Honors Applied Statistical Methods
Calendar Fall 2014

Seminars
15-minute presentation/discussion by students of lecture topic from preceding week. For example, on September 10th 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 by emailing the pdf to all class members, plus the TA. (And include me so I can verify that you're on schedule.)
Labs
*Labs (and some seminars) meet in CL G26 the following dates: Sep. 3, Oct. 15, Oct. 22, Oct. 29, Nov. 19, Dec. 3, Dec. 7, Dec. 10.
**Due to Fall Break, Midterm 1 takes place Tuesday, October 13 instead of Monday, October 12.
Midterm 1, Mon. Oct. 12 covers Lectures 1-14
One 2-sided sheet of notes permitted.
Midterm 2, Fri. Nov. 20, 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
Tuesday, December 15th from 12:00 to 1:50 in CL G18
Two 2-sided sheets of notes are permitted.
Date/Lecture Topic/BookRef     Seminar/Lab
Mon Aug 31 #1   intro,sampling(Chs1-2)    
Wed Sep 2 #2   surveys (3.1-3.2)    
*Lab   MINITAB Intro
Fri Sep 4 #3   obs.studies(3.3)    
Wed Sep 9 #4   experiments(3.4)    
Seminar   Sem #1,1,2
Fri Sep 11 #5   1 cat.var.(4.1) HW1 due in lecture  
Mon Sep 14 #6   1 quan.var.: displays(4.2)    
Wed Sep 16 #7   1 quan.var.: summaries(4.3)    
Seminar   Sem #3,4,5
Fri Sep 18 #8   1 quan.var.: normal(4.4) HW2 due in lecture  
Mon Sep 21 #9   1 quan.& 1 cat. var.(5.1)    
Wed Sep 23 #10   2 cat. vars.(5.2)    
Seminar   Sem #6,7,8
Fri Sep 25 #11   2 quan.: scatterplot,r(5.3) HW3 due in lecture  
Mon Sep 28 #12   2 quan.: regression(5.3)    
Wed Sep 30 #13   prob.: basic rules(6.1)    
Seminar   Sem #9,10,11
Fri Oct 2 #14   prob.: gen.rules(6.2) HW4 due in lecture  
Mon Oct 5 #15   prob.: discrete RVs(7.1)    
Wed Oct 7 #16   prob.: binomial RVs(7.2)    
Seminar   Sem #12,13,14
Fri Oct 9     Sem #14b,Review HW5 due in lecture    
Mon Oct 12   Midterm 1    
Wed Oct 14 #17   prob.: normal RVs(7.3)    
*Lab   *Labs1-4
Fri Oct 16 #18   prob.: normal RVs(7.3) HW6 due in lecture  
Mon Oct 19 **   FALL BREAK   NO CLASSES
Tues Oct 20 #19   sampling dist.: proportions(8.1)    
Wed Oct 21 #20   sampling dist.: means(8.2)    
*Seminar   Sem #15,16,17
Fri Oct 23 #21   1 cat.var.: CI (9.1) HW7 due in lecture  
Mon Oct 26 #22   1 cat.var.: tests(9.2)    
Wed Oct 28 #23   1 cat.var.: tests(9.2)    
*Seminar   Sem #18,19,20
Fri Oct 30 #24   1 quan.var.: z CI(10.1) HW8 due in lecture  
Mon Nov 2 #25   1 quan.var.: z test(10.1)    
Wed Nov 4 #26   1 quan.var.: t CI(10.2)    
*Seminar   Sem #21,22,23
Fri Nov 6 #27   1 quan.var.: t test(10.3) HW9 due in lecture  
Mon Nov 9 #28   1 cat.& 1 quan.: paired t(11.1)    
Wed Nov 11 #29   1 cat.& 1 quan.: 2-samp.t(11.2)    
*Seminar   Sem #24,25,26
Fri Nov 13 #30   1 cat.& 1 quan.: ANOVA F(11.3) HW10 due in lecture    
Mon Nov 16 #31   1 cat.& 1 quan.: ANOVA F(11.3)    
Wed Nov 18     Sem #28,29,Review    
*Seminar   Sem #27,29(b)
Fri Nov 20     Midterm 2    
Mon Nov 23 #32   2 cat.: chi-square(Ch.12) HW11 due; OMET announced  
Mon Nov 30 #33   2 cat.: chi-square(Ch.12)    
Wed Dec 2 #34   2 quan.: inf. for slope(13.1) HW12 due in lecture  
*Lab   *Labs/Sems5-8
Fri Dec 4 #35   2 quan.: CI & PI(13.2)    
Mon Dec 7 Seminars  Sem #30,31,32 HW13 due in lecture  
Wed Dec 9    Overview Labs 9-12 due  
Seminar   Sem #33,34,35
Fri Dec 11     Review    
Tues Dec 15     FINAL   12:00-12:50

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