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Prerequisites: 3-qtr of Calculus (MATH 133 or 153 or 183 or 162)
Please read the web pages Choosing Your Intro-Stat Course for comparisons among them.
In particular, see http://www.stat.uchicago.edu/~yibi/IntroStat/courseComparison.html for the comparisons STAT 220 v.s 234 and STAT 234 v.s. STAT 244-245.
Consult Yibi (yibih@uchicago.edu) if you’re interested the Statistics major or minor
| Week | Date | Slides | Content | Textbook Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Math Review Exercises and Solutions | ||||
| 1 | M, 9/29 | L01_02.pdf | Syllabus; Probability, Sample Space, Events, Set Theory | 2.1 |
| 1 | W, 10/1 | L01_02.pdf | Probability Axioms and Rules; Counting Methods: Permutation, Combination | 2.2-2.3 |
| 1 | F, 10/3 | L03.pdf | Conditional Probability, General Multiplication Rule, Bayes Rule | 2.4 |
| 2 | M, 10/6 | L03.pdf | Bayes Rule, Independence | 2.4-2.5 |
| 2 | M, 10/6 | L04_05.pdf | Discrete Random Variables, Bernoulli, Binomial | 3.1, 3.2, 3.5 |
| 2 | W, 10/8 | L04_05.pdf | Bernoulli, Binomial, Geometric, Negative Binomial, Hypergeometric, Poisson Distributions | 3.5, 3.6, 3.7 |
| 2 | F, 10/10 | L04_05.pdf | Poisson Distributions | 3.6 |
| 2 | F, 10/10 | L06_07.pdf | Expected Values of Discrete Random Variables | 3.3-3.4 |
| 3 | M, 10/13 | L06_07.pdf | Expected Values and Variance of Discrete Random Variables (Skip Moment Generating Functions) | 3.3-3.4 |
| 3 | W, 10/15 | L08.pdf | Continuous Random Variables, PDF, CDF | 4.1 |
| 3 | F, 10/17 | L09_10.pdf | Uniform, Exponential, Gamma, Normal Distributions; Expected value, variance, and SD of Continuous Random Variables. | 4.2, 4.3, 4.4 |
| 4 | M, 10/20 | L09_10.pdf | PDF & CDF of \(Y=aX+b\); Normal Probability & Percentile Calculation | 4.3 |
| 4 | W, 10/22 | L11.pdf | Joint and Marginal Distributions; Independent Random Variables | 5.1 |
| 4 | F, 10/24 | L12.pdf | Expected Value of Functions of Two Random Variables, Covariance | 5.2 |
| 5 | M, 10/27 | L12.pdf | Covariance and Correlation | 5.2 |
| 5 | M, 10/27 | L13.pdf | Linear Combinations of Random Variables | 5.3 |
| 5 | W, 10/29 | L13.pdf | Variance of Linear Combinations of Random Variables | 5.3 |
| 5 | W, 10/29 | L14.pdf | Sum of Random Variables | 5.3 |
| 5 | F, 10/31 | L14.pdf | Sum of Indep Normal Random Variables | 5.3 |
| 5 | F, 10/31 | L15.pdf | Central Limit Theorem | 6.1-6.2 |
| 6 | M, 11/3 | – | Midterm Exam. No lecture | – |
| 6 | W, 11/5 | L15.pdf | Central Limit Theorem | 6.1-6.2 |
| 6 | W, 11/5 | L16.pdf | Random Sample = i.i.d Random Variables if the Sample is a tiny part of the Population, Histogram | 1.4, 1.1 |
| 6 | F, 11/7 | L16.pdf | Sample Variance | |
| 6 | F, 11/7 | L17.pdf | Overview of Confidence Intervals | 8.1 |
| 7 | M, 11/10 | L18.pdf | Confidence Intervals Based on t-Distributions; Confidence Interval for Proportion | 8.1-8.3 |
| 7 | W, 11/12 | L19.pdf | General Framework of Hypothesis Testing | 9.1, 9.4 |
| 7 | F, 11/14 | L20.pdf | Hypothesis Tests About a Population Proportion; One-Sided & Two-Sided Tests | 9.3 |
| 8 | M, 11/17 | L21.pdf | t-tests for a Population Mean; Two-Sample Tests of Means | 9.2, 10.1, 10.2 |
| 8 | W, 11/19 | L22.pdf | Two-Sample Tests of Means; Analysis of Paired Data | 10.1-10.2 |
| 8 | F, 11/21 | L22.pdf | Paired Data Part 2 | 10.3 |
| 8 | F, 11/21 | L23.pdf | Comparing Two Proportions | 10.4 |
| Thanksgiving Break. No Class (11/24-28) | ||||
| 9 | M, 12/1 | L24.pdf | Sample Covariance & Correlation | |
| 9 | M, 12/1 | L25_26.pdf | Simple Linear Regression Model & Least-Square Regression Line | 12.1-12.2 |
| 9 | W, 12/3 | L25_26.pdf | Properties of the Least Square Regression Line. Sampling Distributions of the LS Estimates for the Slope and the Intercept | 12.2-12.3 |
| 9 | F, 12/5 | L25_26.pdf | Hypothesis Tests & Confidence Intervals for the Slope & Intercept; Confidence Intervals and Prediction Intervals for a Prediction; Multiple \(R^2\) | 12.2-12.4 |
Last Update: 12/20/2025