STA103: Course materials

Spring Term, 2002

Required text:

"Mathematical Statistics with Applications" (6th ed.), by Wackerly, Mendenhall, and Scheaffer.

Optional solutions manual:

The text has a corresponding Student Solution Manual. Once again, this is optional.

Computer software:

For some exercises, we will be using S-Plus for Windows. This software is available in public Windows clusters on campus. The software is also available for download free to STA103 students. Downloading instructions are available.

Calculators:

You will need a calculator that is capable of basic operations such as logarithms, exponentiation, taking numbers to a power, etc. It does not need to be programmable, to be capable of displaying graphs, etc. You will need your calculator to take quizzes and exams.