STAT 101 · Fall Term

Resources

Textbooks, statistical tables, software and course links.

Required Textbook

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Mendenhall, Beaver & Beaver · 14th Edition · Cengage Learning

The primary textbook. Covers all nine topics. All lecture section references use this book.

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Neil Weiss · 9th Edition · Pearson, 2012

Supplementary reference for alternative explanations and additional practice problems.

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Deaux & Velleman · 3rd Edition · Addison-Wesley, 2008

Second supplementary reference.

Statistical Tables

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Table 3 — Areas under the Normal Curve (from textbook appendix)

Gives P(Z < z) for the standard normal distribution. Essential for Chapters 5–9. Also includes Binomial, Poisson and Chi-square tables.

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Table C — Critical Values of t (from textbook appendix)

Critical values t_{α/2, ν} for all common confidence levels and degrees of freedom 1–1000. Required for Chapter 10 small-sample inference.

Software

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Statistical Software — primary lab tool

Used for graphs, numerical measures, confidence intervals and hypothesis tests throughout the lab sessions.

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IBM SPSS · Microsoft Excel

Supplementary software used in selected lab sessions. Available on QU computing lab machines.

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elearning.qu.edu.qa · statsci.org

Grades, assignments and materials on Blackboard. statsci.org for datasets and resources.