Stat 301 - Lectures Notes

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Monday  - 10-215
 Tuesday - 10-222
 Wednesday  - 10-215 Thursday - 10-222
Day 1: Introductions

To Do before Monday:

  • Initial Course survey in Canvas
  • Review syllabus
  • Download R and/or JMP

To Do before noon Tuesday:

  • Review p. 9-10
  • Quiz 1 in Canvas
  • Start HW 1
  Day 2: Probability and Simulation

To Do before noon Wednesday:

  • Quiz 2 in Canvas
    • including Intro to Investigation 1.1 (p. 20) and videos
  • Continue HW 1
 Day 3: Statistical significance (ppt)
  • Investigation 1.1 (ppt)
    • One Proportion Inference applet
To Do before noon Thursday:
  • Finish Investigation 1.1 (p. 26)
  • Quiz 3 in Canvas
  • Finish HW 1
  • Pre-read introduction to binomial distribution module in canvas? p. 28? Bring JMP/R on Thursday?
 Day 4: Binomial distribution (ppt):
To Do before noon Friday
 To Do before noon Monday
  • Review p. 33-34, 37
  • Quiz 4 in Canvas
Day 5: Test of Significance (ppt)
  • Investigation 1.2/Quiz 5
    • Canvas > Assignments > Quiz 5

To Do before noon Tuesday:

  • Submit Quiz 5
  • Answer Questions (a)-(g) in Investigation 1.4
  • Begin HW 2
 Day  6: Two-sided alternative (ppt)
  • Finish Investigation 1.4
  • Start Investigation 1.5 (a)-(d)

To Do before noon Wednesday:

  • Submit Quiz 6 (New format! If not under Quizzes, look under Assignments)
  • Continue HW 2
 Day 7: Two-sided p-value
  • Investigation 1.5/Quiz 7
To Do before noon Thursday:
  • Submit Quiz 7
  • Read p. 46
  • Compare applet/JMP/R two-sided p-values
  • Finish HW 2
    • Include output!
 Day 8: Confidence interval (ppt)
  • Investigation 1.6/PP 1.6
  • Start Inv 1.7
To Do before noon Friday:
  • Submit HW 2
To Do before noon Tuesday:
  • Finish Inv 1.7 through (r)
  • Quiz 8 (under assignments)
  • Start HW 3
No Classes

To Do before noon Tuesday
  • Quiz 8 (under assignments)
:
 Day 9: Power calculations (ppt)
To Do before noon Wednesday:
  • Work through Introduction to Normal Distribution (check answers)
  • Quiz 9
  • Sign up for a project group?
 Day 10: Normal approximation to Binomial (ppt)
  • Skim Investigation 1.8
  • Do Investigation 1.9
To Do before noon Thursday:
  • Finish Investigation 1.9 through (o), read Study Conclusions, Summary
  • Quiz 10
  • Optional: Derivation
 Day 11: One-sample proportion z procedures (ppt)
  • Skim Investigation 1.10
  • One proportion z-confidence interval
  • Sampling (Inv 1.12)
To Do before noon Friday:
  • Submit HW 3
To Do before noon Monday:
  • Submit (group) project proposal 
  • Quiz 11
  • Recommended: Review Investigation 1.11
Day 12: Sampling from a finite population (ppt)

To Do before noon Tuesday :

  • Investigation 1.16
  • Submit an Exam 1 Questions Discussion post in Canvas
  • Submit an Exam 1 Example Questions post in Canvas
  • Be working on project 1

 Day 13: Review (ppt)

Review handout
Review problems (sols)

To Do before Wednesday:
  • Optional Review Session, 6:30-7:30pm, 10-221

 Exam 1
 Day 15: Sampling from finite population (ppt)
  • Investigation 1.15
o Do before noon Monday:
  • Submit project 1
  • Quiz 12
  • Start HW 4
Day 16: Quantitative data (ppt)

To Do before noon Tuesday :

  • Finish Investigation 2.1
  • Submit Project 1
  • Quiz 13
  • Be working on HW 4
  • Review Exam 1 solutions in Canvas
 Day 17: Quantitative data cont (ppt)
  • Investigation 2.2
To Do before noon Wednesday
  • Finish Investigation 2.2 thru (f)
  • Quiz 14
  • Investigation 2.4(a) and (b)
  • Cont. HW 4, Technology Detours
 Day 18: Sampling distribution of sample means (ppt)
  • Investigation 2.4 (c)-(r)
To Do before noon Thursday
  • Quiz 15 (with partner)
  • Read Discussion/Key Result p. 152-3
  • Cont. HW 4

 Day 19: Central Limit Theorm (ppt)
  • Investigation 2.5
To Do before noon Monday
  • Quiz 16
  • Investigation 2.6 (a)-(c)
Day 20: t procedures (ppt)

To Do before noon Tuesday :

  • Quiz 17
  • Review p. 166, p. 180-181
  • Start HW 5
  • Answer Inv 3.2 (a), (b)
 Day 21: Types of studies (ppt)
  • Investigation 3.2 (a) (b) (e) (f) (g)
  • Investigation 3.3.
  • Investigation 3.4 (demo)
To Do before noon Wednesday
  • Quiz 18
    • Review Investigation 3.5
    • Watch video (4:03)
  • Continue HW 5

 Day 22: Randomization test (ppt)
  • Review Investigation 3.5
  • Investigation 3.6
To Do before noon Thursday
  • Finish Investigation 3.6
  • Quiz 19
  • Start brainstorming Project 2!
 Day 23: Normal approximation (ppt)
  • Investigation 3.8 (a)-(c), (h)-(j)
  • Project 2 brainstorming
To Do before noon Friday:
  • Submit HW 5
To Do before noon Tuesday
  • Quiz 21
  • Submit project 2 proposal
  • Review Investigation 3.7
  • Start HW 6
No Classes
 Day 24: Fisher's Exact Test (ppt)
  • Investigation 3.7
To Do before noon Wednesday
  • Quiz 20
  • Investigation 3.1 (a)-(j)
  • Continue HW 6
 Day 25: Simulations (ppt)
  • Investigation 3.1,Investigation 3.11
    • Two Population Proportions applet
To Do before noon Thursday
  • Quiz 22 (with partner)
  • Read Definition boxes p. 232-3
 Day 26: Relative Risk (ppt)
  • Investigation 3.9
To Do before noon Friday:
  • Submit HW 6
To Do before noon Monday
  • Quiz 23
  • Submit an Exam 2 Questions Discussion post in Canvas
  • Submit an Exam 2 Example Questions post in Canvas
Day 27: Review (ppt)

Review handout
Review problems (sols)

To Do before Tuesday:
  • Optional Review Session, 6:30-8:00pm, 10-126

 Exam 2 (in classroom)
 Day 28: Comparing two population means (ppt)
To Do before noon Thursday
  • Quiz 24
 Day 29: Two-sample t procedures (ppt)
To Do before noon Monday
  • Submit project 2!
  • Quiz 25
  • Read Investigation 4.1
  • Start HW 7
Day 30: Randomization tests (ppt)
  • Investigation 4.3
  • Investigation 4.4
To Do before noon Tuesday
  • Quiz 26
  • Finish Investigation 4.4 (m)-(u)
  • Optional: PP 4.3, 4.4B
  • Continue HW 7
 Day 31: Confidence interval for difference in treatment means (ppt)
  • Review Exam 2
  • Investigation 4.5
  • Investigation 4.6
To Do before noon Wednesday
  • Finish Investigation 4.6
  • (Optional) PP 4.5
  • Investigation 4.7 (a)-(d)
  • Quiz 27
 Day 32: Transformations (ppt)
  • Investigation 4.7
To Do before noon Thursday
  • Finish Investigation 4.7
  • Quiz 28
 Day 33: Paired designs (ppt)
To Do before noon, Friday
  • Submit HW 7
To Do before noon, Monday:
  • Quiz 29
  • Start HW 8
Day 34: Anayzing paired data (ppt)
  • Investigation 4.9
    • Combined data (.xslx)
To Do before noon Tuesday
  • Quiz 30
  • Summary of Procedures (p. 301)
 Day 35: Sign test, McNemar's Test (ppt)
  • Review Investigation 4.10
  • Investigation 4.11
To Do before noon Wednesday
  • Quiz 31
  • Optional: PP 4.11
  • Review Examples 4.1, 4.2, 4.3
 Day 36: Case study (ppt)
To Do before noon Thrusday
  • Do/Review analyses from Case study
  • Quiz 32
 Day 37: Review (ppt)
To Do
  • Course Evaluations
  • Project 3 (guidlines in Canvas)
Optional Sunday review session: 4-5:30pm, in Canvas
Office Hour 10-12 (Canvas)

3pm Section Final Exam (1:10-4:00pm)
 Office Hour 12-1 (Canvas) Office hour 1-3 (Canvas)

Project 3 due
 Office Hour 12-1 (Canvas)

Friday: 2pm Section Final Exam (1:10-3:00pm)

You will need
  • Web Camera
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  • 2 hours of battery life