Stat 145: Introduction to the Practice of Statistics
(Instructor: Sergei Chmutov)

Spring 2006. Tentative Daily Schedule

03/27 (Mo)
Introduction. Displaying
distributions (Ch. 1).
03/27 (We)
Describing distributions
(Ch. 2).
03/31 (Fri)
Normal distributions (Ch. 3).
04/03 (Mo)
Normal distributions (Ch. 3).
04/05 (We)
Scatterplots and correlation (Ch. 4).
04/07 (Fri)
Computer Lab.
04/10 (Mo)
Regression (Ch. 5).
Assignment 1 due.
04/12 (We)
Regression (Ch. 5).
04/14 (Fri)
Computer Lab.
04/17 (Mo)
Relations in categorical data (Ch. 6).
Assignment 2 due.
04/19 (We)
Sampling (Ch. 7).
Experiments (Ch. 8).
04/21 (Fri)
Computer Lab.
04/24 (Mo)
Review for midterm 1.
Assignment 3 due.
04/26 (We)
Midterm #1.
04/28 (Fri)
Computer Lab.
05/01 (Mo)
Probability models (Ch. 9).
05/03 (We)
Sampling distributions
(Ch. 10).
05/05 (Fri)
Computer Lab.
05/08 (Mo)
Confidence intervals (Ch. 13). Assignment 4 due.
05/10 (We)
Tests of significance (Ch. 14).
05/12 (Fri)
Computer Lab.
05/15 (Mo)
Assignment 5 due Tuesday.
Inference for population mean (Ch. 16).
05/17 (We)
Two-sample problems
(Ch. 17).
05/19 (Fri)
Computer Lab.
05/22 (Mo)
Assignment 6 due.
Review for midterm 2.
05/24 (We)
Midterm #2.
05/26 (Fri)
Two-sample problems
(Ch. 17).
05/29 (Mo)
NO CLASSES
05/31 (We)
Inference for population proportion (Ch. 18)
06/02 (Fri)
Review for the final.