STAT 20  Spring  08         Lecture and Test Schedule    Jim Pitman

Quizzes will be given in section.

Week 1.     W 1/23   Introduction and basics (Ch 1, 2)
            F 1/25   Histograms (Ch 3)
	    
Week 2.     M 1/28    Averages and medians (Ch 4)
            W 1/30    Averages and SDs (Ch 4)
            F 2/1    SDs: standard units, inequalities (Ch 5, **)

Week 3.     M 2/4   Normal curve (Ch 5)
	    W 2/6   Correlation (Ch 8, 9)                          (QUIZ 1: Ch 3, 4)
            F 2/8   Correlation and the regression estimate (Ch 9, 10, 12)

Week 4.     M 2/11   R.M.S. error of regression (Ch 11)
            W 2/13   Wrap up regression (Ch 10, 11, 12)
            F 2/15   Rules of probability (Ch 13, 14)

Week 5.     M 2/18    President's day holiday
	    W 2/20   Conditioning and Bayes' Rule (Ch 13, **)  (QUIZ 2: Ch 10-12)
	    F 2/22   Independence and the binomial formula (Ch 15)   

Week 6.     M 2/25   Wrap up probability (Ch 13, 14, 15)
	    W 2/27   Law of averages (Ch 16)
            F 2/29   Box models,  random variables, expected values (Ch 17, **)

Week 7.     M 3/3   Standard errors (Ch 17, **)
	    W 3/5   Standard errors and the normal curve (Ch 17) (QUIZ 3: Ch 13-16)
            F 3/7  Careful use of the normal curve (Ch 18)         
            
	    M 3/10  More on the Central Limit Theorem (Ch 18)
Week 8.     W 3/12  Wrap up random variables and CLT (Ch 17, 18,)
            F 3/14  Review
            
	    M 3/17  MIDTERM
Week 9.     W 3/19  Midterm results.  Sampling (Ch 19)
            F 3/21  Simple random samples (Ch 19); the sample percent (Ch 20)

	    SPRING BREAK March 24 - 28

            M 3/31  Accuracy and simple random samples (Ch 20)
Week 10.    W 4/2  Confidence intervals for percents (Ch 21)
            F 4/4   Confidence intervals for averages (Ch 23)

            M 4/7   Interpreting confidence intervals (Ch 21, 23)
Week 11.    W 4/9   Gauss model for measurement error (Ch 24)    (QUIZ 4:  Ch 20, 21, 23)
	    F 4/11   The language of hypothesis testing (Ch 26, **)   
	    
Week 12.    M 4/14  One-sample z-tests  (Ch 26)
            W 4/16  One-sample t-tests  (Ch 27)
	    F 4/18  The difference between two independent random quantities (Ch 27, **)

Week 13.    M 4/21  The two-sample z-test (Ch 27)
            W 4/23  Which test to use?  (Ch 26, 27)
	    F 4/25  The chi-squared test for goodness of fit  (Ch 28)
            
Week 14.    M 4/28  Interpretation and caveats (Ch 29)                
            W 4/30  Further Material 		(Quiz 5:  Ch 26, 27)
            F 5/2   Further Material

Week 15.    M 5/5   Further Material
            W 5/7   Review
            F 5/9   Review

Week 16.    M 5/12   Review

FINAL:      SATURDAY, MAY 17, 12:30-3:30 PM. Room to be announced.