University of Illinois at Chicago
College of Business Administration
MBA 503: Statistics
Semester: Fall, 1998
Instructor: Prof. Stanley L. Sclove
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Organization & Administration:
Syllabus
Calendar
References, to Textbook,
Optional Recommended Ancillary Materials; Works Cited
Recommended video series: "Against All Odds: Inside Statistics"
Material (Notes by Professor Sclove;
PowerPoint Slides from Prentice Hall, Inc.)
to Accompany the text, Levine, Berenson & Stephan,
Statistics for Managers using Microsoft Excel.
Updated edition. (LBS) :
LBS Ch. 1 -- Introduction
and Data Collection Notes Slides
LBS Ch. 2 -- Tables and Charts Notes Slides
LBS Ch. 3 -- Numerical Data Description Notes
Slides
LBS Ch. 4 -- Basic Probability; Discrete Distributions Notes Slides
Homework A due Tues., 8-Sept.
LBS Ch. 14 -- Decision Making
Notes Getz case:
Notes; Spreadsheet
LBS Ch. 5 -- Normal Distributions; Sampling Distributions
Notes Slides
LBS Ch. 6 -- Estimation Notes
Slides
LBS Ch. 7 -- Fundamentals of Hypothesis Testing
Notes Slides
Midterm Exam: Fri., 25-Sept., 10:30-12:30 (both sections), 100 and 120 TH
Solutions
LBS Ch. 10 -- Quality & Productivity Management
Notes
Slides
Notes on "The Deming of America"
LBS Ch. 8 -- Two- and c-Sample Tests: Numerical Data
Notes Slides
Homework B due Mon., 5-Oct.
LBS Ch. 11 -- Simple Linear Regression & Correlation
Notes Slides
LBS Ch. 12 -- Multiple Regression Notes
Slides
LBS Ch. 13 -- Time Series Forecasting
Summary Notes Slides
Optional extra example: Sales vs Advertising Expense:-- Regression and Time Series Analysis
LBS Ch. 9 -- Two- and c-Sample Tests: Categorical Data
Notes Slides
"The Clustering of America"
Final Exam: Friday, 16-October
Solutions
Old exams and solutions:
Fall '97 Midterm Questions
Solutions
Solutions to Fall '97 Final
latest revision 16-Oct-1998