STA114/MTH136 Statistics: Syllabus

Text:M. H. DeGroot, Probability and Statistics (2nd edn)
Note: This syllabus is correct as of 2001 Feb 14, but may be superceded by later versions.

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ChWeekTopicsAssignments
2.Jan 10, 17 Introduction & Examples HW 1 (solution) (lab1, lab2)
6.Jan 22-24 Review of Conditioning & COV HW 2 (solution) (lab3)
Jan 24 Drop/Add ends
6.Jan 29-31 Estimation, Bayes and MLE HW 3 (solution) (lab4)
7.Feb 5-7 Sampling Distributions HW 4 (solution) (lab5)
7.Feb 12-14 Normality & Fisher Information HW 5 (solution) (lab6)
2,6,7Feb 19-21 Review, 1st Midterm (Feb 21) (Hists of MT1 & Avg's)
Feb 23 Midsemester grades reported
8.Feb 26-28 Comparing Two Distributions HW 6 (lab6)
8.Mar 5-7 Hypothesis Testing and survey HW 7 (solution) (no lab)
Mar 9-18 Spring Break
9.Mar 19-21 Categorical Data HW 8 (solution) (lab8, poll.ssc)
10.Mar 26-28 Linear Models & Regression I (ps) HW 9 (solution) (lab9, merc.ssc)
10.Apr 2-4 Linear Models & Regression II (ps) (lab10a, lab10b)
8-9½Apr 9-11 Review, 2nd Midterm (Apr 11) (Hists Pre/Post- MT2)
Apr 18 Hierarchical Statistical Models HW 10 (Due Apr 25) redo MT2
Apr 23-25 Paired t and 2-way ANOVA
6-10May 2 Cumulative Final Exam (Wed, 7-10pm) (Hists of FE, Class Avgs)
or optional Term Project due (Wed 7pm)