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Math 216 - VERY Approximate Schedule
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Week |
Topic |
Reading |
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8/31- 9/4 |
Introduction;
populations and samples
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Sec. 1.1 to 1.4,
2.1 to 2.2 |
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9/7 |
Labor Day |
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9/9, 9/11 |
Experiments;
graphs and tables
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Sec. 2.3 to 2.6,
3.1, 3.2 |
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9/14 - 9/18 |
More on graphs and tables;
summary statistics
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Sec. 3.3, 3.5, 4.1(deferring 3.4) |
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9/21 - 9/25 |
Statistical variation
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Sec. 4.2, 4.3 |
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9/28, 9/30 |
More on summary statistics;
scatter plots
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Sec. 4.4, 4.5, 3.4 |
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10/02 |
Hour Exam |
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10/5 - 10/9 |
Correlation and regression
Lab 1 |
Sec. 5.1, 5.2 |
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10/12 - 10/16 |
More on regression
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Sec. 5.3, 5.6
(omitting 5.4, 5.5) |
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10/19 - 10/23 |
Probability and population distributions
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Sec. 6.1, 7.1, 7.2
(omitting 6.2, 6.3) |
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10/12 - 10/16 |
The normal distribution
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Sec. 7.3, 7.4 |
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10/19 - 10/23 |
The Central Limit Theorem (CLT)
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Sec. 8.1 |
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10/26 - 10/30 |
More CLT;
confidence intervals;
1. announce, assign groups |
Sec. 8.2, 9.1
(omitting 8.3, 9.2) |
| 11/2, 11/6 |
More on confidence intervals;
2. report questions,
data sources
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Sec. 9.3, 9.4 |
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11/9 - 11/13 |
Significance tests;
3. share sample data
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Sec. 10.1, 10.2
(omitting 10.3) |
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11/16 - 11/20 |
The t-test
4. report on use of statistics
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Sec. 10.4 |
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11/23 |
Lab |
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11/25, 11/27 |
Thanks Giving |
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11/30 - 12/4 |
Lab,
t.b.d.
5.
formal presentations on wks 1-3
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12/7 - 12/9 |
Lab,
t.b.d.
6. reports and journals
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12/16 |
Final Exam 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm |
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Jim Williams, ECSU
updated 11/23/09
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