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Selected Lecture Notes

Spring 2009


Material for Exam 1

Jan 13

Section 0: Introduction

Course Information and Introductory notes

Chapter 1

Examining distributions

Jan 15 and 20

Section 1.1: Displaying distributions with graphs

Notes and graphs for 1.1

Jan 20 and 22

Section 1.2: Describing distributions with numbers

Notes and graphs for 1.2
Mean/Median/s Worksheet (with answers)

Jan 27 and Jan 29

Section 1.3: The Normal Distribution

Examples and graphs for 1.3
Normal Distribution Worksheet
Standard Normal Table

Feb 5

Section 2.1: Examining relationships: Scatterplots

Examples and graphs for 2.1

Feb 10

Section 2.2: Measuring the strength of linear relationships: Correlation

Examples and graphs for 2.2
Correlation Worksheet

Feb 10 and Feb 12

Section 2.3: Least Squares Regression

Examples and graphs for 2.3
Data set on Radio adds and Sales
Regression worksheet
Data set on Temperature and soft drinks sales

Feb 17

Section 2.4: Cautions about Correlation and Regression

Examples and graphs for 2.4

Material for Exam 2

Feb 24

Section 3.3: Towards Statistical Inference

Examples and discussion for 3.3

Feb 26

Sampling Distributions

Worksheet for class activity

Mar 3

Section 4.4: Sampling Distributions and the Central Limit Theorem (CLT)

Examples and discussion for 4.4

Sampling Distribution Worksheet

Mar 10, 12 and 24

Section 6.1: Confidence Intervals

Examples and discussion for 6.1

Practice problems for confidence intervals

Worksheet/activity for confidence intervals

Additional practice problems for confidence intervals

Mar 26, 31

Section 6.2: Tests of Significance

Examples and discussion for 6.2

How to find p-values

Apr 7

Section 6.2: Statistical vs. practical importance

Handout

Material before the Final Exam

April 14

Section 7.1: Inference for population means with unknown standard deviation

Examples and discussion for 7.1

Handout and examples
Worksheet

April 21

Section 8.1: Inference for population proportions

Examples and discussion for 8.1
Handout for hypothesis testing for one proportion
Worksheet for CIs and sample size calculations

April 23, 28

Section 10.1: Inference for simple linear regression

Examples and discussion for 10.1


Worksheet for regression inference