Statistics 185

Spring 2021

Professor: Mark McClure

Computational tools and visualizations

Normal Models
Normal tables
Basic calculator for numerical data (like mean and standard deviation)
Normal calculator
A calculator for t-distributions

Class Notes

Friday, January 22 - Data Intro:
- Presentation
- Homework
  
  There is a My Open Math assignment over this material due by Monday, January 25.
Monday, January 25 - Numeric Data:
- Presentation
- Homework
  
  There is a My Open Math assignment over this material due by Wednesday, January 27, as well as a Forum assignment on Stat Talk that we'll work on in class.
Wednesday, January 27 - First computer lab:
- Colab Link
- Homework
  
  After we go through the computer lab, we'll work on a forum assignment in class.
Friday, January 29 - Getting Data:
- Presentation
- Homework
  
  There is a My Open Math assignment over this material due by Monday, February 1.
Monday, February 1 - Categorical Data:
- Presentation
- Homework
  
  There is a My Open Math assignment over this material due by Wednesday, February 3 and a forum question using Colab.
Wednesday, February 3 - Probability Theory:
- Presentation
- Homework
  
  There is a My Open Math assignment over this material due by Monday, February 8.
Friday, February 5 - Discrete Distributions:
- Presentation
- Homework
  
  There is a My Open Math assignment over this material due by Tuesday, February 9.
Monday, February 8 - Continuous Distributions:
- Presentation
- Homework and Quiz Prep
  
  There's a practice quiz on MyOpenMath that's due by Tuesday, February 9 and includes one problem on this material.
Wednesday, February 10 - Quiz!
Friday, February 12 - The Normal Distribution:
- Presentation
- Homework
  
  I think we'll hold off on HW for now.
Monday, February 15 - More Normal:
- Presentation
- Homework
  
  There is a MyOPenMath HW over this material due on Wednesday, February 17.
Wednesday, February 17 - Confidence intervals for means:
- Presentation
- Homework
  
  There is a MyOPenMath HW over this material due on Thurday, February 18. There's also a forum assignment that we'll work on together in class.
Friday, February 19 - Confidence intervals for proportions:
- Presentation
- Homework
  
  There is a MyOPenMath HW over this material due on Monday, February 22.
Week of Monday, February 22 - Friday, February 26
We're spending this week getting ready for the exam next week. More specifcally, the week will look like so:
- Monday: You'll go over this practice quiz.
- Wednesday: You'll take an online quiz based on the above problem sheet.
- Friday: I'll answer questions over This practice midterm.
Friday, February 26 - Solutions to the practice midterm
Monday, March 15 - Hypothesis tests:
- Presentation
- Homework
  
  There is a MyOPenMath HW over this material due on Wednesday, March 17.
Wednesday, March 17:
We'll work together on a problem sheet today.
Friday, March 19 - Log5 for sports analytics:
- Presentation
- Homework
  
  There is a 10 point forum problem over this material.
Monday, March 22: No class today!
Wednesday, March 24: Simulating tournaments
- Kaggle's March madness competition for
  - Men and
  - Women
- Championship computations
- A forum assignment
Monday, March 29 - The t-Distribution:
- Presentation
- Homework
  
  There is a 13 point MyOpenMath assignment over this material.
Friday, April 2 - Comparing data sets:
- Presentation
- Homework
  
  There is a 14 point MyOpenMath assignment over this material.
Monday, April 5 - Comparing election polls:
- Presentation
Friday, April 9 - Online Quiz Today!
Monday, April 12 - Linear Models:
- Presentation
- Homework
  
  There is a 6 point MyOpenMath assignment and a 10 point Forum assignment over this material.
Friday, February 26 - Solutions to the practice final

Statistics 185

Spring 2021

Handy Links

Computational tools and visualizations

Class Notes