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* Homework: I also passed out, but did not yet assign [[Media:Stat202_2015S_HW3.pdf|Homework 3]], due September 7, 2016. | * Homework: I also passed out, but did not yet assign [[Media:Stat202_2015S_HW3.pdf|Homework 3]], due September 7, 2016. | ||
* Reading: Moore, McCabe, Craig, pp. 9-23 | * Reading: Moore, McCabe, Craig, pp. 9-23 | ||
| − | * Next class: | + | * Next class: We are going to continue our study of exploratory data analysis and graphing distributions with a laboratory exercise involving a diamonds data set. Then we will proceed to talk about summary statistics (mean, median, quartiles, percentiles, 5 number summary, standard deviation) and the box plot and modified box plot. |
Revision as of 20:51, 1 September 2016
August 29, 2016
- Today, we had an introductory discussion and greetings, then discussed our syllabus, and finally covered the first two chapter of The Data Professor's Guide to Basic Statistics.
- Reading: Please read about the optional extra credit opportunities in our syllabus.
- Reading: Please read the first few chapters of The Data Professor's Guide to Basic Statistics, which is linked here and also passed out during class.
- Next class: I plan to discuss the projects and cover chapters 3-7 of The Data Professor's Guide to Basic Statistics. (Chapters 6 and 7 will be passed out on Wednesday.)
August 31, 2016
- Today, we reviewed the first two chapters of The Data Professor's Guide to Basic Statistics, then continued with that document until Distributions.
- Homework: I passed out and we worked on Homework 1, due September 7, 2016.
- Reading: Moore, McCabe, Craig, pp. 1-8.
- Next class: We did not discuss projects today, and I meant to, so we will do that tomorrow. Then we will review Concepts of structured data. Kinds of variables, and Distributions of The Data Professor's Guide to Basic Statistics, do two more homeworks, then continue with Exploratory data analysis from the same document.
September 1, 2016
- Today we covered displaying distributions with pie charts, bar graphs, stemplots, and histograms. We also covered Exploratory data analysis from The Data Professor's Guide to Basic Statistics.
- Homework: We worked on Homework 2, due September 8, 2016.
- Homework: I also passed out, but did not yet assign Homework 3, due September 7, 2016.
- Reading: Moore, McCabe, Craig, pp. 9-23
- Next class: We are going to continue our study of exploratory data analysis and graphing distributions with a laboratory exercise involving a diamonds data set. Then we will proceed to talk about summary statistics (mean, median, quartiles, percentiles, 5 number summary, standard deviation) and the box plot and modified box plot.
