Statistics 103
  Probability and Statistical Inference

Lab assignments



Getting "JMP Started"

Click here for explanation of why we use computing in Statistics 103.

Computer Labs

Each week we will have a computer lab to explore further the principles of data analysis.  The links below go to each lab.

Advice for being efficient in labs:
 

The first time you use a generic data analysis tool (e.g., a histogram or regression), the lab instructions will include the relevant JMP commands for using that tool.  Subsequent labs will use data analysis tools from previous labs, but instructions will not be repeated.  I recommend that you maintain a list of JMP commands for each analysis, adding to it after each lab you complete.  That way, you have a handy reference sheet available, which will save you tremendous amounts of time when doing the labs and the final project.



Lab week
Topic Covered
Data Story
August 31
Introduction to JMP
CEO compensation
September 7
Study design and randomization
Agricultural census.
Survey of Youth in Custody
September 14
Univariate summaries, correlations
Movie revenues
September 21
Exploratory data analysis case study U.S. macroeconomic data
September 28
Exploratory data analysis case study
Lead exposure in children
October 5
No lab

October 12
Exploratory data analysis case study
Statistics of investments
October 19
Case study
Predicting real estate prices
October 26
Extended case study
Sesame Street analysis
November 2
Extended case study
Sesame Street analysis
November 9
Confidence intervals
Hypothesis tests
Caffeine and depression. 
Subliminal messages and learning mathematics.
November 16 Chi-squared tests

Are juries truly "of your peers?"
Does satisfaction with appearance change with age?
November 30
Simple regression Cross-sectional analysis of GNPs
December 7
Project presentations in labs