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Calendar

Lec # Topics KEY DATES
1 Introduction to Statistics  
2 Describing Data

Graphs, Central Tendency, and Spread
 
3 Probability, I  
4 Probability, I (cont.)

Probability, II
Homework 1 due
5 Random Variables Homework 2 due
6 Sampling Theory  
7 Confidence Intervals Homework 3 due
8 Single-sample Hypothesis Testing, I  
9 Single-sample Hypothesis Testing, II Homework 4 due
10 Two-sample Hypothesis Testing, I  
  Midterm Exam  
11 Two Sample t-Test  
12 Two-sample Hypothesis Testing, II  
13 Experimental Design, I Homework 5 due
14 Exam Review

Experimental Design, II
 
15 Experimental Design, II (cont.)

Regression and Correlation, I
 
16 Regression and Correlation, II Homework 6 due
17 Regression and Correlation, III Homework 7 due
18 Chi-square Tests  
19 One-way ANOVA, I  
20 One-way ANOVA, II Homework 8 due
21 Two-way ANOVA, I Homework 9 due two days after lecture 22
22 Review (with TA's) and Statistical Learning Homework 10 due
23 Two-way ANOVA, II  
24 Review