MATH 116-01 Elementary Statistics

Spring 2009

 

The calendar presented below is a tentative schedule for the course. This calendar may change from time to time, so return to it regularly throughout the semester for updates on schedules and deadlines. Make a note of all test dates.

Homework assignments are collected at the end of class, but must be turned it by the 5:00pm deadline each Friday.

Links of the form [pdf] in the calendar below refer to lecture notes. page numbers in the textbook.

January 2009
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

 12

Data and its Forms
Ch 2 [pdf]

 13

14

Organizing data
Ch 3 [pdf]

15

16

HW due:
Ch 2: #8, 10, 13, 16, 20, 24

19

MLK HOLIDAY

20

21

Displaying data
Ch 4 [pdf]

22

23

Summarizing data: median, quartiles, boxplots
Ch 5 [pdf]

HW due:
Ch 3: #13, 20, 29, 30, 34, 39;
Ch 4: #6, 7, 10, 14, 35, 37, 53

26

Summarizing data: mean and standard deviation

27

28

The normal model
Ch 6 [pdf]

29

30

HW due:
Ch 5: #6, 8, 11, 15, 17, 22, 34, 44;
Ch 6: #6, 17, 25, 28, 34, 38, 44, 48, 54

February 2009
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
 2

Paired data: scatterplots and association
Ch 7 [pdf]

3

4

Regression
Ch 8 [pdf],
Ch 9 [pdf]
5

6

HW due:
Ch 7: #2, 10, 13, 24, 26, 34, 37;
Ch 8: #2, 8, 10, 13, 28, 30, 47, 54, 55

9

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10

11

Review

 12

13

HW due:
Ch 9: #3, 9, 12, 16, 17, 22, 24, 30, 33

16

Randomness and simulation
Ch 11 [pdf]

17

18

Parameters, statistics, bias
Ch 12 [pdf]

19

20

Test #1
(Chs 2-9)

23

Experimental design
Ch 13 [pdf]

24

25

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26

27

HW due:
Ch 11: #3, 14, 16, 25, 26, 29, 34, 36, 41;
Ch 12: #4, 8, 14, 21, 25, 31, 35, 36, 37
March 2007
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
 2

 

 3

SPRING

4

BREAK

5

WEEK

6

 
9

Probability
Ch 14 [pdf]

10

11

Conditional probability and Bayes' Rule
Ch 15 [pdf]

12

13

HW due:
Ch 13: #10, 12, 22, 24, 36, 42, 44, 52, 55;
Ch 14: #8, 12, 26, 28, 34, 36, 43

16

Random variables
Ch 16 [pdf]

17

18

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19

20

HW due:
Ch 15: #2, 10, 19, 22, 23, 28, 38;
Ch 16: #7, 15, 20, 26, 28, 32, 40, 45

23

Sampling distributions
Ch 18 [pdf]

24

25

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26

27

Test #2
(Chs 11-16)

30

Confidence intervals
Ch 19 [pdf]

31

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April 2007
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

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 1

Hypothesis tests
Ch 20 [pdf]

2

3

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6

Types of error in hypothesis tests
Ch 21 [pdf]

7

8

HW due:
Ch 18: #2, 4, 5, 11, 18, 20, 24, 30, 40, 47;
Ch 19: #3, 7, 14, 18, 22, 28, 32, 35, 37

9

EASTER

10

BREAK

13

14

15

Comparing two proportions
Ch 22 [pdf]

16

17

HW due:
Ch 20: #2, 8, 14, 16, 26, 29, 32;
Ch 21: #7, 12, 18, 24, 32, 34;
Ch 22: #5, 10, 14, 25, 29, 31, 37

20

The t distribution
Ch 23 [pdf]

21

22

Comparing means
Ch 24 [pdf] ;
Matched pairs procedures
Ch 25 [pdf]

23

24

Review

HW due:
Ch 23: #1, 8, 14, 22, 26, 28, 42;
Ch 24: #4, 7, 12, 16, 24, 34, 44;
Ch 25: #4, 15, 19, 26, 36

27

Test #3
(Chs 18-25)
28

29

Comparing counts
Ch 26 [pdf]

30

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May 2007
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
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1

Review; course evaluations

HW due:
Ch 26: #1, 7, 24, 25, 27, 30, 34, 39, 43
4

STUDY DAY

5

6

 7

8

Final Exam
10:30 - 12:50