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MTH 23, Probability and Statistics
Fall 2026, Section D13, 32508
Instructor:
Cormac
O'Sullivan
We meet in NL 119 (that's North Hall &
Library) on Mon, Wed, 4:00 –
5:15 pm.
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Course Information and the Course Syllabus
Math Tutoring Lab - very helpful
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MTH 23 Class Calendar
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| Date | Day | Sections covered | Homework | |
| 1 | Aug 31 | Mon | Introduction/1.1 What is Statistics? | |
| 2 | Sept 2 | Wed |
1.2 Random samples 1.3 Introduction to Experimental Design |
HW #1 |
| Sept 7 | Mon | No class | ||
| 3 | Sept 9 | Wed |
2.1 Frequency Distributions, Histograms |
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| 4 | Sept 14 | Mon | 3.1 Measures of Central Tendency: Mode, Median, and Mean | |
| 5 | Sept 16 | Wed | 3.2 Measures of Variation | |
| Sept 21 | Mon | No class | ||
| 6 | Sept 23 | Wed | 3.3 Percentiles and Box-and-Whisker Plots | |
| 7 | Sept 28 | Mon | 4.1 Scatter Diagrams and Linear Correlation | |
| 8 | Sept 30 | Wed |
Quiz 1 then 5.1 What is Probability? |
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| 9 | Oct 5 | Mon | 5.2 Some Probability Rules - Compound Events | |
| 10 | Oct 7 | Wed | 5.3 Trees and Counting Techniques | |
| Oct 12 | Mon | No class | ||
| 11 | Oct 13 | Tue | (Monday schedule) 5.1 - 5.3 Review of Probabitily | |
| 12 | Oct 14 | Wed | 6.1 Intro to Random Variables and Probability Distributions | |
| 13 | Oct 19 | Mon | Midterm Review | |
| 14 | Oct 21 | Wed | Midterm exam | |
| 15 | Oct 26 | Mon | 6.2 Binomial Probabilities | |
| 16 | Oct 28 | Wed | 6.3 Additional Properties of the Binomial Distribution | |
| 17 | Nov 2 | Mon | 7.1 Graphs of Normal Probability Distributions | |
| 18 | Nov 4 | Wed | 7.2 Standard Units, Areas under Standard Normal Distributions | |
| 19 | Nov 9 | Mon | 7.3 Areas Under any Normal Curve | |
| 20 | Nov 11 | Wed | Quiz 2
then 7.4 Sampling Distributions |
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| 21 | Nov 16 | Mon | 7.5 The Central Limit Theorem | |
| 22 | Nov 18 | Wed | 7.6 Normal Approximation to the Binomial Distribution | |
| 23 | Nov 23 | Mon | 8.1 Estimating μ when σ is known | |
| Nov 25 | Wed | No class | ||
| 24 | Nov 30 | Mon | 8.2 Estimating μ when σ is unknown | |
| 25 | Dec 2 | Wed |
Quiz 3 then 9.1 Introduction to Statistical Tests |
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| 26 | Dec 7 | Mon | 9.2 Testing the Mean μ | |
| 27 | Dec 9 | Wed | Final Exam Review | |
| 28 | Dec 14 | Mon | Final Exam Review | |
| Final Exam (Dec 15 - 21) | ||||