Statistics 1060B
Course Outline

Date Topic Sections in text
Week of January 4 Introduction
Displaying and describing distributions
1.1, 1.2
Week of January 11 Describing distributions
Normal distribution
1.2
1.3
Week of January 18 Normal distribution
Scatterplots, correlation &
least squares regression
1.3
2.1-2.3
Week of January 25 Cautions about correlation and regression
Relations in categorical data
The question of causation
2.4
2.6
2.7
Week of February 1 Producing data Chapter 3
Friday February 5 MUNRO DAY - NO CLASS -
Week of February 8 Probability 4.1, 4.2, 4.5 (p. 346-354)
Week of February 15 Random variables
Means and variances of random variables
Binomial distribution
4.3
4.4
5.1
February 22-26 STUDY BREAK - NO CLASSES -
Monday March 1 6:30-8:30 p.m. MIDTERM-NO CLASSES -
Week of March 2 Binomial distribution
Sampling distribution of sample mean
5.1
5.2
Week of March 8 Estimating with confidence
Tests of significance
6.1
6.2
Week of March 15 Tests of significance 6.2, 6.3, parts of 6.4
Week of March 22 T-test
Paired t-test
7.1, pages 504-512
pages 512-616
Week of March 29 Pooled two sample t procedures
Inference for a single proportion
pages 550-554
8.1
Friday April 2 GOOD FRIDAY - NO CLASSES -
Week of April 5 Inference for two-way tables
Confidence interval for the difference
between two proportions

REVIEW
9.1, 9.2
pages 601-603



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