| # | Date | Reading / HW Due |
Sec | Page | Questions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thu 4Sep | -- | (No class; Sean out of town) | ||
| 2 | Tue 9Sep | ch1-2 |
Variables, distributions, histograms, mean/median; Quantiles, boxplots, standard deviation, resistance | ||
| 3 | Thu 11Sep | 3.1-3.5 | Sampling, event trees, Venn diagrams, mutual exclusivity | ||
| HW1 | 2.1 | p.11 | 2.3 | ||
| 2.3 | p.24 | 2.5, 2.6 | |||
| 2.4 | p.30 | 2.20, 2.22, 2.28, 2.29 | |||
| 2.5 | p.38 | 2.33, 2.36 | |||
| 2.6 | p.48 | 2.45 | |||
| ch2 | p.66 | 2.69, 2.78 | |||
| 4 | Tue 16Sep | 3.6-3.7 | Conditional probability and independence (skip 3.8-3.9) | ||
| 5 | Thu 18Sep | ch4 | Normal distribution, Table 3, normal probability plot | ||
| HW2 | ch2 | p.67 | 2.73, 2.74ab | ||
| 3.2 | p.77 | 3.1 | |||
| 3.3 | p.83 | 3.5 | |||
| 3.4 | p.87 | 3.6, 3.9, 3.11 | |||
| 3.5 | p.92 | 3.13 (part (d): ignore "either"), 3.14 | |||
| ch3 | p.117 | 3.38, 3.46 | |||
| 6 | Tue 23Sep | 5.1, 5.3-5.4 | Sampling distributions, Central Limit Theorem (skip 5.2, 5.5) | ||
| 7 | Thu 25Sep | 5.6 | Examples of sampling distributions, illustration of Central Limit Theorem | ||
| HW3 | 3.6 | p. 96 | 3.16, 3.17 | ||
| 3.7 | p.102 | 3.21, 3.22, 3.23 | |||
| 4.3 | p.131 | 4.1, 4.4, 4.9, 4.10, 4.13, 4.14, 4.15 | |||
| 4.4 | p.141 | 4.21 (questions on normal prob. plots will not be graded for HW3) | |||
| ch4 | p.147 | 4.37, 4.38, 4.40, 4.45 | |||
| 8 | Tue 30Sep | 6.1-6.5 | Standard Error, Confidence intervals, Student's t-distribution (skip 6.6) | ||
| 9 | Thu 2Oct | 7.1-7.3 | Comparing two groups: SE, confidence intervals on µ1-µ2 | ||
| HW4 | 4.4 | p.141 | 4.21 | ||
| ch4 | p.147 | 4.45 | |||
| 5.3 | p.164 | 5.15, 5.16, 5.17, 5.20, 5.25, 5.26, 5.28 | |||
| 10 | Tue 7Oct | ch1-5 | Review ch1-5 (additional examples of conditional probability and independence) | ||
| 11 | Thu 9Oct | Midterm 1: ch1-5 | |||
| 12 | Tue 14Oct | 7.4-7.5 | Hypothesis testing: H0 vs. HA, Type I/II errors, level of significance, making a decision. | ||
| 13 | Thu 16Oct | 7.6-7.9 | T-test, p-value, one-tailed vs. two-tailed | ||
| HW5 | 6.2 | p.185 | 6.4, 6.5, 6.7 | ||
| 6.3 | p.194 | 6.11, 6.12, 6.13, 6.14 | |||
| 6.4 | p.199 | 6.28 | |||
| 6.5 | p.204 | 6.31, 6.32, 6.33 | |||
| ch6 | p.216 | 6.56, 6.57, 6.60, 6.61, 6.62, 6.63, 6.68 | |||
| (Office hours week of 20-24Oct: M 4-5, T 2:30-3:30, W 4-5) | |||||
| 14 | Tue 21Oct | 7.10-7.11 | Planning a study, Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney | ||
| 15 | Thu 23Oct | 9.2, 9.4 | Paired Samples: t-test, sign test (skip: 9.3, 9.5-9.7, binomial dist) | ||
| HW6 | 7.2 | p.226 | 7.4, 7.5, 7.9 | ||
| 7.3 | p.232 | 7.11, 7.12, 7.13, 7.17, 7.18, 7.19, 7.20 | |||
| 7.4 | p.243 | 7.24, 7.26, 7.30, 7.33 (note SE), 7.37 | |||
| 16 | Tue 28Oct | 10.1 | Categorical data, chi-squared, Table 9 (skip 10.2-10.10) | ||
| 17 | Thu 30Oct | 11.1-11.3 |
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 | (late grace period extension: only 10% penalty if turned in to my office by Fri 4pm) | ||||
| 7.6 | p.264 | 7.51 | |||
| 7.11 | p.297 | 7.82, 7.83 | |||
| ch7 | p.301 | 7.86, 7.87, 7.88, 7.89, 7.96, 7.98, 7.103, 7.104, 7.107, 7.109 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 18 | Tue 4Nov | ch6-9 | Review | ||
| 19 | Thu 6Nov | Midterm 2: ch6-9 | |||
| Tue 11Nov | Fall Reading Break | ||||
| 20 | Thu 13Nov | 11.4-11.5 | Global F-test, Table 10, F-test vs. t-test (skip 11.6-11.9) | ||
| HW8 | 10.1 | p.400 | 10.4, 10.5, 10.6 | ||
| ch10 | p.455 | 10.74, 10.78, 10.81, 10.97, 10.98 | |||
| 11.2 | p.475 | 11.2 | |||
| 21 | Tue 18Nov | 12.1-12.3 | Linear Regression: concepts, linear model | ||
| 22 | Thu 20Nov | 12.2-12.3 | Linear Regression: example | ||
| HW9 | 11.4 | p.481 | 11.8, 11.9, 11.11, 11.12 | ||
| 11.5 | p.486 | 11.15 | |||
| ch11 | p.518 | 11.40, 11.41, 11.42, 11.43a
(erratum 11.43a: compare p-value with 11.42, not 11.37) | |||
| 23 | Tue 25Nov | 12.4-12.5 | Hypothesis testing using linear regression, Perspectives on Correlation | ||
| 24 | Thu 27Nov | 12.6-12.7 | General regression analysis; assumptions | ||
| HW10 | 12.2 | p.536 | 12.2, 12.6 (for (d): draw as in Figure 12.8, not 12.7), 12.7 | ||
| 12.3 | p.547 | 12.12, 12.15, 12.16 | |||
| 12.5 | p.564 | 12.29 (hint for (b): see p.551 Fact 12.1), 12.30, 12.31 | |||
| 12.6 | p.574 | 12.38, 12.39, 12.40 | |||
| 25 | Tue 2Dec | reading journal articles (Lindgren 2005 article); semester overview | |||
| Thu 4Dec | Last day to do course evaluations (online at StudentPortal) | ||||
| Tue 9Dec | (date is tentative) Final Exam (9-12am) (3x5" card of handwritten notes allowed) | ||||