STAT 280: Elementary Applied Statistics

Announcements

1) Course evaluations will be done Wednesday 4/21 at 1:30.

Tests:
Test 1 (covers chapters 1-3) Wednesday 2/18 1:00 - 1:50 in HZ 212
Test 2 (covers chapters 4-8) Friday 4/9 1:00 - 1:50 in HZ 212

Final Project

Due:	Last day of finals
	Thursday 4/29 for graduating seniors
	Wednesday 5/5 for non-graduating students

Within this project you must demonstrate five different aspects of a statistical study. The project should be 5-10 pages in length. You may use either an observational study or a designed experiment. I must approve your topic of research before you begin.

Approval deadline: Fri 4/9

1. Pose a question that you can answer with data (which must be approved by me).

2. Explain how you will select the data or design the experiment to gather the data. Provide your rationale for the choices.

3. Include your data (in an appendix) and provide an appropriate graphical display. The descriptive methods you use should relate to the research question you have chosen to answer.

4. Perform some statistical inference on your data and provide reasoning for your choice of methods. You should summarize your findings, relating them to your research question.

5. Summarize what you have done in layman's terms, so that a person without any statistical knowledge would understand your findings and how you obtained them.

Homework Assignments

Homework 1: due 1/23

Section 1.1: 3, 8, 12, 16, 18, 23, 34, 40
Section 1.2: 41, 46, 50, 62, 66, 70, 76

Homework 2: due 1/30 2/2

Section 1.3: 78, 80, 81, 85, 87, 92, 98, 106, 108, 109
Section 2.1: 1, 3, 6, 9, 15

Homework 3: due 2/6

Section 2.2: 19, 21, 24, 25, 30
Section 2.3: 45, 47, 50, 54, 56
Section 2.4: 58, 60, 64, 71, 72, 74

Homework 4: due 2/13

Section 2.5: 80, 84, 87
Section 2.6: 90, 93*, 98, 103*, 110*
Section 3.1: 4, 7
Section 3.2: 10, 12, 28*, 32, 34*

Homework 5: due 2/23

Section 3.3: 36, 40, 53*
Section 3.4: 58, 62, 64, 66, 72

Homework 6: due 3/12

Section 4.1: 8
Section 4.2: 10, 14, 18, 30, 38
Section 4.3: 40, 42*, 44, 46, 52*, 56

Homework 7: due 3/19

Section 4.4: 60, 64, 74, 83, 84
Section 4.5: 86, 88*, 94, 102*, 110

Homework 8: due MONDAY 3/29

Section 5.1: 2*, 4, 6, 8, 14*, 18
Section 5.2: 30, 32, 40, 46
Section 6.1: 6, 8, 16, 22*

Homework #9: due 4/2

Section 6.2: 32*, 36, 46*, 48, 54
Section 6.3: 72, 74*, 78
Section 6.4: 82, 90

Homework #10: due MONDAY 4/12

Section 7.1: 2, 4*, 12, 16*, 28, 36*, 42
Section 7.2: 60, 64*, 68
Section 8.1: 8*, 16, 20
Section 8.2: 42, 50

* Problems denoted with an asterisk are suggested problems to work on your own and will not be graded.

Laboratory Assignments

Lab section roster
Lab Downloads

Lab 1:
Assigned Sun 1/18 Due Sun 1/25
Assigned Tue 1/20 Due Tue 1/27
Assigned Thu 1/22 Due Thu 1/29

Lab 2:
Assigned Sun 1/25 Due Sun 2/8
Assigned Tue 1/27 Due Tue 2/3
Assigned Thu 1/29 Due Thu 2/5

Lab 3:
Assigned Tue 2/3 Due Tue 2/10
Assigned Thu 2/5 Due Thu 2/12
Assigned Sun 2/8 Due Sun 2/15

Lab 4:
Assigned Sun 2/15 Due Sun 2/22
Assigned Tue 2/17 Due Tue 2/24
Assigned Thu 2/19 Due Thu 2/26

Lab 5:
Assigned Sun 2/22 Due Sun 3/14
Assigned Tue 2/24 Due Tue 3/16
Assigned Thu 2/26 Due Thu 3/18

Lab 6:
Assigned Sun 3/14 Due Sun 3/21
Assigned Tue 3/16 Due Tue 3/23
Assigned Thu 3/18 Due Thu 3/25

Lab 7:
Assigned Sun 3/21 Due Sun 3/28
Assigned Tue 3/23 Due Tue 3/30
Assigned Thu 3/25 Due Thu 4/01

Lab 8:
Assigned Sun 3/28 Due Sun 4/4
Assigned Tue 3/30 Due Tue 4/6
Assigned Thu 4/1 Due Thu 4/8

Lecture Notes

Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8

Other Resources

Textbook Materials
Rice Statistics Department