MATH 262 Statistical Methodology (Section 01)
2025-2026 Spring
Name of Lecturer : İnci Apaydın
E-mail address : incia@[Link]
Office : SA-144
Web Address
for Detailed Syllabus : [Link]
Office Hours & Location : Monday’s 10:30-12:30 (By appointment)
Additional Information : Any introduction to statistics textbook
Catalog description: Organization and description of data. Basic concepts of
probability. Binomial, Poisson distributions. The normal distribution. X2, t and F
distributions. Simple and multiple regression. Analysis of categorical data. Some
nonparametric tests. Biological and medical science applications using a statistical
software such as MINITAB or SAS .
Class Attendance
Students will be expected to attend class every day. Your success will depend on your
active engagement and participation in the course.
Assessment Methods
(%) Contribution to
Assessment Method Date Week
Final Grade
Midterm :Essay/written 40 10
Final: Essay/written 40
Average of best 8 HWs 16
Average of best 2 Quizes 4
Class Schedule
Section 01 (Room: T-272) Tuesday 15:30 - 16:20
16:30 - 17:20 (Spare Hour)
Friday 10:30 - 11:20
11:30 - 12:20
Minimum Requirements to Qualify for the
Final Exam
Students must attend to MIDTERM examination and grade shoul be at least 10.
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Textbook:Statistics Principles and Methods 6-th Ed. Richard A. Johnson &Gouri K.
Bhattacharyya, Wiley
Course Topics
1. Organization and Description of Data (Chapter 1.1, 1.4, 1.7, 2.1-2.5, 3.2, 3.4, 3.5)
- What is Statistics
- Types of Statistics
- Types of Variables
- Constructing Frequency Tables
- Graphical presentation of qualitative data
- Constructing Frequency Distributions
- Graphical presentation of a distribution (Histogram )
- Cumulative Distribution (OGIVE)
- Stem and leaf display
- Measures of location (Mean, mode, median)
- Shape (skewness)
- Empirical Rule
- Measures of Dispersion (Range, Variance, Standard deviation, Coefficient of variation)
- Measures of position (Quartiles and Percentiles)
- Boxplot and identification of extreme/outlier observations
2. Probability (Chapter 4.1-4.4)
- Definitions (Random experiment, basic outcome, sample space, event, properties)
- Approaches to Assigning Probabilities
- Rules of Addition
- Complement rule
- Rules of multiplication
3. Conditional Probability and Independence (Chapter 4.5-4.6)
- Statistical Independence
- Conditional Probabilities
- Multiplication Law
- Combination (counting)
- Counting Techniques (Basic Rule of Counting (BRC), Permutation and Combination)
- Summarizing Data for Two Variables Using Graphical Displays (Cross tabulation and Bivariate
distributions/Contingency tables)
- Bayes’ Theorem
4. Random Variables and Discrete Probability Distributions (Chapter 5.1-5.6)
- What is a Probability Distribution
- Discrete Random Variables
- Continuous Random Variables
- Developing Discrete Probability Distributions
- Mean, Variance and Standard Deviation of a Discrete Probability Distribution (Rules of expectation and
variance )
- Binomial Probability Distribution (Start with Bernoulli Trials)
- Expected Value and Variance for the Binomial Distribution
5. The Normal Distribution. (Chapter 6.1-6.5)
- What is Probability Density Function and Cumulative Distribution Function
- Z-scores (how to compare scores from different systems)
- Normal Probability Distribution
- Standard Normal Probability Distribution
- Computing Probabilities for Any Normally Distributed Random Variable ( use of Z- Table)
- Normal Approximation to Binomial
6. Sampling Distributions. The Central Limit Theorem. (Chapter 7.1-7.3)
- Sampling Methods
- Sampling Error
- Sampling Distributions of the sample mean
- Central Limit Theorem
- Finite Population Case (Correction Factor)
7. Drawing Inferences from Large Samples: Standard Normal Distribution (Chapter
8.1-8.3)
- Definitions (point and interval estimation)
- Properties of Estimators (Unbiasedness and Efficiency)
- Deriving a confidence interval
- Point and Interval Estimation for a Population Mean
8. MIDTERM Date: will be announce later
9. Testing Hypotheses about a Population mean. Inferences about a Population Proportion
(Chapter 8.4-8.5)
- Concept of hypothesis testing and types of errors
- Hypothesis Test for the population mean (variance known)
- Sampling Distributions of the sample proportion
- Point and Interval Estimation for a Population Proportion
- Hypothesis Test for the population proportion
10. Small-Sample Inferences for Normal Populations. Student's t Distribution (Chapter 9.1-9.3)
- Students t distribution
- Interval Estimation for a Population Mean (when population variance is unknown)
- Hypothesis Test for the population mean (variance unknown)
11. Inferences about the Standard Deviation (The Chi-square distribution).(Chapter 9.5)
- Chi-square distribution
- Sampling Distributions of the sample variance
- Interval Estimation for a Population variance
- Hypothesis Test for the population variance
12. Comparing Two Treatments - Independent Random Samples. Matched Pair Comparisons.
(chapter 10.3-10.9)
-Test for the difference between populations means ( 4 cases)
-Test for the difference between populations proportions
-Test for the ratio of two population variances (F Distribution)
13. Simple Linear Regression and Correlation. (Chapter 11.1-11.7)
14 Simple Linear Regression and Correlation (Cont.) and Multiple Regression Analysis.(Chapter
12.1-12.3)
15. Analysis of Categorical Data. (Chapter 13.1-13.4)
-Goodness of Fit test
-Contingency Tables (test of homogeneity & independence)
&FINALS..
Usage of a statistical software such as MINITAB is encouraged.