Syllabus
The syllabus below provides the lecture topics and associated readings, the dates of
exams, and the due dates for assignments, across the term. Further, this syllabus
will serve as a hypertext document, permitting you to link to items such as lecture notes,
the details of a specific homework assignment or project, the solutions for homework
assignments, and the web-based surveys used in the course. Further, changes in the
sequence of topics in the course and/or the due date of assignments will be noted here.
| W |
# |
Date |
Topic
/ Lecture |
Reading |
Assignment
(CPA = Class Participation Activity) |
| 1 |
1 |
March
29 |
Statistics in Context |
Ch.
1 |
CPA1(c)
- Domains, Data, Questions (Results)
CPA2(c)
- Web Survey (Results) |
| - |
2 |
March
31 |
Descriptive
Statistics |
Ch.
2 |
CPA3(c)
- M and M count (Form / Results)
CPA4(nc)- Descriptive Statistics Topics (Form) |
| - |
3 |
April
2 |
Descriptive
Statistics (continued, analysis of student heights) |
Ch.
3 |
none |
| 2 |
4 |
April
5 |
Probability (pp. 9-33 of notes) |
Ch.
3 |
HW #1 - Chapters 1 and 2 |
| - |
5 |
April
7 |
Probability (pp. 9-33 of notes) |
Ch.
3 |
PROJECT #1 - Descriptive Statistics |
| - |
6 |
April
9 |
Probability (pp. 9-33 of notes) |
Ch.
3 |
none |
| 3 |
7 |
April
12 |
Discrete Distributions (p. 35-66) |
Ch.
4 |
none |
| - |
8 |
April
14 |
Discrete Distributions (p. 35-66) |
Ch.
4 |
HW #2 - Chapter 3 |
| - |
9 |
April
16 |
Discrete Distributions (p. 35-66)
(Exampes
from Lecture) |
Ch.
4 |
none |
| 4 |
10 |
April
19 |
Continuous Distributions (p.69-77) |
Ch.
5 |
none |
| - |
11 |
April
21 |
Continuous Distributions (p.78-85) |
Ch.
5 |
HW #3 - Chapter 4 |
| - |
12 |
April
23 |
Continuous Distributions (p.86-91) |
Ch.
5 |
none |
| 5 |
13 |
April
26 |
Review |
Ch
1-4 |
none |
| - |
14 |
April
28 |
TEST
#1 |
Ch
1-4 |
none |
| - |
15 |
April
30 |
Modeling:
Modeling Data with Distributions (project discussion) |
Ch.
4,5 |
none |
| 6 |
16 |
May
3 |
Parameter
Estimation: Estimators, Sampling Distributions and Confidence Intervals (notes: 109 - 132, book 7.1-7.3, 7.5-7.7) |
Ch.
7 |
HW #4 - Chapter 5 |
| - |
17 |
May
5 |
Parameter
Estimation: Estimators, Sampling Distributions and Confidence Intervals (notes: 109 - 132, book 7.1-7.3, 7.5-7.7) |
Ch.
7 |
none |
| - |
18 |
May
7 |
Hypothesis
Testing: Inferences on Single Mean (notes: 134-151,
Book 8.1-8.6) |
Ch.
8 |
PROJECT
#2 - Modeling Data |
| 7 |
19 |
May
10 |
Hypothesis
Testing: Inferences on Single Variance (notes:
134-151, Book 8.1-8.6) |
Ch.
8 |
none |
| - |
20 |
May
12 |
Hypothesis
Testing: Inferences on Single Proportion (notes:
134-151, Book 8.1-8.6) |
Ch.
8 |
none |
| - |
21 |
May
14 |
Review
|
Ch.5/7/8 |
HW #6 - Chapter 8 |
| 8 |
22 |
May
17 |
TEST
#2
|
Ch.5/7/8 |
none |
| - |
23 |
May
19 |
Goodness
of Fit
(and project discussion) |
Ch.
8 |
none |
| - |
24 |
May
21 |
Inferences
on 2 Means - Variance known and Variance Unknown |
Ch.
9 |
none |
| 9 |
25 |
May
24 |
Paired
T-test
|
Ch.
9 |
none |
| - |
26 |
May
26 |
Inferences
on Two Population Proportions |
Ch.
9 |
none |
| - |
27 |
May
28 |
Multivariate
Statistics -
Joint Distributions |
Ch
6 |
HW #7 - Chapter 9 |
| 10 |
28 |
May
31 |
holiday |
n/a |
n/a |
| - |
29 |
June
2 |
Multivariate
Statistics -
Correlation and Covariance |
Ch
6 |
PROJECT
#3 - Making Inferences |
| - |
30 |
June
4 |
Review
|
Ch
1-9 |
HW #8 - Chapter 6 |
| 11 |
- |
June
10 |
Exam
(8:30 - 10:30)
|
- |
n/a |
| - |
- |
June
14 |
Grades
due |
- |
n/a |
