Statistics may be defined as "a body of methods for making wise decisions in the face of uncertainty."

W.A. Wallis

date			no	topic	reading	homework due
jan	9	W	1	introduction	1.1
	11	F	2	data and sampling	1.2,3	1.1: 1,4,7,9,11,12,(3,8)
	14	M	3	measure of center	2.1	1.2: 14,17,21,23,25,(19)  1.3: 30
	16	W	4	measure of spread	2.2	2.1: 2,5,7,9,10,12,(8,11)
	18	F	5	relative standing	2.3	2.2: 16,19,21,25,28,(20,24)
	21	M		school holiday
	23	W	6	graphs	3.1,2	2.3: 31,33,34,38,40,(36,43)
	25	F	7	more graphs	3.3,4	3.1: 3,4,6,9,(11)  3.2: 15,17,19,25,30,(23)
	28	M	8	probability	4.1,2	3.3: 32,34,39,42,47,(48,40)  3.4: 53,54
	30	W	9	Test 1 (chapters 1–3)
feb	1	F	10	probability rules	4.3	4.1: 4  4.2: 11,13,16,18,20,25,(17,23)
	4	M	11	conditional probability	4.4	4.3: 27,29,31,33,34,35,(38,39)
	6	W	12	probability trees	4.5	4.4: 41,43,44,45,46,51
	8	F	13	bayes' theorem	4.6	4.5: 54,55,56,58,60,(59,61)
	11	M	14	discrete random variables	5.1	4.6: 63,64,66,(65)
	13	W	15	calculations	5.2	5.1: 1,3,5,8,(7)
	15	F	16	counting formulas	5.3	5.2: 10,14,17,19,20
	18	M	17	hypergeometric	5.4	5.3: 21,22,26,31,32,34,(30)
	20	W	18	binomial	5.5	5.4: 38,40,42,45
	22	F	19	continuous random variables	6.1	5.5: 47,49,51,52,53,54,61,(57)
	25	M	20	normal distribution	6.2	6.1: 2,5,6,7,10,(8,9)
	27	W	21	central limit theorem	6.3	6.2: 13,15,17,18,24,(21)
	19	T	22	t-distribution	5.5	6.3: 29,30,33,34,37,(32,36)
mar	3	M	23	confidence intervals	7.1,2	6.5: 49,51,54,55,56,(53)
	5	W	24	Test 2 chapters 4–6)
	7	F		spring break
	10	M		spring break
	12	W		spring break
	14	F		spring break
	17	M	25	decision making	8.1	7.1: 2,4  7.2: 7,13,14,17,(11,16)
	19	W	26	scientific method	8.2	8.1: 2,3,5
	21	F	27	project
	24	M	28	one-tailed tests of the mean	8.3	8.2: 7,8,9,10,12,14,(13)
	26	W	29	two-tailed tests of the mean	8.4	8.3: 18,19,20,24,26,28,(27)
	28	F	30	two proportions	9.1,2	8.4: 31,32,34,36,38,39,41,(37)
	31	M	31	three or more proportions	9.3	9.1: 1,2  9.2: 4,6,9,11,(8)  [project proposal]
apr	2	W	32	two-way contingency tables	9.4	9.3: 14,15,18,19,23,25,(21)
	4	F	33	two populations	10.1	9.4: 27,29,30,(28)
	7	M	34	Test 3 (chapters 7–9)
	9	W	35	paired sampling	10.2	10.1: 2,3,5,8
	11	F	36	independent sampling	10.3	10.2: 10,11,13,15,17,19,(16)
	14	M	37	experimental design, ANOVA	11.1,2	10.3: 21,22,26,29,(28)
	16	W	38	correlation	12.1	11.1: 3,4  11.2: 5,7,10,(6)
	18	F	39	regression	12.1	12.1: 3,4,6,7,8,(1,2)
	21	M	40	limitations and quality	12.3,4	12.2: 11,16,17,18,(12)
	23	W	41	review
	25	F		Final Exam (chapters 10–12, comprehensive) (2:00-4:00pm)    [project due]

note: extra credit problems are indicated as (italics)