AMS5 Statistics

Winter 2009,



General Class Information

Lecture Times: Tuesday and Thursday, 4pm – 5.45pm, Baskin Auditorium 101

Instructor

Robin Morris (email: rdm @ soe.ucsc.edu – please put “AMS5” in the subject line)

Phone: email is preferred; (650) 966 5035 if desperate

Office: Baskin Engineering 133

Instructor Office Hours

Tuesdays, 11am - noon, Thursdays, 1pm - 2pm

TAs

Jing Chang (jxchang @ ucsc.edu)

Teresa Jacobson (tajacobs @ ucsc.edu)

Vaneet Batish (vaneet @ soe.ucsc.edu)

Sections

Monday, 11am-12.10pm, Thimann Lab 101 (Chang)

Monday, 5pm-6.10pm, Merrill Acad 132 (Batish)

Monday, 6.30pm-7.40pm, Merrill Acad 132 (Batish)

Tuesday, noon-1.10pm, Soc Sci 1 149 (Jacobson)

Wednesday, 3.30pm-4.40pm, Thimann Lab 101 (Chang)

Thursday, 8.30am-9.30am, Merrill Acad 132 (Chang)

Friday, 8am-9.10am, Merrill Acad 132 (Jacobson)

Friday, 9.30am-10.40am, Hum & Soc Sci 250 (Jacobson)

Handouts

syllabus

Textbook

Statistics (4th edition), D. Freedman, R. Pisani and R. Purves, W.W. Norton & Company. ISBN 0-393-92972-8.



Schedule

Date

Topic

Chapter

Homework

Tu 6th Jan

Introduction; Why Statistics? Data types



Th 8th Jan

Controlled experiments; observational studies

1,2

Chapter 2 (p 20), A2, A6, A8, A9, A10

Tu 13th Jan

Sample surveys; the histogram

19,3

Chapter 19, A2, A6, A8, A11, A12

Chapter 3, A1, A3, A4, A7, B1, B3, C2, E1

Th 15th Jan

Average and standard deviation; Normal approximation

(quiz)

4,5

Chapter 4, A2, A4, A6, A8, B1, B2, B5, C1, C4, D1, D8, E4, E8

Chapter 5, A1, B1, B3, C2, D5

Tu 20th Jan

Introduction to probability

13

Chapter 13, A1, B1, B2, B4, C4, D1, D3, D7

Th 22nd Jan

More probability

(quiz)

14

Chapter 13, A1, A2, B1, B4

Tu 27th Jan

Binomial Formula; Law of Averages

15, 16

Chapter 15, A1, A4, A5

Chapter 16, A3, A6, B2, C3

Th 29th Jan

Expected value and standard error; Normal approximation for probability histograms

(quiz)

17,18

Chapter 17, A1, A2, B1, B4, C1, C2, C5, E9

Chapter 18, A1, A3, A6, B1, B3, C5, c6

Tu 3rd Feb

Review



Th 5th Feb

Midterm Exam



Tu 10th Feb

Chance errors in sampling; the accuracy of percentages

20, 21

Chapter 20, A1, A2, A5, B1, B3, C1, C4

Chapter 21, A2, A7, A8, B1, B4, C4, C8

Th 12th Feb

The accuracy of averages; Hypothesis testing

23, 26

Chapter 23, A2, A3, A5, B4, B6, D1, D2

Chapter 26 B2, B5, C1, C4, C7, D1, D4, E2, E3, E10, F2, F3, F7

Tu 17th Feb

Hypothesis testing

26


Th 19th Feb

More hypothesis testing

(quiz)

27,28

Chapter 27, A1, A4, A6, B2, B5, B7

Chapter 28, A3, A4, A9, C2, C3

Tu 24th Feb

A closer look at tests of significance

(Measurement error; plotting – please read on your own)

29



6,7

Chapter 29, A2, B1, B8, C2, C6

Th 26th Feb

Correlation

(quiz)

8,9

Chapter 8, A2, A6, B1, B6, D1

Tu 3rd Mar

More Correlation

8,9

Chapter 9, A2, A3, A4, A5, A10, B4, C1, E3, E4

Th 5th Mar

Regression

(quiz)

10

Chapter 10, A1, A4, C2, C5, D2

Tu 10th Mar

RMS error for regression; regression line

11,12

Chapter 11, A2, A4, A7, B1, C1, D1, D6

Chapter 12, A2, B1

Th 12th Mar

Review



WEDNESDAY 18th Mar

FINAL EXAM (4pm-7pm)





Additional information:

Notes



midterm

Review (part 1)

Review (part 2)

Practice Final