Math 341. Probability with Statistics Methods. Fall 2000.

Instructor: Prof. Miguel A. Arcones

Office: LN-2229, phone; 777-2593, E-mail: arcones@math.binghamton.edu, Web: http://www.math.binghamton.edu/arcones

Office Hours: M: 3:30-4:30; T: 10-11; Fr: 1:10-2:10. Or by appointment.

Textbook: R.S. Kenet and S. Zacks, Modern Industrial Statistics: Design and Control of Quality and Reliability, Brooks/Cole Publishing Co., 1998.

Sections to be covered: The following sections from the textbook will be covered in accordance with the attached course calendar and outline.

Chapter 1: Self Reading
Chapter 2: 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.6
Chapter 3: 3.1, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5
Chapter 4: 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5.2, 4.8, 4.9
Chapter 6: 6.1, 6.2.1-6.2.2, 6.3, 6.4,
Chapter 7: 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.5.2

Course Evaluation: There will be four exams and a comprehensive final exam. There will also be written homework including computer exercises. The course grade will be determined by the following percentages:

Average of the four exams 50%
Average of Homework grades 25%
Final Exam 25%

Grade Standards: The course grades will be determined by the following standards:

91-100 A
87-90 A-
83-86 B+
78-82 B
74-77 B-
70-74 C+
65-69 C
60-64 C-
50-59 D
0-49 F

Course Policies: The following are the official policies of the course:

If you cannot attend one of the exams you should submit a written reason for your absence in advance of the exam date. In "emergency" situations call the mathematics department office (777-2147) before the test. The decision to allow make-up exams will be made by the instructor on a case by case basis. No make-up exams will be given without advance approval.
Any appeal of grading should be submitted in writing within one week of your receipt of the evaluation.

Homework Policy: Written homework assignments will be collected regularly and graded. Computer homework assignments must include the computer output. They should be written up according to the attached sample write-up.

Computer Access: Students will be expected to complete certain homework assignments using the MINITAB data analysis software package. Access to the MINITAB software can be obtained on the PC in rooms G10,G17 and Classroom 4 at the South POD.

Students who have their own PC’s may purchase the student edition of MINITAB at the bookstore. The data sets and programs, which are given in the CD-ROM at the back of the textbook, should be copied to Drive C of your PC, into a subdirectory "ISTAT". On modern computers it is done automatically. However, if you have a problem in copying your CD-ROM to Drive C you can see Prof. Zacks, in Rm. LN-2202.Bring two 31/2" diskettes (high density). Those who compute at the POD can access the data sets, by clicking within MINITAB of

File -_> other files -> import ASCII data. All files of the CD-ROM are also installed on the PC’s of the Micro-Lab at the Watson School.

MATH 341 Fall 2000

Course Calendar, Outline and Homework Problem Assignments

Number	Week	Reading	Problem Assignments
1	Aug 28 - Sep 1	Chapter 1, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3.	2.1.1, 2.1.2, 2.2.1, 2.3.1, 2.3.3
	Sep 4.	No Class (Labor Day)
2	Sep 6 - Sep 8	2.4, 2.6	2.4.4, 2.4.5, 2.4.7, 2.6.1, 2.6.2, 2.6.6
3	Sep 11 - Sep 15	3.1, 3.3	3.1.1, 3.1.2, 3.3.1, 3.3.3, 3.3.4
4	Sep 18- Sep 22	3.4	3.4.1, 3.4.2, 3.4.3
5	Sep 25-Sep 27	3.5	3.5.1, 3.5.2
	Sep 29	No class (Rosh Hashanah)
	Oct 2	Exam No. 1
6	Oct 4- Oct 6	4.1
	Oct 9	No class ( Yom Kipur)
7	Oct 11 - Oct 13	4.1	4.1.1, 4.1.3, 4.1.9, 4.1.13,4.1.16, 4.1.20, 4.1.22, 4.1.24, 4.1.29, 4.1.30.
8	Oct 16 - Oct 18	4.2	4.2.3, 4.2.5, 4.2.6, 4.2.10, 4.3.1, 4.3.2, 4.3.4, 4.3.6, 4.3.11, 4.3.12.
	Oct 20	Exam No. 2
9	Oct 23 - Oct 27	4.4, 4.5.2	4.4.2, 4.4.4, 4.4.5, 4.4.9, 4.4.12, 4.4.16, 4.4.18, 4.5.1, 4.5.3, 4.5.5
10	Oct 30 Nov 2	4.8, 4.9	4.8.1, 4.8.3,4.8.6, 4.9.1, 4.9.2., 4.9.3, 4.9.4.
11	Nov 6 - Nov 10	6.1, 6.2, 6.3	6.1.2, 6.2.1., 6.2.3, 6.2.5, 6.2.8, 6.2.9, 6.3.1, 6.3.5, 6.3.8, 6.3.9.
12	Nov 13 - Nov 17	6.4 ,6.6	6.4.1, 6.4.3, 6.4.4, 6.6.1, 6.6.2.
	Nov 20	Exam No. 3
	Nov 22 - Nov 24	No Classes (Thanksgiving)
13	Nov 27 Dec 1	7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.5	7.1.1, 7.1.2, 7.3.1, 7.3.2, 7.3.4, 7.3.5, 7.3.6, 7.5.1, 7.5.2, 7.5.3.
	Dec 4	Exam No. 4
14	Dec 6 Dec 8	Review
	Dec 15	Final Exam, 11-1 pm S3250.

Sample Write-up for computer related homework

Math 341

Computer Homework Assignment

Name A. Student

Instructor Professor A. Professor

Assignment # 1

Problem No. 2.1.1

Part A General Discussion of the problem.

We are asked to simulate the drawing of a random sample of size 50 from the set of integers {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}. This could for example serve to simulate the random tossing of a single die 50 times.

Part B Computer Output.

The following output was obtained from the MINITAB Software program.

MTB > random 50 c1;

SUBC> integer 1 6.

MTB > table c1

Tabulated Statistics

ROWS: C1

COUNT

1 8

2 9

3 11

4 8

5 5

6 9

ALL 50

MTB >

Part C Discussion of the results.

The expected frequency in each cell, under randomness is 50/6 = 8 .3. The deviations from this expected cell frequency, say in cell 3 where the count was 11, is due to randomness. Each time this experiment is run, the cell counts will be slightly different due to randomness.