Statistics 185
Fall 2024
Professor: Mark McClure
Handy Links
- Syllabus
- Course calendar
- The textbook: PDF | Homepage
- Discourse (our class forum)
- MyOpenMath (our online HW)
- Colab (our computational tool)
- The Math Lab
Handouts
- Normal tables: [ PDF for quizzes/exams | Interactive web version ]
- Review for Exam I
Class Notes
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Monday, August 19 - NCAA Data Intro:
- Presentation
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Homework
There is a My Open Math assignment over this material due by Thursday, August 22.And don't forget the survey on the forum!!
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Wednesday, August 21 - More on data:
- Presentation
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Homework
There is a My Open Math assignment over this material due by Sunday, August 25.
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Friday, August 23 - Measures of Data:
- Presentation
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Homework
There is a My Open Math assignment over this material with just one problem worth 4 points due by Monday, August 26. Be sure to use the definition of sample standard deviation, rather for population standard deviation.
- Monday, August 26: Lab 1
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Wednesday, August 28 - Categorical Data:
- Presentation
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Homework
There is a My Open Math assignment over this material with two problems worth 5 points due by next Wednesday, September 4.
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Wednesday, September 4 - Probability Theory:
- Presentation
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Homework
There is a My Open Math assignment over this material with seven problems worth 9 points due by next Monday, September 9.
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Friday, September 6 - Discrete Distributions:
- Presentation
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Homework
There is a My Open Math assignment over this material with seven problems due by next Tuesday, September 10.
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Monday, September 9 - Continous Distributions and the Normal:
- Presentation
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Homework
In lieu of homework, you should focus on the problem sheet for the midterm exam!
- Monday, September 16 - Normal Samples:
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Wednesday, September 18 - Confidence Intervals:
- Presentation
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Homework
There is a My Open Math assignment over this material with four problems due by Sunday, September 22.
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Friday, September 20 - Confidence Intervals for Proportions:
- Presentation
- Computer Lab 2
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Homework
There is a My Open Math assignment over this material with three problems due by Monday, September 23.
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Monday, September 23 - Hypothesis Tests:
- Presentation
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Homework
There is a My Open Math assignment over this material with two problems worth 9 points due by Thursday, September 26.
- Wednesday, September 25 - Problem day!
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Wednesday, October 30 - Comparing Data Sets:
- Presentation
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Homework
There is a My Open Math assignment over this material with two problems worth 9 points due by Monday, November 4.