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AMA 1006, Basic Statistics, 2021/22 Semester 2: Lectures

This document provides information about the course AMA 1006 Basic Statistics for the 2021/22 Semester 2. It includes details about the instructor, Dr. Stan Yip, consultation hours, course format, assessment breakdown, tentative schedule, and reference books. The course will be delivered via lectures on Zoom and include tutorials. Assessment will consist of two assignments, one test, and a final exam worth 60% totalling 100%. The schedule outlines the topics to be covered each week ranging from probability concepts to sampling distributions and estimation over 13 weeks.

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AMA 1006, Basic Statistics, 2021/22 Semester 2: Lectures

This document provides information about the course AMA 1006 Basic Statistics for the 2021/22 Semester 2. It includes details about the instructor, Dr. Stan Yip, consultation hours, course format, assessment breakdown, tentative schedule, and reference books. The course will be delivered via lectures on Zoom and include tutorials. Assessment will consist of two assignments, one test, and a final exam worth 60% totalling 100%. The schedule outlines the topics to be covered each week ranging from probability concepts to sampling distributions and estimation over 13 weeks.

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AMA 1006, Basic Statistics, 2021/22 Semester 2

Instructor: Dr. Stan Yip


Office Location: TU 711 (Tel: 3400 3909)
Email: [email protected]
Consultation Hour: via Emails

Course Format
Lectures:
Lecture meeting times: Tue 1630 at Y302 (Class 1)/Monday 1430 at Z11 (Class 2)
Durations: 110 minutes or 50 minutes. See the syllabus below.
Media: Zoom will be used for real-time lectures. You may log in to Zoom a few minutes prior to
the lecture time.
Tutorials:
For tutorials, please refer to your timetable for your tutorial session. They are 50-minute sessions
on weeks 3, 4, 7, 8, 11, 12 and 13. It will also be conducted via Zoom.

Assessment
Continuous Assessment - 2 Assignments 20%
- 1 Test 20%
Final Exam 60%
Total: 100%
Grade thresholds:
Grades D+/D C+/C/C- B+/B/B- A+/A/A-
Thresholds ≥ 35 ≥ 50 ≥ 65 ≥ 85

Tentative Schedule
Week Duration (mins) Date Content
1 110 Jan. 9/10 Probability Basic Concepts/Counting Rule
2 110 Jan. 16/17 Conditional Probability
3 50 Jan. 30/31 Discrete r.v./Uniform/Binomial Distribution
4 50 Feb. 6/7 Binomial Distribution/Poisson Distribution
5 110 Feb. 13/14 Normal/Uniform Distribution
6 110 Feb. 20/21 Normal Approximation to Binomial
7 50 Feb. 27/28 Exponential Distribution
8 50 Mar. 6/7 Exponential Distribution/Sampling Distribution
9 110 Mar. 13/14 Midterm Exam
10 110 Mar. 20/21 Sampling Distribution/Estimation
11 50 Mar. 27/28 Estimation
12 50 Apr. 3/4 Estimation and revision
13 50 Apr. 17/18 Revision

Reference Books
Foundation Mathematics & Statistics, 2nd edition, by Hung, K.F., Kwan, W.C.K and Pong,
G.T.Y., McGraw Hill 2013.
Probability and Statistics for Engineers and Scientist, 9th edition, by Walpole, R.E., Myers,
R.H., Myers, S.L. and Ye, K.Y., Prentice Hall 2012.

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