 5.46,
5.47, 5.48, 5.49.
1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5. 1.6.
1.7, 1.8, 1.9, 1.10, 1.11, 1.12.
5.49, 5.50, 5.51, 5.52, 5.53, 5.54, 5.55,
1.13, 1.14, 1.15, 1.16, 1.17, 1.18, 1.19,
5.56, 5.57, 5.58, 5.59, 5.60, 5.64, 5.67,
5.68, 5.69, 5.70, 5.72, 5.73, 5.74, 5.75,
11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 11.4, 11.5,
5.76, 5.77, 5.78.
11.7, 11.10.
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Chapter 6: Some Continuous

Continuous Uniform Distribution 0.5 - 6.1

Probability Distributions

1 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 6.6, 6.7, 6.8, 6.9,

Normal Distribution 6.2 6.10, 6.11, 6.12, 6.13, 6.14, 6.15, 6.16,
3 3 6.17, 6.18, 6.19, 6.21.
Areas under the Normal Curve 6.3 & 6.4
Chapter 1: Descriptive Statistics

11
6.24, 6.25, 6.26, 6.27, 6.28, 6.31, 6.33,
Normal Approximation to the Binomial 1 1 6.5
1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4,6.37, 6.38
1.5. 1.6.
1.7, 1.8, 1.9, 1.10, 1.11, 1.12.
Gamma and Exponential Distributions 1.5 1 6.6 1.13, 1.14,6.40,
1.15,6.44,
1.16,6.46,
1.17,6.48
1.18, 1.19,
10
1.20, 1.21, 1.24, 1.25.
11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 11.4, 11.5,
32 32 64 11.7, 11.10.