Monthly
Schedule
(AP
Statistics, Period B)
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T
2/1/05 |
Review (continued),
including metaknowledge quiz. The test originally scheduled for today has
been moved to Wednesday. |
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W
2/2/05 |
HW due: In
addition to studying for your test, you should begin reading the assignment
due Thursday. |
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Th
2/3/05 |
HW due:
Read pp. 239-245 of the Barron’s book, and write a definition (in your own
words) of the term sampling distribution.
There is a huge amount of “meat” to this reading, and you should set aside a
minimum of one hour to let it all sink in. Take careful reading notes. The
first paragraph on p. 239, all by itself, is worth careful study. 1.
On the subject
of Kookoo Kola (from Tuesday’s metaknowledge quiz), here is the lowdown on
the marketing fiasco that was New Coke. Thanks to the
student who provided this link! Please read the article and write out one or
two sentences to answer this question: What is the connection between Chapter
5 in your textbook and the market research described in the article? 2.
On yesterday’s
test, nobody did what I would call an excellent job on the experimental
design question. I would like you to revisit the question, using whatever
notes and other resources you wish (including other students to bounce ideas
against), and write up an improved submission. My criticisms of the original
versions were (a) only a few students mentioned the issue of blinding, (b)
illegibility was a problem in about half of the writeups, (c) some people
addressed only part of the research problem (e.g., men only), (d) most people
forgot to indicate clearly where randomization takes place, (e) some people
were vague about the control group, referring to it only as a “control group”
instead of specifying what that means in this context, and (f) some people
forgot to write the research question in the form of a question. By sunset today (5:30
p.m.), please e-mail me your answers to #1 and #2, plus the definition of sampling distribution that was due
today. If you use a diagram in #2 (recommended) and cannot figure out how to
e-mail the diagram, then send the text by e-mail and give the diagram to me
tomorrow. You should have at least a couple of sentences of text for each
question, even if you plan to use a diagram in #2. 2. I hypothesize that a
certain medication promotes a reduction of hair loss in humans. Men are known
to have a much greater hair loss problem, on average, than women. Pose a
research question and design an experiment to address it. |
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F
2/4/05 |
Optional Re-take of Chapter 5 & 8 Test, 7:00 a.m.,
Room S. If you choose to take this
test, the better of the two scores will be counted. |
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M
2/7/05 |
No additional HW due. I
will accept the HW that was due Friday with a minor penalty. The in-class
work from Thursday will be accepted with a larger penalty. |
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T
2/8/05 |
Quiz (10 pts.) on Sampling Distributions and CLT. This will be a real quiz, not an experimental quiz.
However, if you paid attention Friday and Monday, you should have no trouble. |
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W
2/9/05 |
HW due:
#9.20, 9.21. You may need to reread some of the previously assigned Barron’s
book pages (239-241) before beginning. The “rules of thumb” mentioned in the
problems are found on pp. 506-507 of the main text. The first rule of thumb
is one that we have already discussed, namely that the population must be
“large” relative to the sample in order to ensure approximately independent
trials. The second rule of thumb can be summarized as np ³ 10, nq ³ 10. |
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Th
2/10/05 |
HW due:
#9.41, 9.46. Also make sure that you have shown
your work for the previously assigned problems, since some of them may be
rescanned. |
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F
2/11/05 |
HW due:
Read footnotes 1 and 7 on p. 530 of the main text; write #9.45, 9.47, 9.49,
9.50, 9.53. |
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M
2/14/05 |
No additional HW due. Enjoy
your weekend. However, make sure your HW for the second semester is complete,
and begin studying for your test. |
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T
2/15/05 |
Test on Sampling Distributions and Recent
Discussions. The material tested
will align closely with Chapter 9 in the main text. There will be no re-take
opportunity for this test. |
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W
2/16/05 |
No additional HW due today. |
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Th
2/17/05 |
HW due:
Read pp. 272-273 (in the Barron’s book) very carefully. |
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F
2/18/05 |
No school. |
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M
2/21/05 |
No school. |
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T
2/22/05 |
Attendance is required for
everyone, as usual. The optional Tuesday-Thursday attendance that was
scheduled to begin today has been suspended until further notice. We will see
if it can be implemented later in the semester. |
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W
2/23/05 |
HW due:
Read pp. 265-269 (and the first 2 sentences at the top of p. 270) in the
Barron’s book; write #12.13, 12.16, 12.14 in the main text. Hint: For #12.14, compute a C.I. for
the true proportion of patients who would suffer adverse symptoms, and use
that C.I. as a tool to address the question posed. |
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Th
2/24/05 |
No school (snow). |
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F
2/25/05 |
HW due:
Make sure, if you have not already done so, that each of your C.I. answers
due this week includes a conclusion written using the “approved wording
style” given in class. Then read p. 293 through the middle of p. 296 in the
Barron’s book, and write #12.36b and #12.42 in the main text. |
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M
2/28/05 |
No school (snow). |
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