| Date |
Topics |
Readings |
Notes |
| Tuesday, Sep 3 |
Course introduction; Administrivia; Probability Review |
Rice Chapters 1 through 4 (recommended); Probability review notes from Prof. Moulinath Bannerjee (recommended) |
HW1 out |
| Thursday, Sep 5 |
Probability review (cont'd) |
Rice Chapters 1 through 4 (recommended) |
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| Tuesday, Sep 10 |
Probability review (cont'd) |
Rice Chapters 5 (recommended) and 6 (required) |
HW2 out |
| Thursday, Sep 12 |
Probability review (cont'd) |
Rice Chapter 5 (recommended) and 6 (required) |
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| Tuesday, Sep 17 |
Probability review (cont'd) |
Rice Chapter 5 (recommended) and 6 (required) |
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| Thursday, Sep 19 |
Distributions derived from the normal |
Rice Chapter 6 (required) |
HW3 out |
| Tuesday, Sep 24 |
Sampling |
Rice Chapter 7, sections 7.1 through 7.3 (required) |
HW4 out |
| Thursday, Sep 26 |
Sampling (cont'd) |
Rice Chapter 7, sections 7.1 through 7.3 (required) |
No instructor office hours Wednesday due to travel. |
| Tuesday, Oct 1 |
Estimation |
Rice Chapter 8, sections 8.1 through 8.5 (required) |
HW5 out |
| Thursday, Oct 3 |
Estimation (cont'd) |
Rice Chapter 8, sections 8.1 through 8.5 (required) |
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| Tuesday, Oct 8 |
Estimation (cont'd) |
Rice Chapter 8, section 8.1 through 8.5 (required) |
HW6 out |
| Thursday, Oct 10 |
Estimation (cont'd) |
Rice Chapter 8, section 8.7 and 8.8 (required) |
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| Tuesday, Oct 15 |
No lecture: fall study break |
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HW7 out; Review session, 5:30pm to 7pm, 411 WH.
Instructor office hours as scheduled.
No GSI office hours Monday, October 14.
Tuesday GSI office hours as scheduled. |
| Thursday, Oct 17 |
Exam 1 |
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Review guide |
| Tuesday, Oct 22 |
Estimation (cont'd) |
Rice Chapter 8, sections 8.7 and 8.8 (required) |
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| Thursday, Oct 24 |
Estimation (cont'd) |
Rice Chapter 8, section 8.6 (required) |
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| Tuesday, Oct 29 |
Hypothesis testing |
Rice Chapter 9, sections 9.1 through 9.4 (required) |
HW8 out |
| Thursday, Oct 31 |
Hypothesis testing (cont'd) |
Rice Chapter 9, sections 9.1 through 9.4 (required) |
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| Tuesday, Nov 5 |
Hypothesis testing (cont'd) |
Rice Chapter 11, sections 11.1 and 11.2 (required) |
HW9 out |
| Thursday, Nov 7 |
Hypothesis testing (cont'd) |
Rice Chapter 11, sections 11.3 and 11.4 (required) |
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| Tuesday, Nov 12 |
ANOVA: one-way layout |
Rice Chapter 12, sections 12.1 and 12.2 (required) |
HW10 out |
| Thursday, Nov 14 |
ANOVA: one-way layout |
Rice Chapter 12, sections 12.1 and 12.2 (required) |
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| Tuesday, Nov 19 |
ANOVA: two-way layout |
Rice Chapter 12, section 12.3 (required) |
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| Thursday, Nov 21 |
Exam 2 |
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HW11 out; Review guide |
| Tuesday, Nov 26 |
p-values and the replication crisis |
D. Colquhoun. The Problem with p-values Aeon Magazine (recommended); J. P. A. Ionnidis (2005) Why Most Published Research Findings Are False (recommended); R. L. Wasserstein and N. A. Lazar (2016) The ASA Statement on Statistical Significance and p-Values (recommended); J. Bohannon. I Fooled Millions into Thinking Chocolate Helps Weight Loss. Here's How. io9 (recommended) |
This lecture is intended as an introduction to an important issue in modern statistics. You will not be responsible for material presented in this lecture or its readings. |
| Thursday, Nov 28 |
No lecture: Thanksgiving break |
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| Tuesday, Dec 3 |
Regression |
Rice Chapter 14, sections 14.1 and 14.2 |
HW12 out |
| Thursday, Dec 5 |
Regression (cont'd) |
Rice Chapter 14, sections 14.1 and 14.2 |
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| Tuesday, Dec 10 |
Regression (cont'd) |
Rice Chapter 14, section 14.3 |
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