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0 01/04/10 No class No class What is the proportion of red books in the library? Quiz 1
1 01/11/10 1.1 Population and samples, types of measurement 1.2 Simple random samples Course introduction. Flickr FavColor Favcolor.ods Coverage of term project. Syllabus, text book. Introduction to OpenOffice Baby names! Ratio level of measurement Barefoot day: Determining your body fat End add course [Tues] 1.3 Experimental design Quiz 2
2 01/18/10 2.1 Circle and column charts Class lists due 2.2 Histograms and Frequency Distributions 2.3 Shapes of Distributions Quiz 3
3 01/25/10 3.1 Measures of middle 3.2 Measures of variation Statistics project note. Grad apps due 3.3 Continous and Discrete variables 3.4 z-scores: measures of relative standing
Test 1
4 02/01/10 Review test one. Project questions and answers. Hand in of statistics project concept under consideration. Drop a ball, have students graph drop versus bounce height. Ask them to find slope, intercept. [homework] Early warning 4.1 Best fit lines 4.2 Slope & Intercept Predicting values Terminology including least squares, linear regression, trend line. [HW] Review homework. Quiz 4
5 02/08/10 4.3 Relationships 4.4 Correlation 5.1 Probability: Equally likely outcomes Coins, dice, objects of chance
Quiz 5
6 02/15/10 5.2 Sample space 5.3 Probability as relative frequency
Quiz 6
7 02/22/10 6.1 Probability distributions 6.2 Mean from distribution Statistics project first draft due Test 2
8 03/01/10 Review midterm. Hand back project reports 7.1 Distribution shape: Tossing your pennies 7.2 The shape of randomness 7.3 The normal curve
Quiz 7
9 03/08/10 7.4 x to area 7.5 Area to x
Quiz 8
10 03/15/10 8.1 Distribution of Statistics 8.2 Central Limit Theorem Standard error 9.1 Inference and point estimates 9.12 Introduction to confidence intervals for the mean
Quiz 9
11 03/22/10 9.2 Inferences and confidence intervals for 5 ≤ n ≤ 30; σ unknown. Also used for n ≥ 30. 9.3 Confidence intervals for a proportion [9.4 Sample Size] Statistics project second draft due. Must be word processing document with tables, charts. Test 3
12 03/29/10 Review test three. Spring break
Good Friday
13 04/05/10 10.1 Hypothesis testing using confidence intervals 10.2 Hypothesis testing
Quiz 10
14 04/12/10 10.3 p-value

Quiz 11
15 04/19/10 11.1 Paired differences t-test: Barefoot day II
Statistics project final draft due Quiz 12
16 04/26/10 11.2 Independent samples t-test

Review
17 05/03/10 M8 final at 8:00. Tue: M10 final at 10:05 (tentative) M9 final at 8:00