＜概要/Course Content Summary＞
Statistics has significant impact on our everyday life; from sports to politics to business, it is a near daily presence in our lives. Decision makers in almost every line of work rely on data and statistical studies to help them make wise decisions.
This course is intended as an introductory statistics course for students in the social sciences and humanities. The main goal of this course is to introduce the fundamental concepts of statistical reasoning so that the students can become better critical thinkers and decision makers.
Each class in this course will be divided into a lecture component, an in class mini-assignment (individual and/or group project)，and a follow up discussion based on the completed assignment. Reading assignment will be given every week and a mini-quiz will be given at the beginning of each class based on the contents of the previous lecture and the reading assignment.
Keywords: elementary probability, sampling and sampling distributions, Descriptive statistics, data presentation, statistical hypothesis testing, Microsoft Excel
＜到達目標/Goals,Aims＞
Upon completion of this course，the students will be able to:
- describe the key concepts of statistics ;
- describe how statistics is used in real life ;
- identify the benefits and the risks of using statistics.
＜授業計画/Schedule＞
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Week）
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（内容/
Contents）
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（授業時間外の学習/
Assignments）
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（実施回/ Week）
1
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（内容/ Contents）
Introduction to Statistics
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（授業時間外の学習/ Assignments）
Reading material， Preparing for the quiz
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（実施回/ Week）
2
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（内容/ Contents）
Measures of Location
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（授業時間外の学習/ Assignments）
Reading material， Preparing for the quiz
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（実施回/ Week）
3
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（内容/ Contents）
Measures of Dispersion
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（授業時間外の学習/ Assignments）
Reading material， Preparing for the quiz
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（実施回/ Week）
4
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（内容/ Contents）
Probability Concepts
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（授業時間外の学習/ Assignments）
Reading material， Preparing for the quiz
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（実施回/ Week）
5
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（内容/ Contents）
Discrete Probability Distributions
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（授業時間外の学習/ Assignments）
Reading material， Preparing for the quiz
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（実施回/ Week）
6
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（内容/ Contents）
Mid-term evaluation
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（授業時間外の学習/ Assignments）
Reading material， Preparing for the quiz
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（実施回/ Week）
7
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（内容/ Contents）
The Normal Probability Distribution
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（授業時間外の学習/ Assignments）
Reading material， Preparing for the quiz
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（実施回/ Week）
8
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（内容/ Contents）
Sampling Methods and Sampling Distributions
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（授業時間外の学習/ Assignments）
Reading material， Preparing for the quiz
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（実施回/ Week）
9
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（内容/ Contents）
Estimation
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（授業時間外の学習/ Assignments）
Reading material， Preparing for the quiz
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（実施回/ Week）
10
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（内容/ Contents）
The Role of Confidence Intervals
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（授業時間外の学習/ Assignments）
Reading material， Preparing for the quiz
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（実施回/ Week）
11
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（内容/ Contents）
Tests of Hypothesis: Large Samples
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（授業時間外の学習/ Assignments）
Reading material， Preparing for the quiz
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（実施回/ Week）
12
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（内容/ Contents）
Tests of Hypothesis: Small samples
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（授業時間外の学習/ Assignments）
Reading material， Preparing for the quiz
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（実施回/ Week）
13
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（内容/ Contents）
Nonparametric methods: Chi-square Applications
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（授業時間外の学習/ Assignments）
Reading material， Preparing for the quiz
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（実施回/ Week）
14
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（内容/ Contents）
Linear Regression and Correlation
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（授業時間外の学習/ Assignments）
Reading material， Preparing for the quiz
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（実施回/ Week）
15
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（内容/ Contents）
Summary and Final evaluation
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（授業時間外の学習/ Assignments）
Reading material， Preparing for the quiz
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Contents subject to change depending on the progression of the course.
＜成績評価基準/Evaluation Criteria＞
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Mini-quiz
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25%
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A few questions will be given in each class to confirm the level of understanding of class contents. Students are expected to answer correctly to the questions.
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Mid-term evaluation
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25%
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Evaluation will be administered to examine the overall understanding of lecture contents (first half of the course). Students are expected to answer correctly to the questions.
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Final evaluation
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35%
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Evaluation will be administered to examine the overall understanding of lecture contents (second half of the course). Students are expected to answer correctly to the questions.
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Assignment (In class and homework)
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15%
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Students are expected to complete the distributed worksheets (in class or as a homework). The worksheet answers will be explained during class but the students are expected to take notes and complete the worksheets correctly.
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＜テキスト/Textbook＞
Textbook(s) will not be designated. Reading and other related material will be distributed as needed.
＜参考文献/Reference Book＞
1.Basic Statistics for Business and Economics, Douglas A. Lind, Robert D. Mason and William G. Marchal, McGraw-Hill 2000.
2.Schaum’s Outline of Beginning Statistics, Larry J.Stephens, McGraw-Hill, 2006
3.Business Statistics,Leonard J.Kazmier, Schaum’s outline series, McGraw-Hill, 2003
4.Statistics: A very short introduction, David J.Hand, Oxford university Press, 2008
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