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Economics 250: Introduction to Statistics

Outline and Schedule


Topic                
Week Chapter [Omissions]              
1. population and samples, graphs and tables 1 1
2. frequency distributions and histograms 1 2
3. summation and descriptive statistics 2 2 [geometric mean, Chebychev's theorem]
4. probability 3 3 [overinvolvement ratios]
5. random variables and expectations 4 4 [sections 4.5 and 4.6]
6. discrete univariate distributions (binomial) 5 4
7. continuous univariate distributions (uniform and normal)
6 5 [section 5.5: exponential distribution]
8. functions of random variables 6 5
9. sampling and sampling distributions 7 6 [section 6.4]
10. standardization, central limit theorem 8 6
11. estimation, t-distribution 9 7 [sections 7.5 and 7.6]
12. confidence intervals (means and proportions) 9 7
13. hypothesis testing (means and proportions) 10 9 [section 9.6]
14. hypothesis testing (means and proportions) 11
9
[section 9.6]
15. confidence intervals (differences) 11 8 [section 8.5]
16. hypothesis testing (differences) 12 10 [sections 10.4 and 10.5]



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