Honors Applied Statistical Methods
Calendar Fall 2013

Seminars
15-minute presentation/discussion by students of lecture topic from preceding week. For example, on September 5th two students will present on material from lecture #1 and one student will present on lecture #2. Internet, newspaper, or journal article discussed must be made available to class by Monday of each week by emailing the pdf to all class members, plus the TA. (And include me so I can verify that you're on schedule.)
Labs
*Labs (and some seminars) meet in Stat Lab CL 435 (take stairs up from Bigelow Blvd. side of Cathedral) the following dates: Aug.29, Oct. 10, Oct. 17, Oct. 24, Nov. 14, Nov.21, Dec. 2, Dec. 5.
Midterm 1, Mon. Oct. 7 covers Lectures 1-14
One 2-sided sheet of notes permitted.
Midterm 2, Fri. Nov. 15, covers Lectures 15-29 (up to paired and two-sample t but not F)
Two 2-sided sheet of notes permitted.
Final, cumulative on all covered material
Monday, Dec. 9 at 8:00 a.m. in CL 313
Two 2-sided sheets of notes are permitted.

Date/Lecture Topic/BookRef     Seminar/Lab

Mon Aug 26 #1   intro,sampling(Chs1-2)    
Wed Aug 28 #2   surveys (3.1-3.2)    
Fri Aug 30 #3   obs.studies(3.3)    

Wed Sep 4 #4   experiments(3.4)    
Fri Sep 6 #5   1 cat.var.(4.1) HW1 due in lecture  

Mon Sep 9 #6   1 quan.var.: displays(4.2)    
Wed Sep 11 #7   1 quan.var.: summaries(4.3)    
Fri Sep 13 #8   1 quan.var.: normal(4.4) HW2 due in lecture  

Mon Sep 16 #9   1 quan.& 1 cat. var.(5.1)    
Wed Sep 18 #10   2 cat. vars.(5.2)    
Fri Sep 20 #11   2 quan.: scatterplot,r(5.3) HW3 due in lecture  

Mon Sep 23 #12   2 quan.: regression(5.3)    
Wed Sep 25 #13   prob.: basic rules(6.1)    
Fri Sep 27 #14   prob.: gen.rules(6.2) HW4 due in lecture  

Mon Sep 30 #15   prob.: discrete RVs(7.1)    
Wed Oct 2 #16   prob.: binomial RVs(7.2)    
Fri Oct 4     Sem #14b,Review HW5 due in lecture    

Mon Oct 7   Midterm 1    
Wed Oct 9 #17   prob.: normal RVs(7.3)    
Fri Oct 11 #18   prob.: normal RVs(7.3) HW6 due in lecture  

Mon Oct 14 **   FALL BREAK   NO CLASSES
Tues Oct 15 #19   sampling dist.: proportions(8.1)    
Wed Oct 16 #20   sampling dist.: means(8.2)    
Fri Oct 18 #21   1 cat.var.: CI (9.1) HW7 due in lecture  

Mon Oct 21 #22   1 cat.var.: tests(9.2)    
Wed Oct 23 #23   1 cat.var.: tests(9.2)    
Fri Oct 25 #24   1 quan.var.: z CI(10.1) HW8 due in lecture  

Mon Oct 28 #25   1 quan.var.: z test(10.1)    
Wed Oct 30 #26   1 quan.var.: t CI(10.2)    
Fri Nov 1 #27   1 quan.var.: t test(10.3) HW9 due in lecture  

Mon Nov 4 #28   1 cat.& 1 quan.: paired t(11.1)    
Wed Nov 6 #29   1 cat.& 1 quan.: 2-samp.t(11.2)    
Fri Nov 8 #30   1 cat.& 1 quan.: ANOVA F(11.3) HW10 due in lecture    

Mon Nov 11 #31   1 cat.& 1 quan.: ANOVA F(11.3)    
Wed Nov 13     Sem #28,29,Review    
Fri Nov 15     Midterm 2    

Mon Nov 18 #32   2 cat.: chi-square(Ch.12) HW11 due in lecture  
Wed Nov 20 #33   2 cat.: chi-square(Ch.12)    
Fri Nov 22 #34   2 quan.: inf. for slope(13.1) HW12 due in lecture  

Mon Nov 25 #35   2 quan.: CI & PI(13.2)    

Mon Dec 2 Seminars  Sem #30,31,32 HW13 due in lecture  
Wed Dec 4    Overview Labs 9-12 due  
Fri Dec 6     Review    


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