STAT285-001, -002, -003 Spring 2021
Notes: 1. This schedule may change due to snow days or other contingencies. Probably better to refresh the online version rather than to print it out.
2. Homework always due at class time on the due date.
3. Homeworks are in WebAssign. Finish reading assignment before you do HW in WebAssign so you can answer question about it.
DUE TODAY  
DATE     LECTURE CHAPTER TOPIC HOMEWORK READING     
Jan 20 Wed DAY 1 Ch 1 Introduction
22 Fri DAY 2 Ch 2 Measures of central tendency HW 1 p xviii-xix; p 2-3; Ch 1-2
25 Mon DAY 3 Ch 3 Measures of variability HW 2 Ch 3
27 Wed DAY 4 Ch 4 Histograms HW 3 Ch 4: p 56-65
29 Fri DAY 5 Ch 4 Charts HW 4 Ch 4: p. 65-74
Feb 1 Mon DAY 6 Ch 5 Correlation coefficients HW 5 Ch 5: p 76-85
  3 Wed     No class (applies to STAT285 only)        
5 Fri DAY 7 Ch 5 Correlation coefficients HW 6 Ch 5: p 85-98
8 Mon DAY 8 Ch 6 Reliability and validity HW 7 Ch 6
10 Wed DAY 9 Ch 7 Hypotheses HW 8 Ch 7
12 Fri DAY 10 Ch 8 The normal distribution HW 9 Ch 8: p 140-147
  15 Mon     No univ classes        
17 Wed DAY 11 Ch 8 The normal distribution
19 Fri DAY 12 Ch 9 Significance level; Type I & II errors HW 10 Ch 8: p 147-161
22 Mon DAY 13 Ch 9 Inferential stats; tests of significance HW 11; HW 12 Ch 9: p 167-175; 176-181
24 Wed DAY 14 Ch 9 Confidence intervals HW 13 Ch 9: p 182-184
26 Fri DAY 15 Ch 10 One-sample Z-test HW 14 Ch 10: p 186-190
Mar 1 Mon DAY 16 Ch 10 One-sample Z-test HW 15 Ch 10: p 190-197
  3 Wed     No class (applies to STAT285 only)        
5 Fri DAY 17 Ch 11 t-test for independent means HW 16 Ch 11: p 199-206
Week 8 Mon MIDTERM EXAM (Ch 1-10) in class
of 10 Wed     No univ classes        
Prayer 12 Fri DAY 18 Ch 11 t-test for independent means
15 Mon DAY 19 Ch 12 t-test for dependent means HW 17; 18 Ch 11: p 206-211; Ch 12: p 215-221
17 Wed DAY 20 Ch 12 t-test for dependent means HW 19 Ch 12: p 221-226
19 Fri DAY 21 Ch 13 Analysis of variance (ANOVA) HW 20 Ch 13: p 229-234
22 Mon DAY 22 Ch 13 Analysis of variance (ANOVA) HW 21 Ch 13: p 234-240
24 Wed DAY 23 Ch 13 Analysis of variance (ANOVA) HW 22 Ch 13: p 240-245
26 Fri DAY 24 Ch 14 Factorial analysis of variance HW 23 Ch 14: p 247-255
29 Mon DAY 25 Ch 14 Factorial analysis of variance HW 24 Ch 14: p 255-260
31 Wed DAY 26 Ch 15 Testing significance of correlation coeff HW 25 Ch 15
Apr 2 Fri DAY 27 Ch 16 Linear regression HW 26 Ch 16: p 274-280
5 Mon DAY 28 Ch 16 Linear regression HW 27 Ch 16: p 280-283
7 Wed DAY 29 Ch 16 Reporting statistics HW 28 Ch 16: p 283-289
9 Fri DAY 30 Ch 17 Chi-square test HW 29 Ch 17: p 295-300
12 Mon DAY 31 Ch 17 Chi-square test HW 30 Ch 17: p 300-303
14 Wed DAY 32 Ch 17 Chi-square test HW 31 Ch 17: p 303-309
16 Fri DAY 33 Ch 18 MANOVA HW 32 Ch 18
19 Mon DAY 34 Ch 18 Multiple Regression HW 33 Ch 19
  21 Wed     No univ classes        
23 Fri DAY 35 Ch 18 Logistic regression
26 Mon Day 36 Ch 18 Logistic regression HW 34 Appendix F
28 Wed Review for Final Exam HW 35 Appendix G
  30 Fri     READING DAY! NO CLASSES HW 36 Appendix H-I    
May 3 Mon Section 001 and 003 FINAL EXAM (comprehensive) is at 10:30-12:30 on Monday
4 Tue Section 002 FINAL EXAM (comprehensive) is at 10:30-12:30 on Tuesday