STAtistics
Monthly Schedule
(AP
Statistics, Period F)
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T |
In
class: Finish discussing all material in textbook through §3.1. Enrichment
item: Chebyshev’s Theorem. |
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W |
HW
due: Finish reading §3.1 if you have not already done so, and work some
sample problems from old tests. (Be sure to check out the links in the test
section of the STAtistics Zone. At a minimum, work all the way through the
Sept. 2000 test.) |
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Th |
Test on §§1.1-3.1. |
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F |
HW
due: Read §3.2. |
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M |
Quiz
on §3.2: cancelled because Ted M., by a remarkable coincidence, asked the
very question that had been planned for the quiz. |
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T |
No
additional HW due today. Work on group project and HW due tomorrow. |
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W |
HW
due: #3.26, 3.28. 3.30. Also read first part of §3.3 (through p.142) and
write out #3.31 (show work) and 3.34. |
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W |
HW
due: Finish reading §3.3. No additional written HW due, so please use this
opportunity to get caught up. |
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F |
No
school. |
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M |
No
school (Columbus Day). |
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T |
In
class: Sniper risk calculation/discussion, more about LSRL. |
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W |
In
class: Survey design. |
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Th |
HW
due today: Write out 2 additional good features and 2 additional bad features
(not already discussed in class) for the Math Department
feedback form. You may work with other students, but in that case you
will still need additional entries (e.g., 4 features of each type if you work
in a group of 2, or 6 features of each type if you work in a group of 3). |
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F |
Mini-Quiz on §3.3 and recent class
discussions. |
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M |
Guest
speaker: Mr. Jim Wells from the Gallup Organization. |
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T |
Project #1A must be submitted by |
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W |
Big Quiz (“Quest”) on all of Chapter 3,
survey design, and Monday’s guest speaker talk. |
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Th |
In
class: Start §4.1 on other types of regression. Key ideas (assuming L1
holds your xi data and L2 holds your yi data):
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F |
HW
due: #4.7 or 4.8 (your choice) on pp. 199-200. Note that 4.8 is less work,
but 4.7 has the advantage that the answers are in the back of the book. Show
your work. |
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M |
HW
due: #4.7 and 4.8 on pp. 199-200 (finish both, written out cleanly and in
final form). |
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T |
No
additional HW due. Now that the snipers have apparently been caught, you
should be working on your exploratory data
analysis project in earnest. |
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W |
In
class: Hands-on pairs exercise involving ExpReg and PwrReg. |
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Th |
HW
due: Finish the pairs project from yesterday, and be ready to present your
results at the chalkboard. If you have lost your sheet of curves, visit http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nhanes/growthcharts/set2clinical/cj41l075.pdf.
You should record about 10 ordered pairs of the form (xi, yi)
from one of the curves, perform linear, exponential, and power fits (showing
all work and residual plots), and then repeat everything for a second curve
of your choice. |
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