STA 110A
Statistics and Data Analysis for the Social Sciences

Duke University
Spring 1999
TTh 9:10-10:25
Griffiths Film Theater

Instructor:
Dave Higdon
Office: 216 Old Chemistry
Phone: 681-8443
Email: higdon@stat.duke.edu

Homework Assignments Any exercise in the text is fair game. The best plan is to do all of the exercises. The exercises I have marked here are review exercises which I particularly like.

Quiz Date
Review Exercises
Jan 21 2.1 2.3 2.5 2.6 2.10 2.12
Jan 28 3.2 3.3 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.9 3.12 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.6 4.7 4.12 5.1 5.3 5.6 5.7 5.8 5.11
Feb 4 6.1 6.3 6.4 6.5 S6.1 S6.3 S6.4 S6.8 S6.9 S6.12 S6.13 S6.14 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.8 8.10 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.7 9.8 9.10 9.11 9.12
Feb 11 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 10.7 10.8 10.10 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 11.6 11.12 12.2 12.3 12.5 12.6 12.8
Feb 18 13.2 13.3 13.4 13.5 13.6 13.7 13.8 13.10 13.12 14.1 14.3 14.4 14.5 14.7 14.9 14.11 14.13 15.2 15.3 15.5 15.8 15.9 15.10 S15.3 S15.4 S15.6 S15.9 S15.12 S15.15 S15.16 S15.20
Feb 25 No quiz
Mar 4 16.1 16.2 16.3 16.4 16.7 16.8 16.9 16.12 17.1 17.3 17.4 17.6 17.8 17.9 17.10 17.11 18.1 18.2 18.4 18.5 18.6 18.8 18.9 18.10 18.12 Midterm Ch 1-18 - no quiz
Mar 11 19.1 19.4 19.5 19.6 19.7 19.10 19.12
Mar 18 Spring Break - find radius of earth
Mar 25 20.1 20.3 20.5 20.6 20.7 20.9 20.11 21.1 21.2 21.4 21.8 21.10 21.11 21.12 21.13
Apr 1 23.1 23.3 23.4 23.5 23.7 23.8 23.11 23.12 24.1 24.3 24.4 24.5 24.9 24.11
Apr 8 25.2 25.3 25.5 26.1 26.2 26.4 26.8 26.12
Apr 15 27.2 27.3 27.5 27.10 28.1 28.2 28.3 28.4 28.5 28.6 28.9
Apr 22 Ch 29 and Supplemental stuff
Apr 27 last day of class (no quiz)

Important Dates:


Grading:: The final grade in the course will weigh the following components: