| # | Date | Reading / HW Due |
Sec | Page | Questions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thu 10Sep | -- | Introduction, Inference vs. Description, Population vs. Sample, Levels of Measurement, Predictors vs. Outcome | ||
| 2 | Tue 15Sep | ch1-2 |
Variables, distributions, histograms, mean/median; Quantiles, boxplots, standard deviation, resistance | ||
| 3 | Thu 17Sep | 3.1-3.5 | Sampling, event trees, Venn diagrams, mutual exclusivity | ||
| HW1 | 2.1 | p.11 | 2.1 | ||
| 2.3 | p.24 | 2.5, 2.6, 2.9 | |||
| 2.4 | p.30 | 2.20, 2.21, 2.22, 2.28, 2.29 | |||
| 2.5 | p.38 | 2.32, 2.33, 2.34, 2.36 | |||
| 2.6 | p.48 | 2.46(a,b,d) | |||
| ch2 | p.64 | 2.63, 2.78 | |||
| 4 | Tue 22Sep | 3.6-3.7 | Conditional probability and independence (skip 3.8-3.9) | ||
| 5 | Thu 24Sep | ch4 | Normal distribution, Table 3, normal probability plot | ||
| HW2 | ch2 | p.65 | 2.66, 2.69, 2.73, 2.77 (ignore the smooth curves I,II,III) | ||
| 3.2 | p.77 | 3.1 | |||
| 3.3 | p.83 | 3.5 | |||
| 3.4 | p.87 | 3.7, 3.9, 3.11 | |||
| 3.5 | p.92 | 3.13 (part (d): ignore "either") | |||
| ch3 | p.117 | 3.38, 3.46 | |||
| 6 | Tue 29Sep | 5.1, 5.3-5.4 | Sampling distributions, Central Limit Theorem (skip 5.2, 5.5) | ||
| 7 | Thu 1Oct | 5.6 | Examples of sampling distributions, illustration of Central Limit Theorem | ||
| HW3 | 3.5 | p. 92 | 3.14 | ||
| 3.6 | p. 96 | 3.16, 3.17 | |||
| 4.3 | p.131 | 4.1, 4.2, 4.5, 4.6, 4.8, 4.12 | |||
| 4.5 | p.144 | 4.25 | |||
| ch4 | p.146 | 4.36, 4.40, 4.41, 4.42, 4.43 | |||
| 8 | Tue 6Oct | 6.1-6.5 | Standard Error, Confidence intervals, Student's t-distribution (skip 6.6) | ||
| 9 | Thu 8Oct | 7.1-7.3 | Comparing two groups: SE, confidence intervals on μ1-μ2 | ||
| HW4 | 4.4 | p.141 | 4.17, 4.18, 4.21 | ||
| ch4 | p.146 | 4.34, 4.35 | |||
| 5.3 | p.164 | 5.15, 5.16, 5.17, 5.19, 5.20, 5.21, 5.23, 5.25, 5.26 | |||
| 10 | Tue 13Oct | ch1-5 | Review ch1-5 (additional examples of conditional probability and independence) | ||
| 11 | Thu 15Oct | Midterm 1: ch1-5 | |||
| 12 | Tue 20Oct | 7.4-7.5 | Hypothesis testing: H0 vs. HA, 1-tail vs. 2-tail, Rej H0 vs. Fail to Rej H0, Type I/II errors. | ||
| 13 | Thu 22Oct | 7.6-7.9 | T-test, p-value, α level of significance, Making a decision. | ||
| HW5 | 6.2 | p.184 | 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 6.7 | ||
| 6.3 | p.194 | 6.10, 6.13, 6.14, 6.21 | |||
| 6.4 | p.199 | 6.29 | |||
| 6.5 | p.204 | 6.31, 6.32, 6.33 | |||
| ch6 | p.216 | 6.52, 6.53, 6.54, 6.56, 6.57, 6.60, 6.68, 6.71 | |||
| 7.2 | p.227 | 7.9 | |||
| 14 | Tue 27Oct | (no class meeting; Sean has the flu) | |||
| 15 | Thu 29Oct | 7.10-7.11 | Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney; Paired Samples t-test | ||
| HW6 | 7.3 | p.232 | 7.12, 7.13, 7.17, 7.18, 7.19, 7.20 | ||
| 7.4 | p.243 | 7.24, 7.26, 7.30, 7.34, 7.36, 7.37 | |||
| ch7 | p.300 | 7.86, 7.87, 7.88, 7.96 | |||
| 16 | Tue 3Nov | 9.3-9.4 (skip 9.5-9.7, binomial) |
Overview of tests: t-test, WMW, paired t-test, sign test Errata: I misspoke in lecture; in sign test, nd does not include ties! Apologies! See p.367. | ||
| 17 | Thu 5Nov | 10.1 (skip rest of ch10) | Categorical data and the Χ2 (Chi-Squared) test | ||
| HW7 | 7.6 | p.264 | 7.51 | ||
| 7.11 | p.297 | 7.82, 7.83 | |||
| ch7 | p.301 | 7.98, 7.103, 7.104, 7.107, 7.109 | |||
| 9.2 | p.356 | 9.3, 9.6, 9.9 | |||
| 18 | Tue 10Nov | 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") | ||
| 19 | Thu 12Nov | 11.4-11.5 | Global F-test, Table 10, F-test vs. t-test (skip 11.6-11.9) | ||
| HW8 | ch7 | p.307 | 7.106, 7.110 | ||
| 9.2 | p.370 | 9.16, 9.19 | |||
| ch9 | p.385 | 9.38, 9.39, 9.40a, 9.41, 9.49, 9.50 (see p.379), 9.51 | |||
| 10.1 | p.400 | 10.1, 10.4, 10.11 | |||
| 20 | Tue 17Nov | ch6-10 | Review: ch6-10 (omit ch8) | ||
| 21 | Thu 19Nov | Midterm 2: ch6-10 | |||
| 22 | Tue 24Nov | 12.1 | Linear Regression: concepts, linear model | ||
| 23 | Thu 26Nov | 12.2-12.3 | Linear Regression: example | ||
| HW9 | ch10 | p.455 | 10.78, 10.81, 10.97, 10.98 | ||
| 11.2 | p.475 | 11.6 | |||
| 11.4 | p.481 | 11.8, 11.9, 11.11, 11.13 | |||
| 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) | |||
| 24 | Tue 1Dec | 12.4-12.5 | Hypothesis testing using linear regression, Perspectives on Correlation | ||
| 25 | Thu 3Dec | 12.6-12.7 | General regression analysis; assumptions | ||
| HW10 | 12.2 | p.536 | 12.4 (for (d): see Figure 12.8, not 12.7), 12.10 | ||
| 12.3 | p.547 | 12.13, 12.18 | |||
| 12.4 | p.553 | 12.26 | |||
| 12.5 | p.564 | 12.30, 12.31, 12.32, 12.33 | |||
| 12.6 | p.574 | 12.38, 12.39 | |||
| ch12 | p.589 | 12.51, 12.52, 12.53 | |||
| 26 | Tue 8Dec | Course evaluations; semester overview | |||
| 10, 14 Dec | (Special office hours: Thu 10Dec 10-3; Mon 14Dec 10-11 and 12-1; and by appointment) | ||||
| Tue 15Dec | Final Exam (9-12am) (3x5" card of handwritten notes allowed) | ||||