Catalog Description: Theory of Statistics I.  3 hrs.  Probability spaces, conditional probability, and applications.  Random variables, distributions, expectations, and moments.  Statistical inference:  estimation of parameters, tests of hypotheses.  Regression, analysis of variance.  (PR:  MTH 230)

Required Materials: Wackerly, Mendenhall, & Scheaffer.  Mathematical Statistics with Applications, Sixth Edition.  Duxbury. 2002

    Statistical calculator.

Instructor: Dr. J. Silver

Office: SH 778F

Telephone: 696-3044

Email:  silver@marshall.edu

Webpage:  http://webpages.marshall.edu/~silver/ 

Grading Policy: Grades will be figured on a percentage basis. There will be two exams. The homework average will be counted as equivalent to a third exam. Homework is due on the next class days after assignment. The lowest two homework grades will be dropped. No excuses are accepted for late homework.

Attendance Policy: Attendance will be taken daily by collecting homework. Borderline grades will be determined by class attendance.

Exams: Tests will be given on October 17 and December 12.  If you are unable to take an exam due to unavoidable circumstances (e.g. illness, death in the family, accidents), you must contact me prior to the exam time and furnish written verification of the excuse in order to take a make-up test.