Mathematics 393 Fall 2004

 

Tentative Schedule and Textbook Homework Problems

 

 

Monday

Wednesday

9/27

Topic 1: Activities 1-1—1-5

HW: 1-12 and 1-13

 

9/29

Topic 2: Activities 2-1--2-4

HW: 2-9 and 2-11

HW and Journal 1 due 10/6

 

10/4

Introduction to Probability: Fair and Unfair Games; Misconceptions of Probability; Area Model

10/6

Topic 3: 3-1--3-5 HW: 3-13, 3-14

Topic 4: 4-1—4-4 HW: 4-12—4-14

HW due 10/13

 

10/11

Checker-board Activity, Monty’s Dilemma; Assign Final Project

 

10/13

Topic 13: 13-1—13-2

Topic 5: 5-1—5-3, 5-5—5-6 HW: 5-10,  5-14, 5-16

Homework and Journal 2 due 10/20

 

10/18

Simulation

Topic 14:   14-1 and 14-2,  some of 14-4 and 14-5

Take-home Exam 1 passed out

 

10/20

Topic 6: 6-1—6-4 HW: 6-12, 6-14, 6-18

Topic 7: 7-1—7-5 HW:  7-8, 7-24

Homework from Topics 6 and 7 due on 10/27

Exam 1 due on 10/22 by 4 p.m. in AA 305

10/25

Wrap-up Topic 14; Non-transitive Dice; Introduction to Exploratory Data Analysis; Scatter Plots; Median Fit Line

 

10/27

Topic 8: 8-1—8-5 HW:  8-7, 8-10

Topic 9: 9-1—9-4 HW:  9-8, 9-9

Homework from Topics 8 and 9 and Journal 3 are both due on 11/3

11/1

Discussion of Exam 1; Wrap-up Scatter Plots; Sampling

 

11/3

Topic 10: 10-1—10-4 HW: 10-6, 10-11

Topic 12: 12-1—12-2 HW:  12-8, 12-9

Homework from Topics 10, 12-8 and 12-9 due on 11/10

11/8

Sampling Distributions

 

11/10

Topic 12-3—12-6 HW 12-16

Topic 15: 15-1—15-3 HW: 15-5, 15-7

Homework 12-6 and 15-5, 15-7 due on 11/17, together with Journal 4

11/15

Exam 2 in class

11/17

Topic 16: 16-1—16-4 HW: 16-5, 16-7, 16-14

Topic 17:  17-1—17-3 HW: 17-4,  17-5

Homework 16-5, 16-7, 16-14, 17-4, 17-5 are due on 11/24

11/22

Discuss Exam 2; Wrap up the Central Limit Theorem; Topic 18: 18-1

11/24

Topic 18:  18-2—18-5 HW:  18-6, 18-7

Computer Lab Catch-up

Homework 18-6, 18-7 due on 12/1

11/29

Project Presentations: Part 1

Topic 19-1, 19-2

 

12/1

Topic 19: 19-3—19-6 HW: 19-7, 19-9

Homework 19-7, 19-9 due at final exam, Wednesday 12/8 at noon