MATH 108 Fall 2007 Schedule

Unless otherwise specified, all readings and homework assignments are from the text:
Samuels and Witmer, Statistics for the Life Sciences (3rd ed.), Prentice Hall, 2003. ISBN 0-13-041316-X
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HW Due
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1Thu 6Sep-- Variables, distributions, histograms, mean/median
2Tue 11Sepch1-2 Quantiles, boxplots, standard deviation, resistance
3Thu 13Sep3.1-3.5 Sampling, event trees, Venn diagrams, mutual exclusivity
HW1 2.1p.11 2.3
2.3p.24 2.5, 2.6
2.4p.30 2.20, 2.22, 2.28, 2.29
2.5p.38 2.33, 2.36
2.6p.48 2.45
ch2p.66 2.69, 2.78
4Tue 18Sep3.6-3.7 Conditional probability and independence (skip 3.8-3.9)
5Thu 20Sepch4 Normal distribution, Table 3, normal probability plot
HW2 3.2p.77 3.1
3.3p.83 3.5
3.4p.87 3.6, 3.9, 3.11
3.5p.92 3.13 (part (d): ignore "either"), 3.14
3.6p. 96 3.16, 3.17
3.7p.102 3.21, 3.22, 3.23
ch3p.117 3.38, 3.46
6Tue 25Sep5.1, 5.3-5.4 Sampling distributions, Central Limit Theorem (skip 5.2, 5.5)
7Thu 27Sep5.6 Examples of sampling distributions, illustration of Central Limit Theorem
HW3 3.5p. 92 3.12 (yes, we did part of this in class)
4.3p.131 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.12
4.4p.141 4.21
4.5p.144 4.22
ch4p.146 4.36, 4.40, 4.41, 4.42, 4.43, 4.44
5.3p.164 5.15
8Tue 2Octch1-4 Review ch1-4 (Added additional examples of conditional probability and independence)
9Thu 4Oct Midterm 1: ch1-4
10Tue 9Oct6.1-6.5 Standard Error, Confidence intervals, Student's t-distribution (skip 6.6)
11Thu 11Oct7.1-7.3 Comparing two groups: SE, confidence intervals on µ12
HW4 5.3p.164 5.16, 5.17, 5.20, 5.21, 5.24, 5.25, 5.26, 5.27
ch5p.177 5.50, 5.51, 5.52
6.2p.185 6.4, 6.5
12Tue 16Oct7.4-7.5 Hypothesis testing: H0 vs. HA, Type I/II errors, level of significance, making a decision.
13Thu 18Oct7.6-7.9 T-test, p-value, one-tailed vs. two-tailed
HW5 6.2p.185 6.7
6.3p.194 6.10, 6.11, 6.12, 6.13, 6.14, 6.20, 6.21
6.4p.199 6.28
6.5p.204 6.31, 6.32, 6.33
ch6p.216 6.56, 6.57, 6.60, 6.61, 6.62 6.63, 6.68
7.2p.226 7.4, 7.5, 7.9
14Tue 23Oct7.10-7.11 Planning a study, Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney
15Thu 25Oct9.2, 9.4 Paired Samples: t-test, sign test (skip: 9.3, 9.5-9.7, binomial dist)
(erratum: p.291 Table 7.19: row headings "One tail" and "Two tails"
should be switched, to match Table 6 p.680)
HW6 7.2p.226 7.8
7.3p.231 7.10, 7.12, 7.13
7.4p.244 7.25, 7.29, 7.31, 7.33, 7.36, 7.37
7.6p.265 7.49, 7.51, 7.54
7.7p.272 7.58, 7.62, 7.63
ch7p.305 7.104, 7.105, 7.109
16Tue 30Oct10.1 Categorical data, chi-squared, Table 9 (skip 10.2-10.10)
17Thu 1Nov11.1-11.3 ANOVA, within groups vs. between groups
(errata: p.471 last paragraph and caption 11.4: MS(within) = 23.333.
p.472 bottom formula: "Mean Square Between Groups")
HW7 7.11p.296 7.79, 7.82, 7.84
ch7 p.300 7.86, 7.87, 7.88, 7.98, 7.103, 7.106
9.2 p.356 9.3, 9.6, 9.9
9.4 p.370 9.16, 9.19
ch9 p.385 9.38, 9.39, 9.40a, 9.41, 9.49, 9.51, 9.55, 9.57
18Tue 6Novch5-9 Review
19Thu 8Nov Midterm 2: ch5-9
Tue 13Nov Fall Reading Break
20Thu 15Nov11.4-11.5 Global F-test, Table 10, F-test vs. t-test (skip 11.6-11.9)
(correction: F=MS(b)/MS(w), not SS as I said in lecture)
HW8 10.1p.400 10.4, 10.5, 10.6, 10.8
ch10p.455 10.74, 10.78, 10.80, 10.81, 10.97, 10.98
21Tue 20Nov12.1-12.3 Linear Regression, residual, interpretation
22Thu 22Nov12.4-12.5 Hypothesis testing using linear regression, Correlation (skip 12.6-12.7)
HW9 11.2p.475 11.2, 11.6
11.4p.481 11.8, 11.9, 11.11, 11.12
11.5p.486 11.15
ch11p.518 11.40, 11.41, 11.42, 11.43a
(erratum 11.43a: compare p-value with 11.42, not 11.37)
23Tue 27Nov Correlation; review
24Thu 29Nov General regression analysis; course overview
HW10 12.2p.536 12.4, 12.6, 12.10
12.3p.547 12.12, 12.13, 12.15, 12.18
12.4p.552 12.20, 12.22, 12.26
12.5p.564 12.30, 12.31, 12.32, 12.33, 12.34
ch12p.590 12.53
25Tue 4Dec Final Exam Review; reading journal articles; course evaluations
Finals week Office hours: 12-1pm weekdays 6-14Dec, except 11-12am and 3-4pm 10Dec
Tue 11Dec Final Exam (9-11am) (3x5" card of handwritten notes allowed)