Honors Applied Statistical Methods
Calendar Fall 2011

Seminars
15-minute presentation/discussion by students of lecture topic from preceding week. For example, on September 8th 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: Sep.1, Oct. 13, Oct. 20, Oct. 27, Nov. 3, Nov. 10, Nov. 17, Dec. 1.
**Due to Fall Break, Midterm 1 takes place Tuesday, October 11 instead of Monday, October 10.
Midterm 1, Tues. Oct. 11 covers Lectures 1-14
One 2-sided sheet of notes permitted.
Midterm 2, Fri. Nov. 18, 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
Wednesday, Dec. 14 8:00 a.m. in CL 313
Two 2-sided sheets of notes are permitted.

Date/Lecture Topic/BookRef     Seminar/Lab

Mon Aug 29 #1   intro,sampling(Chs1-2)    
Wed Aug 31 #2   surveys (3.1-3.2)    
Fri Sep 2 #3   obs.studies(3.3)    

Wed Sep 7 #4   experiments(3.4)    
Fri Sep 9 #5   1 cat.var.(4.1) HW1 due in lecture  

Mon Sep 12 #6   1 quan.var.: displays(4.2)    
Wed Sep 14 #7   1 quan.var.: summaries(4.3)    
Fri Sep 16 #8   1 quan.var.: normal(4.4) HW2 due in lecture  

Mon Sep 19 #9   1 quan.& 1 cat. var.(5.1)    
Wed Sep 21 #10   2 cat. vars.(5.2)    
Fri Sep 23 #11   2 quan.: scatterplot,r(5.3) HW3 due in lecture  

Mon Sep 26 #12   2 quan.: regression(5.3)    
Wed Sep 28 #13   prob.: basic rules(6.1)    
Fri Sep 30 #14   prob.: gen.rules(6.2) HW4 due in lecture  

Mon Oct 3 #15   prob.: discrete RVs(7.1)    
Wed Oct 5 #16   prob.: binomial RVs(7.2)    
Fri Oct 7     Sem #14b,Review HW5 due in lecture    

Mon Oct 10 **   FALL BREAK   NO CLASSES
Tues Oct 11   Midterm 1    
Wed Oct 12 #17   prob.: normal RVs(7.3)    
Fri Oct 14 #18   prob.: normal RVs(7.3) HW6 due in lecture  

Mon Oct 17 #19   sampling dist.: proportions(8.1)    
Wed Oct 19 #20   sampling dist.: means(8.2)    
Fri Oct 21 #21   1 cat.var.: CI (9.1) HW7 due in lecture  

Mon Oct 24 #22   1 cat.var.: tests(9.2)    
Wed Oct 26 #23   1 cat.var.: tests(9.2)    
Fri Oct 28 #24   1 quan.var.: z CI(10.1) HW8 due in lecture  

Mon Oct 31 #25   1 quan.var.: z test(10.1)    
Wed Nov 2 #26   1 quan.var.: t CI(10.2)    
Fri Nov 4 #27   1 quan.var.: t test(10.3) HW9 due in lecture  

Mon Nov 7 #28   1 cat.& 1 quan.: paired t(11.1)    
Wed Nov 9 #29   1 cat.& 1 quan.: 2-samp.t(11.2)    
Fri Nov 11 #30   1 cat.& 1 quan.: ANOVA F(11.3) HW10 due in lecture    

Mon Nov 14 #31   1 cat.& 1 quan.: ANOVA F(11.3)    
Wed Nov 16     Review    
Fri Nov 18     Midterm 2    

Mon Nov 21 #32   2 cat.: chi-square(Ch.12) HW11 due in lecture  

Mon Nov 28 #33   2 cat.: chi-square(Ch.12)    
Wed Nov 30 #34   2 quan.: inf. for slope(13.1)    
Fri Dec 2 #35   2 quan.: CI & PI(13.2) HW12 due in lecture  

Mon Dec 5 Seminars  Sem #30,31,32 HW13 due in lecture  
Wed Dec 7   Overview (ev)   Labs 9-12 due  
Fri Dec 9     Review    


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