Course Schedule for Section 2
| Date | Reading | Topic of Class |
| Jan. 12 | No readings. |
Introduction |
| Jan. 17 |
No readings. |
MLK day |
| Jan. 19 |
FPP 19. | Design of Surveys |
| Jan. 24 |
FPP 1-2. | Design of experiments and observational studies |
| Jan. 26 |
FPP 3-6. |
Exploratory data analysis with one variable |
| Jan. 31 |
FPP 7-8*. | Exploratory data analysis with two variables |
| Feb. 2 |
FPP 9*. | Correlation |
| Feb. 7 |
FPP 10*. | Simple regression |
| Feb. 9 |
No readings. |
Contingency
tables, relative risk, odds ratios |
| Feb. 14 |
FPP 13-14. |
Basics of
probability |
| Feb. 16 |
FPP 15. |
Applications of probability |
| Feb. 21 |
No readings. | More
applications of probability (Bayes rule) |
| Feb. 23 |
Midterm Exam I. |
|
| Feb. 28 |
FPP 16-18. | Expected
values, standard errors, Central Limit Theorem |
| Mar. 2 |
FPP 20-21. Final Project Proposal Due. | More on
Central Limit Theorem and Confidence intervals |
| Mar. 7 |
No readings. | Spring
Break |
| Mar. 9 |
No readings. | Spring Break |
| Mar. 14 |
FPP 22-23. | More on Confidence Intervals |
| Mar. 16 |
FPP 24-26. | Significance tests |
| Mar. 21 |
FPP 27. |
More on
significance tests |
| Mar. 23 |
FPP 28. |
Chi-squared tests |
| Mar. 28 |
FPP 29. |
Limitations of testing and review |
| Mar. 30 |
Midterm Exam II. |
|
| Apr. 4 |
FPP 11-12. |
Introduction to statistical modeling: Regression analysis |
| Apr. 6 |
No readings. |
Regression analysis |
| Apr. 11 |
No readings. |
Introduction to Multiple Regression |
| Apr. 13 |
No readings. |
Bayesian philosophy |
| Apr. 18 |
No readings. |
Priors, likelihoods, and posteriors |
| Apr. 20 |
No readings. |
Bayesian
approach to data analysis |
| Apr. 25 |
No readings. | Wrap-up |
| May 5 |
Final Exam, 9:00 - 12:00 AM. |