Tuesday | Thursday | ||
4 September | Chapter 1. Course Preview. Displaying distributions. Stemplots, histograms. Homework "0" Assigned | ||
9 September | Chapter 1. Center and spread. Median, quartiles, boxplots. Mean, standard deviation. Normal distribution. | 11 September | Homework 1 Assigned |
16 September | Chapter 2. Displaying bivariate distributions. Scatterplots, linear fits, exponential fits. | 18 September | Homework 2a Assigned |
23 September | Chapter 2. Correlation and regression.
Simpson's Paradox. Two-way tables. | 25 September | Homework 2b Assigned |
30 September | Chapter 3. Sampling and experimental design. | 2 October | Homework 3 Assigned |
7 October | Chapter 4. Probability. Population mean, standard deviation. Conditional probability, independence. | 9 October | Homework 4 Assigned |
14 October | Chapter 5. Stability and variability of counts and averages. Binomial distribution. Normal distribution. Central limit approximation. | 16 October | Homework 5 Assigned |
21 October | Chapter 6. Concepts of inference. Estimates, standard errors. Confidence intervals. Hypothesis tests. | 23 October | Homework 6 Assigned |
28 October | Review (Chapters 1-5) | 30 October | Midterm (Material through 16 October) |
4 November | Chapter 7. Inference for mean values. Comparing two means. | 6 November | Homework 7 Assigned |
11 November | Chapter 8. Inference for proportions. Chi-square tests. Two-way tables. | 13 November | Homework 8 Assigned |
18 November | Chapter 9. Inference for regresssion. Standard errors, confidence intervals. Prediction intervals. | 20 November | Homework 9 Assigned |
25 November | Fall Recess | 27 November | Fall Recess |
2 December | Chapter 9. Inference for regression. Test for linear relationship. Tests for inclusion of variables. Final prediction error. | 4 December | |
18 December | Final Exam (9:00 AM) |
Homework assignments for the Life Sciences and Social Sciences sections (101 and 102) will be due on the Tuesday following the Thursday assignment date. Homework assignments for the Environmental Sciences section (103) will be due on the Thursday following the Thursday assignment date.