| Date |
Topics |
Text |
| 01/20 |
Sampling distributions, sampling error, the Central Limit Theorem (CLT) |
7.1-7.3 |
| 01/24 |
Confidence intervals for a population mean, sample size calculations |
8.1-8.4 |
| 01/27 |
Class cancelled: instructor ill |
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| 01/31 |
Hypothesis testing for a population mean, Type I and Type II error, P-values, power and power curves |
9.1-9.5 |
| 02/03 |
Hypothesis testing continued, non-parametric Wilcoxon signed-rank test |
9.6-9.8 |
| 02/07 |
Confidence intervals and hypothesis testing for two population means: pooled t-test vs. unpooled t-test |
10.1-10.3 |
| 02/10 |
Non-parametric Mann-Whitney test/Wilcoxon rank sum test, Quiz #1 |
10.4 |
| 02/14 |
Dependent data, paired t-test, non-parametric paired Wilcoxon signed-rank test |
10.5-10.7 |
| 02/17 |
Confidence intervals and hypothesis testing for population standard deviations |
11.1-11.2 |
| 02/21 |
Confidence intervals and hypothesis testing for population standard deviations continued, non-parametric Ansari-Bradley test*, Quiz #2 |
11.2 |
| 02/24 |
Review |
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| 02/28 |
MID-TERM EXAM #1 (Ch. 8-11) |
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| 03/03 |
Confidence intervals and hypothesis testing for a population proportion |
12.1-12.2 |
| 03/07 |
Confidence intervals and hypothesis testing for two population proportions |
12.3 |
| 03/10 |
Categorical data analysis: goodness-of-fit tests, a goodness-of-fit test for Normality* |
13.1-13.2 |
| 03/14 |
SPRING BREAK |
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| 03/17 |
SPRING BREAK |
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| 03/21 |
Categorical data analysis continued: contingency tables, tests of homogeneity* and independence |
13.3-13.4 |
| 03/24 |
Correlation, linear equations in one variable |
14.4, 14.1 |
| 03/28 |
Linear regression |
14.2-14.3 |
| 03/31 |
Linear regression continued, Quiz #3 |
14.2-14.3 |
| 04/04 |
Residual analysis in regression, confidence intervals and hypothesis testing for the slope of a regression line |
15.1-15.2 |
| 04/07 |
Estimation and prediction in regression |
15.3 |
| 04/11 |
Remedial measures in linear regression, transformations/re-expressions, alternatives to the least-squares methodology, Quiz #4 |
(notes) |
| 04/14 |
Review |
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| 04/18 |
MID-TERM EXAM #2 (Ch. 12-15) |
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| 04/21 |
Comparing more than two means, the analysis of variance (ANOVA) |
16.1-16.3 |
| 04/25 |
ANOVA continued, multiple comparison procedures |
16.3-16.4 |
| 04/28 |
Non-parametric Kruskal-Wallis test |
16.5 |
| 05/02 |
Quiz #5 = Review (group quiz + presentations) |
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| 05/06 |
FINAL EXAM, 8:00AM -- 11:00AM, HH-A7 (regular room) |
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