Introduction to Statistics

MATH 58, Fall 2007

Jo Hardin

Millikan 226D

jo.hardin@pomona.edu

Office Hours: T 2:45-4:15p, W 3-4p, 9-11a

(note, I have office hours for my other courses: MW 1:30-3p)

Mentor: Julie Siloti

julie.siloti@pomona.edu

Andrew 257

Office Hours: Sun, Tues 7-9pm

Syllabus

Tentative Schedule

Homework Assignments : solutions to HW #11, solutions to HW #12

Exam 1 (Mon 10/29/07): Sample Exam for first half, for second half : solutions for exam 1

Exam 2 (Wed 12/05/07): Review topics; Sample Exam w/solutions; cheat sheet; solutions for exam 2

Final Exam (Tuesday 12/18/07, 9am): when to use what; cheat sheet; Chi-sq/p-value sample, sample solutions

Website with applets / activities / data

Handouts:

• R tutorial (R introduction session: Tuesday 9/11/07, 7:30p, Andrew 257)

-- An Introduction to R, Venables & Smith

-- R Language Definition, R Core Team

• R instructions for homework #4
• R instructions for homework #5

• Chapter 14 (Permutation Tests)
• R instructions for homework #7

• Traffic deaths
• Investigations 1.1, 1.2, 1.3
• Investigations 1.4, 1.5, 1.6
• Investigations 2.1.1, 2.1.2, 2.1.4, 2.1.5
• Investigation 2.2.1
• Investigation 3.1.1, 3.1.5
• Investigation 3.3.5
• Investigation 4.3.3 and info on HT and CI for proportions
• Inv 4.4.1, 4.4.3
• Inv 5.1.1
• Inv 5.3.2
• Inv 6.1.2
• Inv 6.2.2, 6.3.2, 6.3.3

• In class #1 (& solution)
• In class #2 (same as Inv 2.2.1)
• In class #3

Data

Homework #4 (the last 3 are also available on the CD in your book)

• USOpen04.txt (for E7)
• ph.txt (for 1.30)
• study.txt (for 1.35 & 1.52)
• trees.txt (for 1.60)
• cloudseeding.txt (this isn’t for the homework, but it might help if you’re trying to figure out the R document)

Homework #5

• basketballheight.txt (for E10 / 14.47)
• USOpen04.txt (for E9)

Sample Exam #1

• Cell Phone Study (#1 on exam from second half)

• cloudseeding.txt

• coaster.txt
• fan03.txt
• lifetimes.txt
• memoryletters.txt
• oldfaithful.txt
• parentage.txt
• rowers00.txt
• rowers04.txt
• sleepdeprivation.txt
• sleepdeprivation1.txt
• temps.txt
• USOpen04.txt
• hippocampus.txt
• shopping.txt
• aussiebirths.txt
• misc.txt
• earthquake.txt
• bodymeasurements.txt
• bodymeasurementheight.txt
• militiamen.txt
• agemom.txt
• NBApts99.txt
• shopping99.txt
• gettysburgpop.txt
• gettysburgsample.txt
• heroin.txt
• hypowaittimes.txt
• gotnormal.txt
• smokingstart.txt
• backpack.txt
• hondacivicused.txt
• nenanaicebreak.txt
• letrozole.txt
• nbasalaries0203.txt
• temps.txt
• shopping99cleaned.txt
• cloudseeding.txt
• transplants.txt
• backpack.txt
• hondaused.txt
• gymmembership.txt
• chocmelting.txt
• usopen04.txt
• housing.txt
• golfers.txt
• walmart.txt
• movies03.txt
• 2000pres.txt
• hypoHT.txt
• tvlife.txt
• heightfoot.xls
• surfer.txt