Catalog Description: Four Semester Hours. Inferential statistics. Estimation and hypothesis testing of means and proportions. Inference with simple and multiple regression. Variance and contingency table analysis.

Prerequisite: MATH 120 (College Algebra). Note that a 'C,' or better, is required in MATH 120 for all majors in the School of Business. Business majors that earned a 'D' in MATH 120 are strongly encouraged to retake MATH 120 prior to enrolling in MS 251.

Web Resources:

• Tim Sullivan's web page
• Yahoo! group for MS 251

Course Materials:

• Fall 2004 Syllabus (Word)
• Syllabus Quiz (Word)
• Math Review (Word)
• Math Review Solutions (page 1)
• Math Review Solutions (page 2)

Lecture Notes (Word):

• Introduction
• Descriptive Techniques
• Probability & Sampling
• Discrete Random Variables
• Continuous Random Variables
• Sampling Distributions
• Estimation
• Hypothesis Testing
• One Population Inference
• Two Population Inference
• Simple Linear Regression
• Multiple Linear Regression
• Tests for Qualitative Data

Useful Links for Memos:

• First memo assignment (Word)
• Second memo assignment (Word)
• Third memo assignment (Word)
• Fourth memo assignment (Word)
• Fifth memo assignment (Word)
• Grading grid for first memo
• Grading grid for second memo
• Grading grid for third memo
• Grading grid for fourth memo
• Grading grid for fifth memo (Word)
• School of Business Fatal Error Policy
• SIUE Writing Center

Quiz Solutions:

• Introduction & Descriptive Techniques: Fall 2004 #2, Fall 2004 #1, Fall 2003 #2, Fall 2003 #1, Spring 2003 #2, Spring 2003 #1, Fall 2002, Fall 1999, Spring 1999, Fall 1998
• Sampling & Probability: Fall 2004, Fall 2003, Spring 2003, Fall 2002, Summer 2001, Fall 1999, Summer 1999, Spring 1999, Fall 1998, Fall 1997
• Discrete Random Variables: Fall 2004, Fall 2003, Spring 2003, Fall 2002, Spring 2001, Fall 1999, Summer 1999, Spring 1999, Fall 1998, Fall 1997
• Continuous Random Variables: Fall 2004, Fall 2003, Spring 2003, Fall 2002, Fall 1999, Spring 1999, Fall 1998, Fall 1997
• Sampling Distributions: Fall 2004, Fall 2003, Spring 2003, Fall 2002, Spring 2001, Fall 1999
• Estimation: Fall 2004, Fall 2003, Spring 2003, Fall 2002, Spring 2001, Fall 1999, Spring 1999
• Hypothesis Testing: Fall 2004, Fall 2003, Spring 2003, Fall 2002, Summer 2001, Spring 2001, Fall 1999, Spring 1999, Fall 1998
• Inference about one population: Fall 2004, Spring 2003, Fall 2002, Spring 2001, Fall 1999, Summer 1999, Spring 1999, Fall 1998, Fall 1997
• Inference about two populations: Fall 2004, Fall 2003, Spring 2003, Fall 2002, Spring 2001, Fall 1999, Fall 1998, Fall 1997
• Simple Linear Regression (part 1): Fall 2004, Spring 2003, Fall 2002, Summer 2001, Spring 2001, Fall 1999, Spring 1999, Fall 1998, Fall 1997
• Simple Linear Regression (part 2): Fall 2004, Fall 2003, Spring 2003, Fall 2002, Summer 2001, Spring 2001, Summer 1999, Spring 1999, Fall 1998, Fall 1997
• Multiple Linear Regression (part 1): Fall 2004, Fall 2003, Fall 2002, Spring 2001, Fall 1999, Spring 1999, Fall 1998
• Multiple Linear Regression (part 2): Fall 2004, Fall 2003, Spring 2003, Summer 2001, Fall 1997
• Final Exam (pg. 4): Spring 2001, Summer 1999

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