MGT 201, QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS, WINTER 2010

Section 01:

Section 02:

 

• Course page: http://ilearn.ucr.edu
  
• Office hours: R 3:30 pm –5:30 pm, or by appointment

• Prerequisite:

  • MGT 403, Calculus, linear algebra, and probability

  • MATLAB: We will use MATLAB throughout the course.

  • Required text: Introduction to Probability and Statistics for Engineers and Scientists, by Sheldon M. Ross, 4th edition, Academic Press, 2009

• References:

  • Essentials of Modern Business Statistics, by David Anderson, 3rd Ed., South-Western, 2007

  • Mathematical Statistics and Data Analysis, by John A. Rice, 3rd edition, Duxbury Press, 2006

  • Getting Started with MATLAB, by Rudra Pratap, Oxford University Press, 2010
    

SCHEDULE: Chapters 3-5, 1-2, 6-11

1. WEEK I
   1. Quiz 1 on the prerequisite, open book/notes
   2. Elements of Probability
   3. Reading: Chapter 3
   4. HW1 due at 2pm,  Jan 12 on iLearn
2. WEEK II
   1. Random Variables and Expectation
   2. Reading: Chapter 4, skip 4.3.2, 4.8; Chapter 5, skip 5.6.1, 5.7, 5.9
   3. HW2 due at 2pm, Jan 19 on iLearn
3. WEEK III
   1. Quiz 2 on Chapters 3 and 4, open book/notes
   2. Special Random Variables
   3. Reading: Chapter 5, skip 5.7, 5.9
   4. HW3 due at 2pm, Jan 26 on iLearn
4. WEEK IV
   1. Special Random Variables
   2. Reading: Chapter 5, skip 5.7, 5.9; Chapter 6
   3. HW4 due at 2pm, Feb. 2 on iLearn
5. WEEK V
   1. Quiz 3 on Chapter 5, open book/notes
   2. Distributions of Sampling Statistics; Descriptive Statistics (MATLAB)
   3. Reading: Chapters 6, 1, 2
6. WEEK VI
   1. Extra Office Hours: 3-5pm, Feb. 8
   2. Midterm exam on Chapters 3, 4, 5, open book/notes, 80 minutes
   3. Distributions of Sampling Statistics (MATLAB)
   4. Reading: Chapters 2, 6, skip 2.6, 6.6
7. WEEK VII
   1. Parameter Estimation
   2. Reading: Chapter 7: 7.1, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5
   3. Quiz 4 on Chapters 2 and 6, open book/notes
8. WEEK VIII
   1. Hypothesis Testing
   2. Reading: Chapter 8, skip 8.6, 8.7
9. WEEK IX
   1. Regression
   2. Reading: Chapter 9, skip 9.8, 9.11
   3. Quiz 5 on Chapters 7 and 8, open book/notes (MATLAB)
10. WEEK X
    1. Analysis of Variance
    2. Reading: Chapter 10: 10.1, 10.2, 10.3
11. FINAL WEEK

    1. Extra Office Hours: 10am -12pm, March 18

    2. Final exam, bring blue book and a calculator, open book/notes,  120 minutes, Thursday, March 18 

       1. session 01: 3:00pm – 5:00pm
       2. session 02: 5:30pm – 7:30pm

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