Math 216 - VERY Approximate Schedule

Week Topic Reading
8/31- 9/4 Introduction;
populations and samples
Sec. 1.1 to 1.4,
2.1 to 2.2
9/7 Labor Day  
9/9, 9/11 Experiments;
graphs and tables
Sec. 2.3 to 2.6, 
3.1, 3.2
9/14 - 9/18 More on graphs and tables;
summary statistics
Sec. 3.3, 3.5, 4.1(deferring 3.4)
9/21 - 9/25 Statistical variation
Sec. 4.2, 4.3
9/28, 9/30 More on summary statistics;
scatter plots
Sec. 4.4, 4.5, 3.4
10/02 Hour Exam  
10/5 - 10/9 Correlation and regression
Lab 1
Sec. 5.1, 5.2
10/12 - 10/16 More on regression

Sec. 5.3, 5.6
(omitting 5.4, 5.5) 
10/19 - 10/23 Probability and population distributions
Sec. 6.1, 7.1, 7.2
(omitting 6.2, 6.3) 
10/12 - 10/16 The normal distribution
Sec. 7.3, 7.4 
10/19 - 10/23 The Central Limit Theorem (CLT)
Sec. 8.1 
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
Sec. 9.3, 9.4
11/9 - 11/13 Significance tests;
3. share sample data
Sec. 10.1, 10.2
(omitting 10.3) 
11/16 - 11/20 The t-test
4. report on use of statistics
Sec. 10.4 
11/23 Lab  
11/25, 11/27 Thanks Giving
11/30 - 12/4 Lab, t.b.d.
5. formal presentations on wks 1-3

 
12/7 - 12/9  Lab, t.b.d.
6. reports and journals
 

12/16

Final Exam 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm

Jim Williams, ECSU   
updated 11/23/09