Statistics 235 - Introductory Statistics for Engineering

LEC ES1, Winter 2014, TR 1100 - 1220, CAB 235


Local announcements: (Please check here!)

- April 23, 2014 (4:30 PMish): Final exam marks now available here. Please check to make sure ALL your marks are correct.
- March 29, 2014: Office hours for after Wed, April 9 can be found here.

Instructor: Paul Cartledge
Office: CAB 409
E-mail: pdc2 at ualberta.ca
Office hours: Wed/Fri: 11 AM - 1 PM, Thu: 12:30 - 2 PM, or by appointment.

Lab Assignments (10%): 5 Assignments
Hand in your lab assignment into the CORRECT wooden box (located on the 3rd floor of CAB) on the due date by 10 PM.
Lab assignments will be returned in your lab.
See the STAT 235 lab website.

Homework (10%): 5 Assignments
Hand in your homework into the CORRECT wooden box (located on the 3rd floor of CAB) on the due date by 10 PM.
Homework assignments will be returned in class.
Homework Questions
Required Datasets
The Decima Robinson Support Centre is open for drop-in Statistics help on MWF from 1200 - 1500 & TR from 1000 - 1200 in CAB 528.
The Support Centre will be closed for the term after Wednesday, April 9.
Homework # 1 Solutions
Homework # 2 Solutions
Homework # 3 Solutions
Homework # 4 Solutions
Homework # 5 Solutions

Exams: All exams are closed book and a non-programmable calculator approved by the Faculty of Engineering is necessary. The formula sheets below will be provided by me.
All tables (Z-table, t-table, F-table)
Midterm Exam Formula Sheet
Final Exam Formula Sheet

Midterm Exam (25%):
Lecture ES1: In class, Tuesday, February 25 (80 minutes).
MIDTERM REVIEW (Covers Chapters 6 and 1-5)
NOTE: A practice midterm covers MOST course material, but not ALL.
Practice Midterm 1 (with solutions)
Practice Midterm 2 (with solutions)
Practice Midterm 3 (with solutions) (Omit MC #17.)
Midterm solutions: Version 1
Midterm solutions: Version 2

Final Exam (45%)
Lecture ES1: Time: Tuesday, April 15, 9:00 AM; Location: ETLE 2-001 (Last name: A-J) and ETLE 2-002 (K-Z)
FINAL REVIEW (Covers all chapters below)
NOTE: A practice final covers MOST course material, but not ALL. Be aware of different notation.
Practice Final 1 (3 hours)
Practice Final 1 Solutions
Practice Final 2 (3 hours)
Practice Final 2 Solutions


Course notes:

Course Outline

Chapter 6
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapters 4/5
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
- Chapter 8 Example data
Chapter 9
- Chapter 9 Example data
Chapter 12
- Chapter 12 Example
- Chapter 12 Example data
Chapter 11
- Chapter 11 Example
- Chapter 11 Example data
Chapter 10

Useful/Interesting Links:

U of A Bears/Pandas Website
Google
NHL.com
IMDB.com
Learning the Language of Data
Online CLT Application

Class Results
(excludes zero values)
Section ES1
Evaluation type Out of Avg. (raw) Avg. (%) Max
Assignment 1 128 117.2 91.5% 128
Assignment 2 115 102.4 89.0% 115
Assignment 3 62 57.0 92.0% 61
Assignment 4 104 96.4 92.7% 104
Assignment 5 95 83.6 88.0% 95
Total 504 427.4 84.8% 495.5
Midterm 32 24.5 76.5% 33
Labs 408 357.9 87.7% 403
Lab Exam 20 16.1 80.5% 20
Final 59 37.8 64.1% 55