Stat 11 - Schedule
as of January 31, 2006
week     topics… read…    
1 16-Jan M Displaying categorical variables:  data tables, freq. tables, bar & pie charts 1.1, pp. 1-9
18-Jan W Dispaying quantitative variables: dot plots, freq. tables with bins, histograms 1.1, pp. 9-10, 14-16 (skip step-and-leaf)
  20-Jan F Shapes of distributions;
Numerical summaries: mean, median, percentiles, std dev…
1.1, pp. 17-21;
1.2, pp. 40-56
   
2 23-Jan M More shapes, Excel histograms, standardized variables 1.3, all (pp. 64-79)
25-Jan W Normal distributions  " 
  27-Jan F More normal distributions  " homework 1 due
3 30-Jan M Relationships between quantitative variables:  Scatterplots, correlations
(all about r)
Chapter 2 miniquiz
1-Feb W Linear regressions
  3-Feb F More about regressions   homework 2 due
4 6-Feb M Collecting data (good and bad samples) Chapter 3
8-Feb W surveys and experiments
  10-Feb F     homework 3 due
5 13-Feb M Probability! Chapter 4
15-Feb W
  17-Feb F     exam 1 about now
6 20-Feb M Coming attractions:
22-Feb W   sampling distributions…
  24-Feb F   estimation…      
7 27-Feb M      condifence intervals
1-Mar W   statistical significance…
3-Mar F   hypothesis tests…
    for means and proportions
    chi-square tests
  much more on regressions…
  Spring Break        
8 13-Mar M
8-Mar W
  10-Mar F        
9 20-Mar M
15-Mar W
  17-Mar F        
10 27-Mar M
22-Mar W
  24-Mar F   exam 2 about now    
11 3-Apr M
29-Mar W
  31-Mar F        
12 10-Apr M
5-Apr W
  7-Apr F        
13 17-Apr M Apr.17-19: preenrollment
12-Apr W
  14-Apr F        
14 24-Apr M
19-Apr W
  21-Apr F   no projects!    
  Final Exams - May 4-13