Statistics 101: Spring 2003
Data Analysis and Statistical Inference

Revised Course Schedule for Section 1


Date      Assignments Topic of Class
Jan. 8
Introduction
13
None
How to ask informative questions. Statistical Literacy. 
15
FPP 19 Design of surveys
20
None
NO CLASS: Martin Luther King Day
22
FPP 1 - 2
Design of experiments and observational studies
27
FPP 3 - 6 Exploratory data analysis with one variable
29
FPP 7 - 8 Exploratory data analysis with two variables
Feb. 3
FPP 9 - 10 Correlation and simple regression
5
FPP 11 - 12
More on simple regression
10
FPP 13 - 14
Basics of probability
12
Review FPP 13 - 14, FPP 15.
Applications of probability
17

SNOW DAY: CLASS CANCELLED
19
Midterm exam.   Link to instructions for midterm 1

24

Contingency Tables
26
FPP 16 - 18 Expected values, Standard errors, Central Limit Theorem
Mar. 3
FPP 20 - 21.  Final project proposal due. 
Link to instructions for final project
Confidence intervals
5
FPP 22 - 23 More on confidence intervals
10-14
No reading
NO CLASS: Spring Break
17
FPP 24 - 26. Significance tests
19
FPP 27 More on significance tests
24
FPP 28 Chi-squared tests
26
FPP 29
Limitations of significance testing approach
31
Midterm exam.  Link to instructions for midterm 2

Apr. 2

Introduction to multiple regression
7

Introduction to multiple regression 2
9

Introduction to multiple regression 3
14
Bayesian Supplement Ch. 1 Bayesian paradigm: Bayes Rule
16
Bayesian Supplement Ch. 2, 3. Final Project Presentations in labs.
Bayesian paradigm:  Priors, likelihoods, posteriors
21 Bayesian Supplement Ch. 4 - 5.
Bayesian Paradigm: Normal and binomial models
23
No reading
Wrap-up
May 1
Final Exam, 2:00 - 5:00 PM.   Link to instructions for final exam