CAS MA 116

This is the syllabus .
MyLab Statistics registration guide. Students are encouraged NOT to purchase any course materials, including the MyLab Statistics access code or textbook, until after the first lecture on 05/20.


BU Academic Conduct Code

Update. (05/20) The first quiz, originally scheduled for Friday 05/30, has been moved to Thursday 05/29, upon request. If this change causes any issues, please let me know as soon as possible.

Update. (05/26) 05/22 slides have been updated to fix some issues about sample size vs. population size.

Formula sheet for Chapter 7 and 8

Update. (06/02) Hypothesis Testing slides have been updated to fix the z_{\alpha/2} mistake in the last example.

Formula sheet for Quiz 2

Quiz 3 Review Questions

Formula sheet for Quiz 3

Formula sheet for Quiz 4

A reminder that students may email me to request a Zoom office hour at a different time than the regular office hour schedule.

Formula sheet for the final exam


Course Log
05/20 Review of basic concepts in statistics and probability, normal distribution First day of Summer 1 Slides
05/21 Normal distribution Slides
05/22 Sampling distribution Slides (updated 05/26)
05/26 Holiday (Memorial Day), classes suspended
05/27 More CH8 examples, estimating a population proportion Last day to drop without ‘W’ grade; HW1 due at 11:59pm Slides
05/28 Estimating a population mean Slides
05/29 Beginning of hypothesis test Quiz 1 Slides
05/30 Hypothesis test Substitute schedule of classes (Monday schedule) Hypothesis Testing Slides
06/02 More CH9 examples, hypothesis test HW2 due at 11:59pm Slides
06/03 Inference about two population proportions Slides
06/04 Inference about two means Inference about two means slides (updated 06/05)
06/05 Inference about two means Quiz 2 (covers 9.1, 9.2, 10.1, 10.2)
06/09 Regression HW3 due at 11:59pm Chapter 4 slides
06/10 Regression 14.1 slides
06/11 Regression
06/12 Regression Quiz 3 (covers 10.3, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3) 14.2 slides
06/16 Regression Slides
06/17 Regression HW4 due at 11:59pm
06/18 Regression Quiz 4 (covers 4.1, 4.2, 14.1, 14.2)
06/19 Holiday (Juneteenth), classes suspended
06/23 Categorical data analysis Slides
06/24 Lecture on Zoom: Nonparametric statistics and additional topics HW5 due at 11:59pm
06/25 Review for the final exam
06/26 Final exam Last day of class