STA 110A
Schedule of Lectures

Fall Term, 1999
Michael Lavine

I plan to use Mondays and Fridays to cover material from Freedman, Pisani and Purves (FPP). On Wednesdays we will have a quiz and do some computing. This schedule is subject to change.

Day Date Coverage Suggested Problems
M08/30FPP Ch. 1 pg. 21: 2, 4, 5, 9, 10. pg. 25: 5, 6
W09/01FPP Ch. 2 pg. 21: 6, 7. pg. 25: 4, 7, 9, 10, 11
F09/03FPP Ch. 3 pg. 50: 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 12
M09/06FPP Ch. 4 pg. 61: 7, 8; pg. 65: 5; pg. 67: 4, 6; pg. 71: 8; pg. 73: 8
W09/08Computing Cancelled
F09/10FPP Ch. 5 pg. 82: 1; pg. 84: 1,3; pg. 88: 3; pg. 93: 3, 5, 11
M09/13FPP Ch. 6 pg. 104: 4, 5; pg. 105: 1, 6, 9, 10, 15
W09/15Computing New Jersey PickIt Lottery
F09/17FPP Ch. 8 pg. 128: 1, 2, 6; pg. 131: 2, 4; pg. 134: 1, 5, 11
M09/20FPP Ch. 9 pg. 143: 1-7; pg. 148: 1; pg. 149: 1; pg. 152: 3; pg. 155: 9
W09/22Computing, Quiz 1 Table Tennis data
F09/24FPP Ch. 10 pg. 163: 1; pg. 167: 3; pg. 174: 1; pg. 176: 2, 3, 4, 5
M09/27FPP Ch. 11 pg. 193: 1-3; pg. 198: 1, 2, 5, 9
W09/29Computing, Quiz 2 No computing
F10/01FPP Ch. 12 pg. 207: 2; pg. 210: 1, 2; pg. 213: 4, 5, 7, 8
M10/04FPP Ch. 13 pg. 225: 1-5; pg. 227: 1-4; pg. 229: 1-3, 7; pg. 232: 2, 6; pg. 234: 2, 5, 7, 9, 10
W10/06Quiz 3 Mauna Loa
F10/08FPP Ch. 14 pg. 240: 2, 3; pg. 242: 1, 3, 5; pg. 245: 1-5; pg. 250: 6; pg. 252: 5, 6, 13, 14
W10/13Quiz 4 How this class is graded
F10/15FPP Ch. 15 pg. 258: 3-6; pg. 261: 1-11; pg. 263: 2, 3, 5, 9, 12, 15, 17, 19, 20
M10/18FPP Ch. 16 pg. 277: 4-6; pg. 280: 2-4; pg. 284: 2, 3; pg. 285: 1, 2, 4, 7, 10
W10/20Quiz 5 Slater School
F10/22FPP Ch. 17 pg. 290: 1, 4-6; pg. 293: 1, 2, 3, 5; pg. 296: 2, 8; pg. 299: 4; pg. 303: 1, 2, 6, 8
M10/25FPP Ch. 18 pg. 312: 3, 5; pg. 318: 5, 6; pg. 324: 5, 6; pg. 327: 2, 5-10
W10/27Quiz 6 Stephen J. Gould on the 400 hitter
F10/29FPP Ch. 19 pg. 349: 3, 6, 8, 11, 12; pg. 351: 4, 5, 10, 11
M11/01FPP Ch. 20 pg. 370: 1-3; pg. 371: 3, 4, 6, 12
W11/03Quiz 7Election polls
F11/05FPP Ch. 21 pg. 379: 2, 4-6; pg. 383: 2-4; pg. 386: 1, 5-8; pg. 390: 1, 2
M11/08FPP Ch. 22pg. 405: 1-12
W11/10Quiz 8Confidence Intervals
F11/12FPP Ch. 23 pg. 413: 5, 6, 9, 10; pg. 420: 1-5; pg. 423: 2-5; pg. 425: 3-5, 8, 9
M11/15FPP Ch. 24 pg. 444: 1-5; pg. 449: 1; pg. 452: 1-3, 7, 8; pg. 455: 1, 3-6, 10
W11/17Quiz 9 confidence intervals, statistics philosophy
F11/19FPP Ch. 25Review FPP
M11/22Quiz 10 Course evaluations
W11/24FPP supplement, Ch. 1
M11/29FPP supplement, 2.1-2.3
W12/01Quiz 11 multiple comparisons
F12/03FPP supplement, 2.4-2.5
M12/06FPP supplement, Ch. 3
W12/08Review or Extras


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Last updated Nov. 22, 1999 by Michael Lavine