An Online Book of Statistics

Hyper Stat Online
A very useful and brief online text on statistics. Find the link below:
http://davidmlane.com/hyperstat

Date for Quiz 1

Dear Students

There is a change in the date of quiz 1 due to a mistake in your course outline. The new date is Thursday November 17, 2011 during your class time. Please be on time.

Format, Topics and Weigh-age of the Quiz

1. Quiz accounts for 5% weight-age towards your grade. Quiz will be of 15 marks and consist of MCQs, short questions and/or problems.
2. Topics of the quiz include the basic definitions, scientific methods of research, types of research studies, and tabulations and graphs.

Good luck.

Suggested reading for descriptive statistics

Through Wolfram Mathworld, you can study the topic online:

http://mathworld.wolfram.com/topics/DescriptiveStatistics.html

Handout of Lectures 5 and 6

To download Lecture 5 (Scales of Measurement), click here.
To download Lecture 6 (Summarizing Information - tables, graphs), click here.