Statistics 103
  Probability and Statistical Inference

Lab assignments



Getting "JMP Started"

Click here for explanation of why we use computing in Statistics 103.

Computer Labs

Each week we will have a computer lab to explore further the principles of data analysis.  The links below go to each lab.

Advice for being efficient in labs:
 

The first time you use a generic data analysis tool (e.g., a histogram or regression), the lab instructions will include the relevant JMP commands for using that tool.  Subsequent labs will use data analysis tools from previous labs, but instructions will not be repeated.  I recommend that you maintain a list of JMP commands for each analysis, adding to it after each lab you complete.  That way, you have a handy reference sheet available, which will save you tremendous amounts of time when doing the labs and the final project.



Lab week
Topic Covered
Data Story
January 11
No lab

January 18
Introduction to JMP
CEO compensation
January 25
Study design and randomization
Agricultural census.
Survey of Youth in Custody
February 1
Univariate summaries, correlations
Movie revenues
February 8
Exploratory data analysis case study U.S. macroeconomic data
February 15
Exploratory data analysis case study
Lead exposure in children
February 22
Exploratory data analysis case study
Statistics of investments
March 1
Case study
Predicting real estate prices
March 8
No lab

March 22
Case study
Sesame Street analysis
March 29
Confidence intervals
Hypothesis tests
Caffeine and depression. 
Subliminal messages and learning mathematics.
April 5 Chi-squared tests

Are juries truly "of your peers?"
Does satisfaction with appearance change with age?
April 12
Simple regression Cross-sectional analysis of GNPs
April 19
Project presentations in labs