05/08 (12:47am) - Late corrections: Exam II, Test A solutions #1 is D; Exam II, Test B solutions #4 is C and #7 is D;
05/02 (1:15pm) - The final exam in on Monday, May 8th from 1-3pm in the same room CHEN 106. Bring a calculator, 3 hand-written 8 1\2 by 11 "help sheets", a pencil and your ID. I'll provide Z tables, binomial tables and scratch paper. The exam covers everything. Study all lectures, homework solutions and exams.
04/26 (07:51pm) - Late corrections to practice exams: You do not need to know how to do #11 on Exam 1 or #16 on Exam3. You should know how to do #17 on Exam3 based on the answer from #16. Additionally, the answer for this question (#17) is wrong on the solutions, the correct answer is A.
04/19 (01:19pm) - Lecture 20 notes are posted below.
04/19 (12:02pm) - Corrected HW9 #1b: should read ..."(i) highest cell-phone use and (ii) highest GDP".
04/17 (06:14pm) - EXAM III is on Thursday, April 27th. Bring a calculator, a hand-written 8 1\2 by 11 "help sheet", a pencil and your ID. I'll provide Z tables and scratch paper. The exam covers Lectures 10-20 and HW 6-9. Study these lectures, homework solutions and practice exams.
04/17 (06:11pm) - Lecture 19 notes are posted below.
04/11 (06:39pm) - Lecture 18 notes are posted below.
04/10 (09:15pm) - Lecture 17 notes are posted below.
04/05 (08:23pm) - Lecture 16 notes are posted below.
04/04 (06:36pm) - Corrected HW7. #3a-c should be referring to the alternative hypothesis "Ha".
04/04 (06:32pm) - Lecture 15 notes are posted below.
03/28 (05:16pm) - Lecture 14 notes are posted below.
03/28 (05:16pm) - Lecture 13 notes are posted below.
03/28 (09:35am) - Lecture 12 notes are now corrected.
03/27 (07:42pm) - Lecture 12 notes are posted below.
03/27 (07:42pm) - The solutions to Exam II are posted below.
03/08 (08:59pm) - Lecture 11 notes are posted below.
03/03 (08:13pm) - I will not have office hours on Wednesday, March 8th. Sorry.
03/03 (02:18pm) - Lecture 10 (and 9) notes are posted below.
03/02 (09:02pm) - EXAM II is on Thursday, March 23rd. Bring a calculator, a hand-written 8 1\2 by 11 "help sheet", a pencil and your ID. I'll provide Z tables, binomial tables and scratch paper. The exam covers Lectures 6-10 and HW 4-5. Study these lectures, homework solutions and practice exams.
02/28 (01:06pm) - Don't do HW5 #3 part a, just use the mean and standard deviation given in that part.
02/22 (10:58pm) - The solutions to Exam I are posted below.
02/20 (09:50pm) - Lecture 8 notes are posted below.
02/12 (02:49pm) - The practice experiment design worksheet I handed out in class a few weeks ago is now posted below.
02/07 (11:29am) - Unfortunately I cannot have office hours tomorrow (Wednesday) as planned. Please email me if this is a problem for you. Sorry.
02/07 (11:25am) - EXAM I is on Thursday, Feb. 16th. Bring a calculator, a hand-written 8 1\2 by 11 "help sheet", a pencil and your ID. I'll provide Z tables and scratch paper. The exam covers Lectures 1-5 and HW 1-3. Study these lectures, homework solutions and practice exams.
02/07 (11:25am) - Lecture 7 notes are posted below.
02/01 (07:01pm) - Lecture 6 notes are posted below.
02/01 (05:03pm) - Old exams and solutions are posted below
01/30 (10:14pm) - Lecture 5 notes are posted below.
01/28 (02:49pm) - Lecture 4 notes are posted below.
01/23 (9:34pm) - There are errors on page 5 of Lecture 2. If you printed these notes out before this update then you need to reprint the corrected page 5.
01/23 (8:52pm) - HW 1 is due on Thursday January 26th, not Sunday January 29th.
01/23 (12:19pm) - Lecture 2 & 3 notes are posted below.
01/23 (11:14am) - Correction to HW 1, #1b, the equation to solve for "b" should be "(a/n) = y + (b/n)x". HW 1 below is now corrected.
01/23 (10:31am) - No office hours on Tuesday, 1/23 from 11-1. Please email me if you planned to come see me.
01/18 (11:33am) - Correction to the syllabus: Exam III is on April 27th. See updated syllabus.
01/18 (9:06am) - My office hours are T 11-1 and W 4-5. Updated TA's room (406A), phone number (845-8884) and office hours: MTW 10-12. See updated syllabus.
01/17 (11:00pm) - Lecture 1 notes are posted below.
Course Description05/02 (1:15pm) - The final exam in on Monday, May 8th from 1-3pm in the same room CHEN 106. Bring a calculator, 3 hand-written 8 1\2 by 11 "help sheets", a pencil and your ID. I'll provide Z tables, binomial tables and scratch paper. The exam covers everything. Study all lectures, homework solutions and exams.
04/26 (07:51pm) - Late corrections to practice exams: You do not need to know how to do #11 on Exam 1 or #16 on Exam3. You should know how to do #17 on Exam3 based on the answer from #16. Additionally, the answer for this question (#17) is wrong on the solutions, the correct answer is A.
04/19 (01:19pm) - Lecture 20 notes are posted below.
04/19 (12:02pm) - Corrected HW9 #1b: should read ..."(i) highest cell-phone use and (ii) highest GDP".
04/17 (06:14pm) - EXAM III is on Thursday, April 27th. Bring a calculator, a hand-written 8 1\2 by 11 "help sheet", a pencil and your ID. I'll provide Z tables and scratch paper. The exam covers Lectures 10-20 and HW 6-9. Study these lectures, homework solutions and practice exams.
04/17 (06:11pm) - Lecture 19 notes are posted below.
04/11 (06:39pm) - Lecture 18 notes are posted below.
04/10 (09:15pm) - Lecture 17 notes are posted below.
04/05 (08:23pm) - Lecture 16 notes are posted below.
04/04 (06:36pm) - Corrected HW7. #3a-c should be referring to the alternative hypothesis "Ha".
04/04 (06:32pm) - Lecture 15 notes are posted below.
03/28 (05:16pm) - Lecture 14 notes are posted below.
03/28 (05:16pm) - Lecture 13 notes are posted below.
03/28 (09:35am) - Lecture 12 notes are now corrected.
03/27 (07:42pm) - Lecture 12 notes are posted below.
03/27 (07:42pm) - The solutions to Exam II are posted below.
03/08 (08:59pm) - Lecture 11 notes are posted below.
03/03 (08:13pm) - I will not have office hours on Wednesday, March 8th. Sorry.
03/03 (02:18pm) - Lecture 10 (and 9) notes are posted below.
03/02 (09:02pm) - EXAM II is on Thursday, March 23rd. Bring a calculator, a hand-written 8 1\2 by 11 "help sheet", a pencil and your ID. I'll provide Z tables, binomial tables and scratch paper. The exam covers Lectures 6-10 and HW 4-5. Study these lectures, homework solutions and practice exams.
02/28 (01:06pm) - Don't do HW5 #3 part a, just use the mean and standard deviation given in that part.
02/22 (10:58pm) - The solutions to Exam I are posted below.
02/20 (09:50pm) - Lecture 8 notes are posted below.
02/12 (02:49pm) - The practice experiment design worksheet I handed out in class a few weeks ago is now posted below.
02/07 (11:29am) - Unfortunately I cannot have office hours tomorrow (Wednesday) as planned. Please email me if this is a problem for you. Sorry.
02/07 (11:25am) - EXAM I is on Thursday, Feb. 16th. Bring a calculator, a hand-written 8 1\2 by 11 "help sheet", a pencil and your ID. I'll provide Z tables and scratch paper. The exam covers Lectures 1-5 and HW 1-3. Study these lectures, homework solutions and practice exams.
02/07 (11:25am) - Lecture 7 notes are posted below.
02/01 (07:01pm) - Lecture 6 notes are posted below.
02/01 (05:03pm) - Old exams and solutions are posted below
01/30 (10:14pm) - Lecture 5 notes are posted below.
01/28 (02:49pm) - Lecture 4 notes are posted below.
01/23 (9:34pm) - There are errors on page 5 of Lecture 2. If you printed these notes out before this update then you need to reprint the corrected page 5.
01/23 (8:52pm) - HW 1 is due on Thursday January 26th, not Sunday January 29th.
01/23 (12:19pm) - Lecture 2 & 3 notes are posted below.
01/23 (11:14am) - Correction to HW 1, #1b, the equation to solve for "b" should be "(a/n) = y + (b/n)x". HW 1 below is now corrected.
01/23 (10:31am) - No office hours on Tuesday, 1/23 from 11-1. Please email me if you planned to come see me.
01/18 (11:33am) - Correction to the syllabus: Exam III is on April 27th. See updated syllabus.
01/18 (9:06am) - My office hours are T 11-1 and W 4-5. Updated TA's room (406A), phone number (845-8884) and office hours: MTW 10-12. See updated syllabus.
01/17 (11:00pm) - Lecture 1 notes are posted below.
Data collection, tabulation, and presentation. Introduction to the tools of statistical inference: probability, sampling, and hypothesis testing. Applications of statistical techniques to practical problems.
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Feeling a little confused? Maybe you should try a statistics
tutor.
spss tutorials (see basic data analysis and graphs -- "interactive" for simple graphing tools)
statistical applets (from textbook)
statistical applets (from statistics department)
z & t tables
binomial table
what is statistics actually for?
definition of statistics (à la wikipedia)
spss tutorials (see basic data analysis and graphs -- "interactive" for simple graphing tools)
statistical applets (from textbook)
statistical applets (from statistics department)
z & t tables
binomial table
what is statistics actually for?
definition of statistics (à la wikipedia)