Honors Applied Statistical Methods
Calendar Fall 2008

Seminars
15-minute presentation/discussion by students of lecture topic from preceding week. For example, on September 6th 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, either by emailing the url to the class via Blackboard or by providing hard copies (21) in Monday's lecture.
Labs
*Labs (and some seminars) meet in Stat Lab CL 435 (take stairs up from Bigelow Blvd. side of Cathedral) the following dates: Aug. 28, Oct. 9, Oct. 16, Oct. 23, Oct. 30, Nov. 6, Nov. 13, Nov. 20.
**Due to Fall Break, lecture #19 takes place Tuesday, October 14 instead of Monday, October 13.
Midterm 1, Mon. Oct. 6 covers Lectures 1-14
One 2-sided sheet of notes permitted.
Midterm 2, Fri. Nov. 16, 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, December 8 from 12:00 to 1:50 in regularly scheduled classroom
Two 2-sided sheets of notes are permitted.

Date/Lecture Topic     Seminar/Lab

Mon Aug 25 #1   intro,sampling    
Wed Aug 27 #2   obs.studies    
Fri Aug 29 #3   experiments    

Wed Sep 3 #4   surveys    
Fri Sep 5 #5   1 cat.var. HW1 due in lecture  

Mon Sep 8 #6   1 quan.var.: displays    
Wed Sep 10 #7   1 quan.var.: summaries    
Fri Sep 12 #8   1 quan.var.: normal HW2 due in lecture  

Mon Sep 15 #9   1 quan.& 1 cat. var.    
Wed Sep 17 #10   2 cat. vars.    
Fri Sep 19 #11   2 quan.: scatterplot,r HW3 due in lecture  

Mon Sep 22 #12   2 quan.: regression    
Wed Sep 24 #13   prob.: basic rules    
Fri Sep 26 #14   prob.: gen.rules HW4 due in lecture  

Mon Sep 29 #15   prob.: discrete RVs    
Wed Oct 1 #16   prob.: binomial RVs    
Fri Oct 3     Seminar HW5 due in lecture    

Mon Oct 6   Midterm 1    
Wed Oct 8 #17   prob.: normal RVs    
Fri Oct 10 #18   prob.: normal RVs HW6 due in lecture  

Mon Oct 13 **   FALL BREAK   NO CLASSES
Tues Oct 14 #19   sampling dist.: proportions    
Wed Oct 15 #20   sampling dist.: means    
Fri Oct 17 #21   1 cat.var.: CI HW7 due in lecture  

Mon Oct 20 #22   1 cat.var.: tests    
Wed Oct 22 #23   1 cat.var.: tests    
Fri Oct 24 #24   1 quan.var.: z CI HW8 due in lecture  

Mon Oct 27 #25   1 quan.var.: z test    
Wed Oct 29 #26   1 quan.var.: t CI    
Fri Oct 31 #27   1 quan.var.: t test HW9 due in lecture  

Mon Nov 3 #28   1 cat.& 1 quan.: paired t    
Wed Nov 5 #29   1 cat.& 1 quan.: 2-samp.t    
Fri Nov 7 #30   1 cat.& 1 quan.: ANOVA F HW10 due in lecture    

Mon Nov 10 #31   1 cat.& 1 quan.: ANOVA F    
Wed Nov 12     Seminar    
Fri Nov 14     Midterm 2    

Mon Nov 17 #32   2 cat.: chi-square HW11 due in lecture  
Wed Nov 19 #33   2 cat.: chi-square    
Fri Nov 21 #34   2 quan.: inf. for slope    

Mon Nov 24 #35   2 quan.: CI & PI HW12 due in lecture  

Mon Dec 1 Seminars  Sem #30,31,32 HW13 due in lecture  
Wed Dec 3   Overview   Labs 9-12 due  
Fri Dec 5     Seminar    


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