Math 215: Introduction to Statistics
Schedule
Day of Term Day of Week Date Topics Chapter covered
1 Monday 3/27 Introduction Chapter 1
2 Wednesday 3/29 Data & Displaying Categorical Data Chapters 2-3
  Friday 3/31 CONFRONTING KATRINA  
3 Monday 4/3 Displaying Categorical and Quantitative Data (in lab) Chapter 4, Lab Manual 1
4 Tuesday,       7 pm 4/4 Describing Distributions Numerically Chapter 5
5 Wednesday 4/5 Standard deviation and Normal Model Chapter 6
6 Friday 4/7 Additional topics in exploratory data analysis (in lab) Chapters 4-6, Assigned Lab 1
7 Monday 4/10 Scatterplots, Association and Correlation Chapter 7
8 Wednesday 4/12 Linear Regression Chapter 8
9 Friday 4/14 Regression Wisdom & Re-expressing Data (in lab) Chapter 9-10, Lab Manual 3
10 Monday 4/17 Understanding Randomness Chapter 11
11 Wednesday 4/19 Test #1 (Chapters 1-10)  
12 Friday 4/21 Sample Surveys Chapter 12
13 Monday 4/24 Experiments and Observational Studies Chapter 13
14 Wednesday 4/26 From Randomness to Probability Chapter 14
15 Friday 4/28 Probability Rules Chapter 15
  Monday 5/1 BREAK  
16 Wednesday 5/3 Random Variables Chapter 16
17 Friday 5/5 Sampling Distribution Models Chapter 18
18 Monday 5/8 Confidence Intervals for Proportions Chapter 19
19 Wednesday 5/10 Confidence Intervals and Review Chapter 19
20 Friday 5/12 Test #2 (Chapters 11-16, 18)  
21 Monday 5/15 Testing Hypotheses about Proportions Chapter 20
22 Wednesday 5/17 More About Tests Chapter 21
23 Friday 5/19 Comparing Two Proportions & Inferences About Means Chapter 22-23
24 Monday 5/22 Inference About Means (in lab) Lab Manual 4
25 Wednesday 5/24 Inference About Means (in lab) Assigned Lab 3
26 Friday 5/26 Comparing Counts Chapter 26
27 Monday 5/29 Slack / Final Projects  
28 Wednesday 5/31 Test #3 (Chapters 19-25)  
8:30-11:00 am Monday 6/5 Final Project Presentations