Stat 301 – Statistics I

Welcome!

General Information

Winter 2010 Information

Meeting Times
Syllabus
Course Schedule (updated as course progresses)
Post to Course Email Discussion List
Data files and applets for text
Other data files
Lecture notes
Mini-projects

Previous project topics

Labs
HWs and solutions
Practice problem solutions available in Blackboard
Brief solutions to investigations available within Blackboard

Resources

Get to Blackboard through my.calpoly.edu
Errata for ISCAM
Computer Instructions

Downloading Minitab 15 (pdf)
see also this Minitab appendix in pdf format
Minitab hints
Frequently Asked Questions about Minitab
Getting R

Open Hours

Goals

Students will learn to apply and interpret a vareity of statistical techniques, including both descriptive and inferential methods, while focusing on many of the fundamential ideas of statistics, such as variability, distribution, association, causation, sampling, experimentation, confidence, and significance. The course will focus on analyzing and assessing statistical arguments, as found in the popular press as well as in scholarly publications. Students will use computer software to both analyze data and to explore statistical ideas and will learn to effectively communicate statistical ideas. Specific methods include Fisher's exact test, binomial tests, and large sample tests and intervals for both quantitative and categorical variables.

Materials Required

Investigating Statistical Concepts, Applications, and Methods, Chance and Rossman, Duxbury Press, First edition
Access to Minitab software (preferably version 15) or R or StatCrunch, Excel, internet
Additional Handouts (Available from Instructor)
Scientific Calculator
USB drive
Email Address
Large 3-ring binder

Prerequisite

Calc I

Meeting Times (Winter 2010)

M,T,W,R, 10:10-11:00, Building 2, Room 206 ("Statistics Studio")