University of Illinois at Chicago
College of Business Administration
MBA 503:   Statistics
Semester:   Fall, 1998
Instructor:   Prof. Stanley L. Sclove
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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