Stat 217 - Lectures Notes

Most of these files are Powerpoint slides or pdf files.  Remember if you print slides to choose "Pure black and white" and "Handouts (6 slides per page)."  

Find the Readings under the Readings folder (under Resources) in Moodle. You can also find the optional self-tests, self-check examples, and what went wrong examples in Moodle.

Monday - Classroom

Tuesday – Library

Wednesday – Classroom

Thursday - Library
Day 1: Introductions
To Do:
  • Read Chapter 0
  • Week 1 Self-tests (opt)
  • Week 1 self-check video (opt)
 Day 2: Probability
 Day 3: Variables and Variability

To Do:
  • Finish Lab 0
 Day 4: Describing Data
 To Do:
  • Finish Reading Chapter 0
  • Week 1 What Went Wrong (first)
Day 5: Logic of Statistical Inference
To Do:
  • Start reading Chapter 1
  • Week 2 Self-tests (opt)
  • Week 2 Self-check video (opt)
Day 6: Logic of Inference
  • Due: Investigation 1
  • Due: Lab 1 prelab
  • Lab 1
Day 7: Tests of Significance
To Do:
  • Continue reading Chapter 1
  • Finish Lab 1
Day 8: Test of Significance cont.
To Do:
  • Finish Reading Chapter 1
Day 9: Standardization, Two-sided
To Do:
  • Start reading Chapter 2
  • Lab 2 prelab
  • Week 3 Self-tests, self-check video, What went wrong, etc
Day 10: Confidence Intervals
  • Due: Investigation 2
  • Due: Lab 2 prelab
  • Lab 2
To Do:
  • Finish reading Chapter 2
Day 11: Normal approximations
To Do:
  • Skim Chapter 3
  • Finish Lab 2
    • Application is just about BMI category 
  • Week 4 self-tests etc.
  • Movie clip under Assignments
Day 12: Sampling from Population

To Do:
  • Skim Chapter 4
Day 13: More sampling issues

To Do:
  • Lab 3 prelab
  • Begin exam review
Day 14: Lab 3
  • Due: Investigation 3 
  • Due: Lab 3 prelab
  • Lab 3 (due Tuesday 4/24)

To Do:
  • Bring review questions to class
Day 15: Review (Days 1-13)
Exam 1


To Do:
  • Read Chapter 5, Section 6.1
  • Finish Lab 3
Day 16: Comparing two groups
To Do:
  • Read Section 6.2
  • Review Exam 1 solutions in Moodle

Day 17: Normal approximation
To Do:
  • Review Ch. 0, Section 2
Day 18: Quantitative data
To Do:

Day 19: Lab 4
  • Due: Investigation 4
  • Due: Lab 4 prelab
  • Lab 4
Day 20: One sample t-procedures
To Do:
  • Finish Lab 4
  • Lab 5 Pre-lab
  • Read Chapter 8
Day 21: Paired data
To Do:
  • Finish Reading Ch. 8
Day 22: One sample procedures


To Do:
  • Finish Lab 5
  • Week 5/6 self-tests, what went wrong, self-check etc.
Day 23: t - intervals


To Do:
  • Finish Investigation
  • Start Reading Ch. 7
Day 24: Comparing two means
To Do:
  • Finish Investigation 5
  • Lab 6 Pre-lab
  • Continue reading Chapter 7
Day 25: Two-sample procedures
To Do:  
  • Week 7 self-tests etc.
Day 26: Comparing More than 2 Groups
To Do:
  • Finish Lab 6
Day 27: ANOVA
To Do:
    • Finish Reading Chapter 10
Day 28: Multiple Comparisons
To Do:
  • Begin review
  • Finish Lab 7
Day 29: Choice of Procedures
Day 30: Review 
Exam 2

To Do:
  • Submit Investigation 6
Day 31: Two quantitative variables
To Do:
  • Read Chapter 11
  • Lab 8 Pre-lab
Day 32: Regression
Day 33: More Regression
To Do:
  • Finish Chapter 11
  • Finish Lab 8
  • Week 9 self-tests etc.
Day 34: Influential Observations, Multiple Regression
To Do:
  • Optional Make-up Lab  due next Friday
No classes

To Do:
  • Read Chapter 9
Day 35: Two categorical variables
Day 36: Chi-square tests

To Do:
  • Finish Chapter 9
  • Finish Lab 9
  • Week 10 self-tests etc.
Day 37: Review
To Do: