Below is a preliminary schedule for STA103. Please note that this may be revised considerably as the term progresses; make sure to click on your browser's equivalent of "Reload" to make sure you have the latest version. This version was updated on 20SEP.
| Week | Date(s) | Topics | Relevant text | Notes, slides | Suggested problems |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31AUG | Intro to statistics | 1.1-1.6 | Lec 1 slides, Lec 2 slides (PDF files) | Homework 1 | |
| 05SEP, 07SEP | Laws of probability, conditional probability, Bayes' theorem | 2.1-2.4, 2.5, 2.7-2.11 | N/A | Homework 2 | |
| 12SEP, 14SEP | Probability continued, binomial distribution, expected value (discrete RVs), expected values of function of RVs | 3.1-3.4 | N/A | Homework 3 | |
| 19SEP, 21SEP | Continuous RVs, c.d.f.s, uniform and normal distributions, intro to beta and gamma distributions | 4.1-4.5, 4.8 (4.6-4.7 for reference) | (PDF format) | Homework 4 | |
| 26SEP, 28SEP | Bivariate prob. dist, marginal and conditional prob. dist., covariance | 5.1-5.5, 5.7, 5.8 | (PDF format) | Homework 5 | |
| 05OCT | Sampling distributions, central limit thm. | 2.12, 7.2-7.3, 7.5 | (PDF format) | Homework 6 | |
| 10OCT, 12OCT | Normal approx. to the binomial., bias issues | 7.5, 8.1-8.4 | Normal approx. to the binomial (PDF format) | Homework 7 | |
| 19OCT | Bias issues continued | 8.1-8.4 | Bias issues (PDF format) | ||
| 24OCT, 26OCT | Conf. intervals, hypothesis testing | 8.5-8.6, 8.8, 10.1-10.8 | Confidence intervals (PDF format) | Homework 8 | |
| 31OCT | Hypothesis testing, type I & II errors | 10.1-10.8 | Hypothesis testing (PDF format) | Homework 9 | |
| 07NOV, 09NOV | Type II errors, maximum likelihood estimation | 9.7-9.8, 10.4 | Maximum likelihood estimation (PDF format) | Homework 10 | |
| 14NOV, 16NOV | Large sample properties of MLEs, linear regression | 9.8, 11.1-11.5 | Simple linear regression (intro) (PDF format) | ||
| 21NOV | Linear regression continued | 11.6-11.9 | More about simple linear regression (PDF format) | Homework 11 | |
| 28NOV, 30NOV | Introduction to multiple regression | 11.10-11.15 | Multiple regression (PDF format - was added to on 04DEC) | ||
| 05DEC, 07DEC | Small amount of extra multiple regression material, course evaluations, review | Homework 12 |
| First STA103 class | 29AUG |
| First midterm exam | 03OCT |
| Fall break | 14OCT-17OCT |
| Second midterm exam | 02NOV |
| Thanksgiving holiday | afternoon of 22NOV-26NOV |
| Last STA103 class | 07DEC |
| Final exam | 2:00PM-5:00PM on 15DEC |