This is the web site for pdf files for the course Statistics and Data Analysis (COR1-GB.1305), taught by Jeffrey Simonoff.

  • Course syllabus
  • 2. Data presentation and summary
  • 3. Material related to the Foundations of Finance course
  • 4. Populations, samples, surveys and statistical inference
  • Homework 1
  • Answers to homework 1
  • Extra data analysis problems
  • Answers to extra data analysis problems
  • Material from CHS Casebook related to extra problems handouts
  • 5. Probability - the language of randomness   (Class handout version)
  • Class probability problem: conditional probability
  • Class probability problem: seven game series
  • Answers to class probability problems
  • 6. Simpson's paradox  (Class handout version)
  • Homework 2
  • Answers to homework 2
  • Extra probability problems
  • Answers to extra probability problems
  • 7. Random variables and their properties  (Class handout version)
  • Class random variable problem
  • Answers to class random variable problem
  • 8. The Binomial distribution  (Class handout version)
  • Class Binomial problem
  • Answers to class Binomial problem
  • 9. Continuous distributions    (Class handout version)
  • Table of normal cumulative probabilities
  • 10. The normal approximation to the binomial  (Class handout version)
  • Class normal approximation to the Binomial problem
  • Answers to class normal approximation to the Binomial problem
  • Homework 3
  • Answers to homework 3
  • Extra random variable problems
  • Answers to extra random variable problems
  • 11. The Central Limit Theorem  (Class handout version)
  • Class Central Limit Theorem problem
  • Answers to class Central Limit Theorem problem
  • Coverage of test 1
  • 12. Interval estimation and statistical inference  (Class handout version)
  • Critical values of Student's t distribution
  • Class confidence and prediction interval problems
  • 13. Confidence interval for a binomial proportion  (Class handout version)
  • Class binomial confidence interval problem
  • Homework 4
  • Answers to homework 4
  • Extra inference and interval estimation problems
  • Answers to extra inference and interval estimation problems
  • 14. Hypothesis testing  (Class handout version)
  • Class hypothesis testing problem
  • 15. Tests about binomial proportions
  • Class binomial hypothesis testing problem
  • Answer to class binomial hypothesis testing problem
  • Homework 5
  • Answers to homework 5
  • 16. Regression analysis  (Class handout version)
  • 17. Youth and the 2008 presidential election
  • 18. Getting what you pay for: dinner prices in Manhattan
  • Class regression problems
  • Answers to class regression problems
  • 19. Statistical analysis using Microsoft Excel
  • Homework 6
  • Answers to homework 6
  • Extra regression problems
  • Answers to extra regression problems
  • 20. Two-sample hypothesis tests
  • 21. The box office of movie sequels
  • 22. Periodontal conditions and coronary artery disease
  • Extra hypothesis testing problems
  • Answers to extra hypothesis testing problems
  • Homework 7 with answers
  • Coverage of test 2

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