AMS5 Statistics
Winter 2009,
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General Class Information |
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Lecture Times: Tuesday and Thursday, 4pm – 5.45pm, Baskin Auditorium 101 |
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Instructor |
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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 |
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Instructor Office Hours |
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Tuesdays, 11am - noon, Thursdays, 1pm - 2pm |
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TAs |
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Jing Chang (jxchang @ ucsc.edu) Teresa Jacobson (tajacobs @ ucsc.edu) Vaneet Batish (vaneet @ soe.ucsc.edu) |
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Sections |
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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) |
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Handouts |
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Textbook |
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Statistics (4th edition), D. Freedman, R. Pisani and R. Purves, W.W. Norton & Company. ISBN 0-393-92972-8. |
Schedule
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Homework |
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Tu 6th Jan |
Introduction; Why Statistics? Data types |
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Th 8th Jan |
Controlled experiments; observational studies |
1,2 |
Chapter 2 (p 20), A2, A6, A8, A9, A10 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Tu 20th Jan |
Introduction to probability |
13 |
Chapter 13, A1, B1, B2, B4, C4, D1, D3, D7 |
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Th 22nd Jan |
More probability (quiz) |
14 |
Chapter 13, A1, A2, B1, B4 |
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Tu 27th Jan |
Binomial Formula; Law of Averages |
15, 16 |
Chapter 15, A1, A4, A5 Chapter 16, A3, A6, B2, C3 |
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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 |
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Tu 3rd Feb |
Review |
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Th 5th Feb |
Midterm Exam |
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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 |
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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 |
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Tu 17th Feb |
Hypothesis testing |
26 |
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Th 19th Feb |
More hypothesis testing (quiz) |
27,28 |
Chapter 27, A1, A4, A6, B2, B5, B7 Chapter 28, A3, A4, A9, C2, C3 |
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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 |
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Th 26th Feb |
Correlation (quiz) |
8,9 |
Chapter 8, A2, A6, B1, B6, D1 |
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Tu 3rd Mar |
More Correlation |
8,9 |
Chapter 9, A2, A3, A4, A5, A10, B4, C1, E3, E4 |
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Th 5th Mar |
Regression (quiz) |
10 |
Chapter 10, A1, A4, C2, C5, D2 |
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Tu 10th Mar |
RMS error for regression; regression line |
11,12 |
Chapter 11, A2, A4, A7, B1, C1, D1, D6 Chapter 12, A2, B1 |
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Th 12th Mar |
Review |
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WEDNESDAY 18th Mar |
FINAL EXAM (4pm-7pm) |
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