MGT 201: QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS, WINTER 2011

 

• Course homepage:    http://ilearn.ucr.edu
• Office hours:   W 1:40 PM – 3:40 PM, or by appointment
• Class time: MGT 201: MW 3:40 PM -5:00 PM, MW 7:10 PM -8:30 PM, ANDHL118
• Textbook: Statistics for Managers, by Levine, Stephan, Krehbiel, & Berenson, 6th Ed., Prentice-Hall, 2010
• Reference: Mathematical Statistics and Data Analysis, by John A. Rice, 3rd Ed., Duxbury Press, 2006
• Prerequisite:  MGT 403 (Calculus, linear algebra, and probability), Excel

SCHEDULE:

1. WEEK 1
   1. Introduction, descriptive statistics
   2. Assigned Readings: 
      lecture slides 1-3 (iLearn)
      chapters 2, 3
      review Excel (ilearn)
   3. Suggested Readings:
      For Today’s Graduate, Just One Word: Statistics (The New York Times pdf)
      The Joy of Stats: 200 years, 200 countries, 4 minutes (BBC)
      Math will rock your word (Businessweek)
   4. HW1, due at 12 pm, Jan. 10th, on iLearn
      
2. WEEK 2
   1. Descriptive statistics, basic probability
   2. Assigned readings:
      lecture slides 3, 4 (iLearn)
      chapter 4
   3. Suggested Readings:
      The least surprising correlation of all time (follow-up) 
      Peter Donnelly shows how stats fool juries
   4. HW2, due on Jan. 19
3. WEEK 3
   1. Discrete probability distributions
   2. Assigned readings:
      lecture slides 5, 6 (iLearn)
      chapter 5
   3. Suggested readings:
      The aftershocks of crime (The Economist)
   4. HW3, due on Jan. 24
4. WEEK 4
   1. Continuous probability distributions
   2. Assigned readings:
      lecture slides 7, 8 (iLearn)
      chapter 6
   3. HW4, due on Jan. 31
5. WEEK 5
   1. Normal and other distributions
   2. Assigned readings:
      lectures 7, 8, 9
      chapters 5, 6
   3. Suggested readings:
      The rise and rise of the cognitive elite
   4. HW5, due on Feb. 7
6. WEEK 6
   1. Review
   2. Midterm, Feb. 9, bring a bluebook, in class, 80 minutes, open book/notes
   3. HW6, due on Feb. 14
7. WEEK 7
   1. Sampling distributions, confidence interval
   2. Assigned readings:
      lecture slides 10, 11
      chapters 7, 8
   3. Suggested readings:
      Lies, damn lies, and job statistics (The New Yorker)
   4. HW7, due on Feb. 21
8. WEEK 8
   1. Confidence interval, hypothesis test
   2. Assigned readings:
      lecture slides 12, 13
      chapters 8, 9
   3. Suggested readings: Chilling consequences
   4. HW8, due on Feb. 28
9. WEEK 9
   1. hypothesis test
   2. Assigned readings:
      lecture slides 13
      chapter 9
   3. Suggested readings: The beautiful and the damned
   4. HW9, due on Mar. 7
10. WEEK 10
    1. linear regression
    2. Assigned readings:
       lecture 14
       chapters 13, 14
    3. Suggested readings: An End to the Quick Fixes
11. FINAL EXAM
    March 14, Anderson 118
    session 1: 3:30 pm- 6:30 pm
    session 2: 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
    bring UCR bluebook, calculator, open book/notes

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