Probability and Statistics Activities for MATH 2050

Content Title Activity Files Notes

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Introduction to Microsoft Excel     Excel

Y
Descriptive Statistics in Excel Excel

Y
Making a Bar Chart in Excel Excel

Y
Making a Pie Chart in Excel Excel

Y
Introduction to Minitab Minitab

Y
Descriptive Statistics Fan Cost Index fan.mtw

Y
Descriptive Statistics Review

Y
Probability/Equally Likely Random Babies 1st by hand, then computer sim.

Y
Set Operations and Properties

Y
Basic Probability Rules Top 100 Films in class handout

Y
Conditional Probability & Independence Top 100 Films cont. in class handout

Y
Discrete Random Variables Random Babies cont. Minitab on ex. 3 - Rolling Dice

Y
Expected Value & Variance Roulette Minitab

Y
Binomial Distributions Multiple Choice Exams Minitab for Binom. Distr., could use calculator at end

Y
Binomial & Hypergeometric Distributions Which Tire? Minitab for hypergeometric distr.

Y
Continuous Probability Distributions Penny Ages & Random Lunch Times pennies.mtw Computer - very min., could be a demo

Y
Normal Distribution misc.mtw Minitab

N
Sampling Distributions of Sample Means Penny Ages cont. pennies.mtw Minitab sim.

Y
Sampling Distributions Sampling Distribution Simulation

N
Central Limit Theorem Calculations in class

N
Point Estimation Penny Ages cont, German Tank pennies.mtw, stdev.mtb needs macro for sampling

N
Unbiased & Minimum Variance Estimators "The German Tank Problem" Minitab

N
Interval Estimation Ages of Mothers agemom.mtw Minitab

Y
Confidence Intervals Based on the t-Distribution Chest measurements of Militia Men, Sleeping Times militia.mtw Minitab

N
Sampling Distributions for Proportions Reese's Pieces in class, Reese's candy needed

Y
Confidence Intervals Friendly Observer CI applet, could use Minitab, or could skip car sim.

Y
Tests of Significance Friendly Observer cont. Minitab, can use Friendly Obs. applet

Y
Statistical Tests for Proportions Which Tire?

Y
Comparing Two Means Baseball League (formulas) baseball99.mtw Minitab

Y
Comparing Two Means: Design Considerations, Paired Data Fish Oil & Blood Pressure bumpus.mtw, marriage.mtw Minitab, but could us calc. for Fish Oil, need Minitab for bumpus & marriage

1st part only
Comparing Two Proportions AZT & HIV Minitab, but could use calc.

1st part only
Hypothesis Testing Which Tire? (note: has no hardcopy in notebook) and add to print notebook please

N
Acceptance Sampling (note: the following have no link)
Simulating a Randomization Test Friendly Observer
Properties of Measures of Center Supreme Court Judges
Binomial Distribution & Tests of Significance
Types of Errors, Power
Introduction to Likelihood Functions