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Assessment |
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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 |
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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 |
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Quiz 5 |
6 |
02/15/10 |
5.2 Sample space |
5.3 Probability as relative frequency |
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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 |
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Quiz 7 |
9 |
03/08/10 |
7.4 x to area |
7.5 Area to x |
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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 |
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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 |
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Good Friday |
13 |
04/05/10 |
10.1 Hypothesis testing using confidence intervals |
10.2 Hypothesis testing |
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Quiz 10 |
14 |
04/12/10 |
10.3 p-value |
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Quiz 11 |
15 |
04/19/10 |
11.1 Paired differences t-test: Barefoot day II |
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Statistics project final draft due |
Quiz 12 |
16 |
04/26/10 |
11.2 Independent samples t-test |
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Review |
17 |
05/03/10 |
M8 final at 8:00. Tue: M10 final at 10:05 (tentative) |
M9 final at 8:00 |
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