Tentative Calendar, Spring 2017.
Material based on Statistics (4th edition) by Freedman, Pisani and Purves.
| Week | Date | Monday | Wednesday | Friday |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Jan-16 | Data and variables | Intro to R & RStudio | |
| 1 | Jan-23 | Ch 3: Histograms | Ch 4: Average | Ch 4: Spread |
| 2 | Jan-30 | Ch 5: Normal curve | Ch 5: Normal Curve | Ch 8: Correlation |
| 3 | Feb-06 | Ch 9: More Correlation | History of Regression | Ch 10: Regression |
| 4 | Feb-13 | Ch 11: RMS Error | Ch 12: Regression line | Regression in R |
| 5 | Feb-20 | Holiday | Review | MIDTERM 1 |
| 6 | Feb-27 | Ch 13: Probability | Ch 14: More Probability | Ch 15: Binomial prob. |
| 7 | Mar-06 | Ch 16: Law of Averages | Ch 16: Box Models | Ch 17: Expected Value |
| 8 | Mar-13 | Ch 17: Standard Error | Ch 18: Normal Approx | Ch 18: Normal Approx |
| 9 | Mar-20 | Ch 19: Sampling | Ch 19: Sampling | Ch 20: Chance Errors |
| 10 | Mar-27 | Spring Break | Spring Break | Spring Break |
| 11 | Apr-03 | Review | Review | MIDTERM 2 |
| 12 | Apr-10 | Ch 21: Accuracy Percentages | Ch 21: Conf. Intervals | Ch 23: Accuracy Averages |
| 13 | Apr-17 | Ch 26: Significance Tests | Ch 26: z-test | Ch 26: t-test |
| 14 | Apr-24 | Ch 27: Two-sample z-test | Ch 27: Two-sample z-test | Ch 29: More about tests |
| 15 | May-01 | RRR | RRR | RRR |
- May-09: Final Stat 131A, 11:30-2:30pm in Birge 50
- May-10: Final Stat 20, 3:00-6:00pm in VLSB 2050
- Jan 18-20:
- Data and Variables
- In-class: Getting started with R and RStudio
- Intro to R and RStudio auxiliary slides
- Practice: script about data and variables
- Jan 23-27:
- In-class: Histograms slides
- App: ch03-histograms
- Practice: script about Histograms in R
- In-class: Measures of Center (Average and Median)
- Practice: script about Average and median in R
- In-class: Measures of Spread (RMS, Standard Deviation)
- Practice: script about measures of spread in R
- JanFeb 30-03:
- In-class: Normal Curve slides
- Practice: script about normal curve in R
- In-class: Scatter Diagrams and Correlation slides
- App: ch08-corr-coeff-diagrams
- Practice: script about scatter diagrams in R
- Feb 06-10:
- In-class: More about Correlation slides
- In-class: A bit of history about origins of regression auxiliary slides
- In-class: Intro to Regression Method slides
- App: ch10-heights-data
- Practice: script about Regression Line with R
- Feb 13-17
- In-class: R.M.S. Error for Regression slides
- App: ch11-regression-residuals
- Practice: script about Predictions and Errors in Regression with R
- In-class: Regression Line slides
- App: ch11-regression-strips
- Feb 20-24
- Regression Line
- Midterm 1 Friday Feb-24
- FebMar 27-03
- In-class: Probability Rules (part 1)
- In-class: Probability Rules (part 2)
- In-class: Binomial Formula
- Practice: script about binomial probability in R
- Mar 06-10
- In-class: Law of Averages
- Practice: script about simulating basic chance process with R
- App: ch16-chance-errors
- In-class: Expected Value and Standard Error
- App: ch17-demere-games
- App: ch17-expected-value-std-error
- Mar 13-17
- In-class: Probability Histograms and Normal Approximation
- App: ch18-roll-dice-sum
- App: ch18-roll-dice-product
- App: ch18-coin-tossing
- Mar 20-24
- In-class: Sample Surveys
- In-class: Sample Designs
- In-class: Chance Errors in Sampling
- App: ch20-sampling-men
- Apr 03-07
- Review
- Midterm 2 Friday Apr-07
- Apr 10-14
- In-class: Accuracy of Percentages
- App: ch21-accuracy-percentages
- In-class: Accuracy of Averages
- App: ch23-accuracy-averages
- Apr 17-21
- In-class: Hypothesis Tests
- In-class: One sample z-test
- In-class: One sample t-test
- Apr 24-28
- In-class: Two sample z-test
- May 01-05
- RRR Week
- May 07-12
- Final: Stat 131A Tue May-09
- Final: Stat 20 Wed May-10