Introduction to Statistics, MATH 2400

Spring 2009 Course Calendar

 

Instructor: Robb Sinn

 

Expect Updates Periodically During Semester

 

Wk

Date

Topic

Reading

Notes & Assignments

1

Jan 6

Introduction

Exploring Data

Ch 1, 2

HW Chapters 1 – 2

2

Jan 13

Normal Distributions

Ch 3

HW Chapter 3

3

Jan 20

Sampling & Survey Design

Ch 8, 9

 

4

Jan 27

Correlation & Regression

Ch 4, 5

HW Chapters 4 – 5

5

Feb 3

Chi-Square 2-Way Tables

Ch 23

 

6

Feb 10

Probability

Ch 10, 12

HW Chapters 10 & 12

7

Feb 17

Sampling Distributions

Ch 11

HW Chapter 11

Test 1 (Tu 2/17)

Team Project Proposal (Th 2/19)

8

Feb 24

Confidence Intervals

Ch 14

HW Chapter 14

9

Mar 3

Hypothesis Testing Basics

Ch 15

HW Chapter 15

W-Day (Th 3/3)

Team Project Presentations (Th 3/5)

10

Mar 10

1 & 2 Sample T-Tests

Ch 18

Ch 19

HW Chapter 18

HW Chapter 19

Project Write-Ups Due (We 3/11)

11

Mar 17

Spring Break – Spring Break – Spring Break – Spring Break – Spring Break

12

Mar 24

ANOVA

Ch 25

HW Chapter 25

13

Mar 31

Two-Way Tables

Ch 6

HW Chapter 6

14

Apr 7

Test 2

 

Test 2 (Tu 4/7)

Final Project Due (Fr 4/10)

15

Apr 14

Chi-Square Goodness-of-Fit

Ch 23

HW Chapter 22

16

Apr 21

Review & Exams

 

Exam Exemption Forms Due (We 4/21)

Exam Review Day (We 4/21)

*These sections are optional and may be eliminated in the interests of time.

Final Exams:  Thursday, April 26th, at 10:30 AM.