Statistics 111
Probability and Statistical Inference

Lecture Schedule


Date

Reading

Topic

Aug. 28

Chapter 1 (for later)

Designed Experiments and Observational Studies

30

Chapter 2

Descriptive Statistics

Sept. 4

Chapter 3

Probability

6

Chapter 4

Distributions

11

Chapter 4

Multivariate Distributions

13

Chapter 4

Multivariate Distributions

18

No reading

Statistical Graphics

20

No reading

Exam 1

25

Chapter 6

Sampling

27

Chapter 7.5-7.6

Maximum Likelihood Inference

Oct. 2

Chapter 7.1-7.4

Bayesian Inference

4

Chapter 8

Sampling Distribution of Estimators

9

No reading

Fall Break

11

Chapter 8

Confidence Intervals

16

Chapter 12.6

The Bootstrap

18

No reading

Exam 2

23

Chapter 9

Hypothesis Testing

25

Chapter 9

Power of Tests

30

Chapter 10.1

Goodness-of-Fit Test

Nov. 1

Chapter 11

Regression

6

Chapter 11

Nonlinear Regression

8

No reading

Exam 3

13

No reading

Curse of Dimensionality

15

Chapter 11

ANOVA

20

No reading

Network Models

22

No reading

Thanksgiving Break

27

Chapter 11

Two-Way ANOVA

29

No reading

Decision Analysis

Dec. 4

No reading

Risk Analysis

6

No reading

Exam 4