Computing & Software Systems (CSS) 
       

TCSS311 Statistics Syllabus - Winter 2000
 
Concepts of probability and statistics. We will cover descriptive statistics, 
probability, and inferential statistics. The Excel spreadsheet will be used in 
many assignments.
Meets Monday and Wednesday, 2:00 to 4:05 in room BB104 (note room change).
      Texts:Required: Elementary Statistics by Johnson and Kuby 
       Recommended: How to Lie with Statistics.

Instructor: Don McLane,
Office: 308-1 Harmon
Office hours: Tuesdays, 2:30 to 4:00, and by arrangement.
Phone: 2-5812,
Email: dmclane@u.washington.edu
Web Page: link on http://www.tacoma.washington.edu/css/
Grades will be based equally on homework, a midterm and a final exam. Exams will 
require a calculator.
Topics:
Descriptive Statistics
Single variable 
Bivariate
Probability
Distributions 
The Normal Distribution 
Sample Variability
Inferential Statistics
One Population 
Two Populations 
Chi-Square 
ANOVA 
Linear Correlation and Regression
There will be homework assignments for each class, to be discussed in class. In 
addition, there will be some assignments which will be collected and graded. 
These assignments must be on time, since the solutions may be discussed in 
class.