Statistics 101: Spring 2009
Data Analysis and Statistical Inference

Lecture Schedule

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Date	Reading	Topic
Jan. 7	No readings	Diagnostic Quiz.
12	FPP 1, 2	Designed experiments.
14	FPP 3-5	Descriptive statistics, normal distributions.
19		Martin Luther King Jr. Day
21	FPP 6	Normal distributions, statistical maps.
26	FPP 7,8	Exploratory data analysis with two variables.
28	FPP 9, 10*	Correlation and simple regression.
Feb. 2	FPP 11, 12*	More on simple regression.
4	FPP 13, 14	Basics of probability.
9	FPP 15	Binomial and Poisson probabilities.
11	No readings	Applications of probability.
16	No readings	Review.
18	Midterm Exam I	Link to instructions for Midterm I.
23	FPP 16-18	Expected values, standard errors, Central Limit Theorem.
25	FPP 19	Design of surveys.
Mar. 2	FPP 20, 21	Confidence intervals.
4	FPP 22, 23	More on confidence intervals.
9		Spring Break
11		Spring Break
16	FPP 24, 25	Significance tests.
18	FPP 26, 27	More on significance tests.
23	FPP 28	Contingency tables, chi-squared tests
25	FPP 29	Limitations of significance testing.
30	No readings.	Review.
Apr. 1	Midterm Exam II	Link to instructions for Midterm II.
6	No readings.	Ethics of experiments.
8	No readings.	Introduction to multiple regression.
13	Handout.	Bayes rule and Bayesian philosophy.
15	Handout.	Priors, likelihoods, and posteriors.
20	Handout.	The bootstrap.
22	No readings.	Review.
May 2	Final, 2:00 - 5:00 p.m.	Link to instructions for the Final.

* We shall deviate slightly from the book.