RES 311: Quantitative Methods for Decision Making

Bowerman, B. L., & O'Connell, R. T. (2007). Business statistics in practice (4th ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill. ISBN: 9780073252919

Syllabus
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Lecture Notes
Class 1: Statistics: An Overview (PowerPoint file - 1mb)
Class 2: Descriptive Statistics (PowerPoint file - 767kb)
Class 3: Probability (PowerPoint file - 828kb)
Class 4: Discrete and Continuous Random Variables (PowerPoint file - 1.27mbkb)
Class 5: Midterm Review (353kb)
Chapters 1 - 5 Make up review session for July/August course (PowerPoint file - 3.15mb)
Class 6: Confidence Intervals (PowerPoint file - 784kb)
Class 7: Hypothesis Testing (PowerPoint file - 286kb)
Class 8: Final Review (PowerPoint file - 1mb)
Class 9: No notes. Final exam due.

Ma and Pa Kettle Math Lesson
Interesting logic (Windows Media file - 4,210kb)

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