week of

day

topic / activity

lab due

quiz over

2-Sep

Mon

1.1: Introduction

(week 1)

Wed

Lab #1: Getting Started with SPSS

Thu

1.2: Numerical measures of center and spread

Fri

Lab #2: Analyzing a Quantitative Variable

Data File:  Presidents_data.sav

lab 1

9-Sep

Mon

1.2: Numerical measures of center and spread

(week 2)

Wed

Lab #3: Analyzing Categorical Variables

lab 2

Thu

1.2: Numerical measures of center and spread

1.1  #1, 3, 11, 13, 15, 19, 21, 22 (see graph), 24 (see graph), 31;

1.2   #43ab (see graph), 44ab (see graph), 45, 50, 51, 54, 59 (use calculator stat functions!), 65, 67, 69

Fri

1.3: Normal distributions

1.1 & 1.2

16-Sep

Mon

1.3: Normal distributions

(week 3)

Wed

Lab #4: Importing Data; Review of Graphs, and Normal Quantile Plots

Data File:  fast food data (lab 4)

lab 3

Thu

Binomial distributions (see handout)

 quiz 2 study:

Fri

1.3  #81, 82, 83, 87, 93, 97, 99, 101, 109, 111

1.3

Fri

Binomial distributions

23-Sep

Mon

Binomial distributions

(week 4)

Wed

Finish Lab #4

Thu

2.1: Scatterplots

Fri

Lab #5: Binomial and Normal Distributions

lab 4

p.351 #1, 2, 3, 5, 13, 19, 23, 25ab, plus

examples from binomial handout (skip the continuity correction)

30-Sep

Mon

2.2: Correlation

binomial

(week 5)

Wed

Lab #6: Scatterplots and Correlation

lab 5

Thu

2.3:  Regression (study for exam 1:  #42, 43, 45, 47, 58)

 quiz 4 study:

 Fri

2.1 #1, 2, 3, 5, 11 (see graph), 14 (see graph), 15 (see graph), 17 (see graph),  

2.2 #27 (see table / graph), 29, 32, 33 (see graph), 35, 38

Fri

quiz / catch-up / start chapter 3

2.1, 2.2

7-Oct

Mon

Review day

lab 6

(week 6)

Wed

Exam #1, thru 2.3

Thu

3.2:  Design of Experiments

Fri

3.3: Sampling design

14-Oct

Mon

No class – Fall Break

(week 7)

Wed

3.4: Toward statistical inference

Thu

4.1: Randomness, 4.2: Probability models

Fri

4.3: Random variables

chap 3

21-Oct

Mon

4.4: Means and variances of random variables

(week 8)

Wed

4.4: Means and variances of random variables

Thu

5.1: Sampling distributions for counts and proportions

Fri

5.1: Sampling distributions for counts and proportions

chap 4

28-Oct

Mon

5.2: Sampling distribution for sample mean

(week 9)

Wed

Lab #8: Statistical Applets & Sampling Distributions

Thu

6.1: Estimating with confidence

Fri

6.1: Estimating with confidence

5.1