STAT20000 Autumn 2014

STAT200 Autumn 2014
Elementary Statistics

Last Update: 09/25/2014

Attention: The Official Course Website for STAT20000 is on Chalk (login required). The information below may not be accurate or up to date.


People

SessionRoleNameOfficeE-mail
BothInstructorYibi HuangEckhart 120 Ayibih@uchicago.edu
01CA Xiang Zhu- xiangzhu@uchicago.edu
02CAMaciej GrabarekRyerson N375mgrabarek@uchicago.edu
02CAUlises PereiraRyerson N375ulises@uchicago.edu

Class Time, Office Hours

TypeSessionTimeRoomPerson
Class Time01MWF 9:30-10:20amRyerson 251Yibi Huang
Class Time02MWF 12:30-1:20pmEckhart 133Yibi Huang
Office Houropen
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Wednesday (5-6 pm or 6-7pm, TBD)Eckhart 133CA
Office HourThursday 4-5pmEckhart 120AYibi Huang
Office HourThursday 5-6pmEckhart 131CA

Textbook (Required)

Complete Syllabus: Posted on Chalk

Primary Course Website

Course Schedule: (draft version, subject to change)

Week Date Topics Chapter HW due
1 MSept. 29 Controlled Experiments 1
WOct. 1 Observational Studies 2
FOct. 3 Histograms 3
2 M Oct. 6 Average and Standard Deviation (SD) 4
WOct. 8 Normal Approximation 5
FOct. 10 Finishing Normal Approximation, Scatter plots, Correlations 5, 8 HW1 due
3 M Oct. 13 Scatter plots, Correlations, More on Correlations 8-9
WOct. 15 More on Correlations. Quiz 1 (10 mins, Coverage: Chapter 5) 9
FOct. 17 The Regression Method 10 HW2 due
4 M Oct. 20 Regression Line, Root-Mean-Square Error 10-11
WOct. 22 More on Regression 11-12
FOct. 24 Midterm I, In Class, Coverage: Chapter 1-6, 8-9 - HW3 due
5 MOct. 27 What Are the Chances? Probability Rules 13
WOct. 29 More About Chances 14
FOct. 31 Binomial Formula 15 HW4 due
6 M Nov. 3 The Law of Averages 16
WNov. 5 The Expected Value and Standard Error 17
FNov. 7 The Normal Approximation for Probability Histograms 17-18 HW5 due
7 M Nov. 10 Finishing Chapter 18. Quiz 2 (20 mins, Coverage: Ch 10-12, box model) 18
WNov. 12 Sample Surveys 19
FNov. 14 Midterm II, in class, Coverage: Chapter 10-18 - HW6 due
8 MNov. 17 Chance Error in Sampling 20
WNov. 19 The Accuracy of Percentages 21
FNov. 21 The Accuracy of Averages 23 HW7 due
9 MNov. 24 Tests of Significance 26
WNov. 26 Two-Sample Comparisons 27
FNov. 28 Thanksgiving Holiday, No Class
10 MDec. 1 The Chi-Square Tests 28 HW8 due
WDec. 3 Summary and Review. Quiz 3 (Coverage: TBA)
FDec. 5 Reading Period, No Class
11 MDec. 8 Section 01 (9:30) Final Exam, 10:30-12:30pm (may change)
WDec. 10 Section 02 (11:30) Final Exam, 10:30-12:30pm (may change)