Topics covered include descriptive methods, probability, probability distributions, sampling distributions, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, and simple linear regression. Computer applications will be used throughout the course. Essentials of Statistics for Business and Economics , by David R. Anderson, Dennis J. Sweeney, and Thomas A. Williams. West Publishing Company, 1997. Southwestern Publishers, 1999.
Calculators are a necessity and the ability to use one correctly is taken for granted.
Classroom participation is expected and therefore no grade is warranted. Midterm and Final Exams Success in this course is dependent upon your familiarity with the material. Therefore I strongly suggest that each student comes prepared to class. I will assign several problems at the end of each section which are expected to be completed during the period of coverage. The intent of these assignments are twofold.