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Aug. 26-30 |
Ch 1: Introduction to the class |
Class Demographics |
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BallR by Todd W. Schneider |
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Ch 2: Probability - Sample Spaces, Events, Counting Techniques (part 1) |
Venn diagram (fast/cheap/great) |
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Venn diagram (data science) |
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Ch 2: Probability Rules (part 2) |
Extra problems (warm-up) |
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Sept. 3-6 |
Ch 2: Probability - Independence, Bayes' Theorem (part 3) |
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Sept. 9-13 |
Ch. 3: Discrete random variables - probabilities, pmf, cdf (part 1) |
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Ch. 3: Discrete r.v.'s - mean, variance (part 2) |
Extra problem (warm-up) |
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Ch. 3: Discrete r.v.'s - some common distributions (part 3) |
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Sept. 16-20 |
Ch. 3: Discrete r.v.'s - more common distributions (part 4) |
Extra problem (warm-up) |
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End of topics for midterm exam 1 |
Exam 1 Info |
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Ch. 3: Discrete r.v.'s - Poisson (part 5) |
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Sept. 23-27 |
Ch. 4: Continuous r.v.'s - probabilities, pdf, cdf, mean, variance (part 1) |
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Sept. 1 - Oct. 4 |
Ch. 4: Continuous r.v.'s - uniform, normal distributions (part 2) |
Smart Phone Prob. Apps |
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Extra Problems (warm up) |
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Ch. 4: Continuous r.v.'s - exponential distribution, Poisson process (part 3) |
Extra Problems (warm up) |
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Oct. 7-11 |
Ch. 5: Joint Probability Distributions - both discrete & continuous (part 1) |
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Oct. 13-17 |
Ch. 5: Covariance and Correlation (part 2) |
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Ch. 5: Bivariate Normal, Linear Functions of r.v.'s (part 3) |
Extra problem (warm-up) |
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Oct. 21-25 |
Distributions of Functions of r.v.'s: discrete case |
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Distributions of Functions of r.v.'s: continuous case (part 1) |
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Distributions of Functions of r.v.'s: continuous case (part 2) |
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Oct. 28 - Nov. 1 |
Ch. 6: Descriptive Statistics (numerical summaries and graphics) |
Project 1 assigned Due 11/6 |
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Ch. 6: Normal probability plots |
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Ch. 7: Sampling Distributions and CLT (part 1) |
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Ch. 7: Difference in sample means (part 2) |
Project 1 assigned Due 11/6 |
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End of topics for midterm exam 2 |
Exam 2 information |
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Nov. 4-8 |
Ch. 8: Confidence Intervals and sample size for population mean (part 1) |
C.I. for population mean summary sheet |
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Nov. 11-15 |
Ch. 8: Confidence Intervals and sample size for population proportion (part 2) |
Gallup Poll 1 |
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Gallup Poll Article |
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Ch. 9: Introduction to hypothesis testing, p-value method (part 1) |
Statistical Significance in television programs (start 4:05 on video) |
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Nov. 18-22 |
Ch. 9: Type I and Type II errors, the critical value method (part 2) |
Worksheet #1 sol #1 |
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Worksheet #2 sol #2 |
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Hypothesis testing summary |
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Dec. 2-6 |
Ch. 10: Hypothesis tests comparing independent group means (part 1) |
Project 2 assigned Due 12/11 |
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Ch. 10: Hypothesis tests comparing matched-pair group means (part 2) |
Twins Study on Smoking and Skin Aging |
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Worksheet: Paired or Not? |
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Ch. 11: Introduction to simple linear regression (part 1) |
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Dec. 9-13 |
Ch. 11: More on SLR - hypothesis tests, properties of estimators, model adequacy (part 2) |
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Ch. 11: More on SLR - correlation and R-squared (part 3) |
Guess the correlation |
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End of topics for final exam |
Final Exam Info |