Statistics 2: Introduction to Statistics (Summer 2008)
Instructor: Brad Luen (brad@stat)
Class Time: 10:00am-11:00am on MTuWThF at 390 Hearst Min.
Instructor Office hours: W 11:00am-1:00pm, 307 Evans.
GSI: Partha S. Dey (partha@stat)
Lab Sections (101): MTuWTh 11:00-12:00 in 332 Evans.
Office hours: W 9-10 am, Th 3-4 pm in 307 Evans.
GSI: Daniel Ting (dting@stat)
Lab Sections (102, 103): MTuWTh 11:00-12:00, 12:00-1:00 in 344 Evans.
Office hours: Tu 9-10 am, 2-3 pm in 387 Evans.
Textbook: Statistics (3rd or 4th Edition) by Freedman, Pisani & Purves.
Contents: Chapters 1-29 of the textbook.
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Grading
There will be 6 quizzes, 1 midterm and 1 final exam for this course. The quizzes will be given during the discussion sections. The final, the midterm and the best five out of six quizzes will determine grades.
Course Schedule and Readings
Week 1: Design of experiments, histograms (FPP Ch. 1-3). Quiz on Thursday 26th June.
Week 2: Averages, standard deviations, normal distribution( Normal Table ), measurement error, plotting data (FPP Ch. 4-7). Quiz on Thursday 3rd July.
Week 3: Correlation, regression, R.M.S. error (FPP Ch. 8-11). Quiz on Thursday 10th July.
Week 4: Regression lines, probability (FPP Ch. 12-14). Midterm on Friday 18th July.
Week 5: Binomial distribution, law of averages, expected value, standard error, normal approximation for probability distributions (FPP Ch. 15-18). Quiz on Thursday 24th July.
Week 6: Surveys, sampling error (FPP Ch. 19-22). Quiz on Thursday 31st July.
Week 7: Chance models, t-tests (FPP Ch. 23-26). Quiz on Thursday 7th August.
Week 8: Other significance tests (FPP Ch. 27-29). Final on Friday 15th August.
Examinable topics not explicitly covered in the textbook
Week 1: Types of observational study: cohort, case-control, cross-sectional; one variable graphs: bar and line graphs
Week 2: Box plots; Chebyshev's inequality; non-linear relationships (no math required)