Statistics 131A, Spring 2012       LECTURE SCHEDULE        Shobhana Murali Stoyanov  

1. Week 1 (1/17, 1/19):

   Introduction, 1.1, 1.2

   • Jon Carroll's take on statistics.
   • Another San Francisco Chronicle columnist, Adair Lara, on "Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics".
   • Here is a fascinating TED talk given by Hans Rosling on the "so-called developing world", with a fantastic visual display of statistics.
   • A very interesting website STATS that takes a look at statistics in the news.


2. Week 2 (1/24, 1/26):

   1.2 (continued), 1.3, 2.1, 2.2

   
   
3. Week 3 (1/31, 2/2):

   2.3, 2.4, 2.5

   • Here is an interesting paper on how not to display data.
   • Extra notes, in which the survival rate example is discussed.
   
   
4. Week 4 (2/7, 2/9):

   2.6, 3.1

   • Here is a link to the NY times magazine article "Are your friends making you fat?"
   • And here is the follow up article that talks about Professor Lyons' objections to the paper by Christakis and Fowler.
   • You can browse the data available at the Fedstats page to your heart's content.
   • Or you could go over to the General Social Survey and look up data on whatever topic takes your fancy.
   • For not such raw data, but lots of fascinating survey results, look at the Gallup home page.
   • There is also CDC.
   • Here is an article about the low-sodium version of the DASH study.
   • A fascinating article from today's paper about the education gap between the rich and the poor.
   
   
5. Week 5 (2/14, 2/16):

   3.2, 3.3

   • Here is an interesting column from the WSJ about how we wrongly estimate numbers relevant to political issues.
   • A discussion of the Hite report.
   
   
6. Week 6 (2/21, 2/23):

   4.1, 4.2, Midterm 1 on Thursday

   
   
7. Week 7 (2/28, 3/1):

   4.3, 4.4, 4.5

   
   
8. Week 8 (3/6, 3/8):

   5.1, 5.2

   
   
9. Week 9 (3/13, 3/15):

   6.1, 6.2

   
   
10. Week 10 (3/20, 3/22):

    6.3, 6.4, 7.1

    
    
11. Week 11 (3/27, 3/29):

    Enjoy Spring break!

    
    
12. Week 12 (4/3, 4/5):

    7.2, Midterm 2 on Thursday

    
    
13. Week 13 (4/10, 4/12):

    8.1, 8.2

    
    
14. Week 14 (4/17, 4/19):

    9.1, 9.2, 9.3

    
    
15. Week 15 (4/24, 4/26):

    10.1, 10.2, 12.1

    
    
16. Week 16 (5/1, 5/3):

    RRR WEEK! Review on Tuesday, no class Thursday.

    
    
17. Week 17 :

    FINAL EXAM: Monday 5/7, 11:30-2:30P, room TBA