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Academic Inquiries: Jinan University E-mail: oiss@jnu.edu.cn JINAN UNIVERSITY Introduction to Statistics Lecturer: Hynek Boril Time: Monday through Friday (June 19, 2017-July 2 1, 2017) Teaching hour: 50 hours Credit: 4 Location: Management School Office: Management School 518 Office hour: By Appointment E-mail: borilh@uwplatt.edu Course Description Statistics and probability constitute the mathematics of uncertainty. This is an introductory course that gives the students knowledge on both descriptive and inferential statistics. Topics include graphic and numerical representations of various types of data; probability and statistics, discrete and continuous probability distributions; sampling and estimations; statistical inferences. Required Text: th Introduction to Probability and Statistics, 13 Edition by William; Beaver, Robert J.; Beaver, Barbara M. Mendenhall (2006). Course Hours The course has 25 sessions in total. Each class session is 120 minutes in length. The course meets from Monday to Friday. Grading Policy Midterm is worth 30% of the final course grade, the homework is worth 30%, and the final exam is worth 40%. Course Assistants: The CA will run a weekly one-hour problem session on the relevant material. You are invited to 1 / 3 Introduction to Statistics attend as many of these problem sessions as you like. Their times and locations will be announced in the first class. Homework: There will be an assignment due at the beginning of each class covering the material from the previous day and introducing some of t