Statistics 7 - Winter 2013

Department of Statistics

University of California, Irvine

Welcome to the homepage for Statistics 7: Basic Statistics

Class Time

Lecture
Discussion Sections
1100 Donald Bren Hall
Mon, Wed, Fri 3:00 - 3:50pm
1)Fri 9:00 - 9:50amSSTR 103Brandon Berman
2)Fri 10:00 - 10:50amSSTR 103Brandon Berman
3)Fri 12:00 - 12:50pmSSTR 103Yan He
4)Fri 1:00 - 1:50pmSSTR 103Yan He

How, when and where to find us:
(Email addresses are not clickable, to avoid spam)

Professor Jessica Utts Yan He Brandon Berman
2212 Donald Bren Hall 2032 Donald Bren Hall 2032 Donald Bren Hall
(949) 824-0649 no phoneno phone
jutts_at_uci.edu yhe_at_uci.edu bermanb_at_uci.edu
Mon, Wed, Fri 1:30 - 2:30pm
or by appointment
Tues/Thurs 2:00 - 3:30 Mon/Wed 4:00 - 5:30
Office hours by day: Mon and Wed
1:30-2:30 (Utts)
4:00 - 5:30 (Berman)
Tues and Thurs
2:00 - 3:30 (He)

Fri
1:30-2:30 (Utts)

Office hours for finals week: Mon, 3/18 (both in 2032 Bren)
10am to noon (Berman)
1:30 to 3:30 (Utts)
Tues, 3/19 (2212 Bren)
12:30 - 1:30 (Utts)
For last-minute issues like missing grades

Links to Resources (News stories about statistical studies, Surveys and polls, Interactive learning tools, Statistics jokes, etc.)

Register your iclicker to receive credit for clicker questions! Even if you registered it last academic year, you need to do it again each fall. "Student ID" is your 8-digit UCI ID number.

Instruction and Resources for R and R Commander

Installing R and R Commander and Getting Started

R Commander Handouts and Instruction Sheets

Data sets Used for Class Examples and Homework (Posted when needed)

For the .txt files, make sure you check "comma" for the field separator in R Commander

Announcements (also see first page of notes from each lecture for announcements)

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Daily Schedule, including homework assignments and due dates:

Lecture# and Date Sections Covered
(Tentative schedule, may be updated after each class)
Date HW Due Assignment (or discussion topic)
Assignment Week #1 is Jan 7, 9, 11
Quiz available 4pm Fri 1/11 to 3pm Mon 1/14
1. Mon. Jan. 7 Chapter 1 and Sections 2.1 to 2.3; Read Chapter 1 Mon. Jan. 141.14, 1.16, 2.20, 2.28
2. Wed. Jan. 9 Sections 2.4 to 2.6 Mon. Jan 14 2.42; 2.48bcd and find a five-number summary for the data in this problem; 2.72
Disc. #1
Jan 11
Hands on team project 1, participation points awarded Hands-on Discussion #1: Relationships in two-way tables
3. Fri. Jan. 11 Section 2.7; Using R Commander Mon. Jan 14 2.96, 2.128, 2.130
Assignment Week #2 is Jan 14, 16, 18
Quiz available 4pm Fri 1/18 to 3pm Wed 1/23
4. Mon. Jan. 14 Sections 3.1 and 3.2 Wed. Jan. 23 2.104*; 3.24 (note typo: intercept is 126 not 1.26); 3.98* (counts double) Data for 3.98 (comma separators)
*Use R Commander for 2.104 and 3.98
5. Wed. Jan. 16 Sections 3.3 to 3.5 Wed. Jan. 23 3.42, 3.48, 3.74
Disc. #2
Jan 18
R Commander and general question and answer, no participation points Discussion: R Commander (If you want to follow along on your laptop, bring it with R and R Commander already loaded); General question and answer
6. Fri. Jan. 18 Sections 4.1 to 4.3; READ "Misleading Statistics...", pgs 120-122, on your own. Wed. Jan. 234.14, 4.18, 4.36
Mon. Jan. 21HOLIDAY
Assignment Week #3 is Jan 23, 25, 28
Quiz available 4pm Mon 1/28 to 3pm Wed 1/30
7. Wed. Jan. 23 Section 4.4 Wed. Jan. 30 4.49, 4.50 (count together as 1); 15.10, 15.12 (Use R Commander, counts double) - yes, really Chapter 15!
Disc. #3
Jan. 25
Hands on team project 2, participation points awarded Hands-on Discussion #2: Risk, relative risk and chi-square tests
8. Fri. Jan. 25 Chapter 5 Wed. Jan. 305.30, 5.68, 5.102
9. Mon. Jan. 28 Chapter 6 Wed. Jan. 306.28, 6.38, 6.60
Review and Midterm #1: Jan. 30, Feb. 1
10. Wed. Jan 30 Catch up and Review No assignment
Disc. #4
Feb 1
Question & Answer for Midterm 1, no participation points Discussion: Review for Midterm 1
11. Fri. Feb. 1 First Midterm, on Chapters 1 to 6 No assignment
Assignment Week #4 is Feb 4, 6, 8
Quiz available 4pm Fri 2/8 to 3pm Mon 2/11)
12. Mon. Feb 4 Sections 7.1 to 7.3 Mon. Feb. 11 7.12, 7.22, 7.30, 7.34
13. Wed. Feb. 6 Sections 7.4 and 7.5; Skip 7.6 Mon. Feb. 11 7.44, 7.64 (counts double)
Disc #5
Feb 8
Hands on team project 3, participation points awarded Hands-on Discussion #3: Let's Make a Deal
14. Fri. Feb. 8 Sections 8.1 to 8.3 Mon. Feb. 11 8.14abc, 8.18, 8.36
Assignment Week #5 is Feb 11, 13, 15
Quiz available 4pm Fri 2/15 to 3pm Wed 2/20
15. Mon. Feb. 11 Section 7.7 and supplemental material on intuition and probability Wed. Feb. 20 Feb 11 Homework Assignment
16. Wed. Feb. 13 Section 8.4 and supplemental material Wed. Feb. 20 Feb 13 Homework Assignment
Using R Commander to find binomial probabilities
Disc. #6
Feb. 15
Hands on team project 4, participation points awarded Hands-on Discussion #4: Birthday problem, gambling
17. Fri. Feb. 15 Sections 8.5 to 8.7; Skip 8.8 Wed. Feb. 20 8.60a + 8.62a (related - together count as 1), 8.74, 8.82
Mon. Feb. 18 HOLIDAY
Assignment Week #6 is Feb 20, 22, 25
Quiz available 4pm Mon 2/25 to 3pm Wed 2/27
18. Wed. Feb. 20Sections 9.1 to 9.4 (start)Wed. Feb. 279.22, 9.26, 9.40, 9.144
19. Fri. Feb. 22Sections 9.4 (finish), 9.5 and 9.9, Lessons 1 and 2Wed. Feb. 279.48; 9.54 (counts double)
Disc. #7
Feb. 22
Question and answer, no participation points Discussion: Practice Problems and Solutions
20. Mon. Feb. 25 Chapter 10 Wed. Feb. 2710.4, 10.30, 10.78
Review and Midterm #2: Feb 27 and Mar 1
21. Wed. Feb. 27 Catch up and review No assignment
Disc. #8
Mar. 1
Question and Answer for Midterm 2, no participation points Discussion: Review for Midterm 2
22. Fri. Mar. 1 Second Midterm, on Chapters 7 to 10
(except 7.6, 8.8, 9.6 to 9.8, 9.9 - Lesson 3)
No assignment
Assignment Week #7 is Mar 4, 6, 8
Quiz available 4pm Fri 3/8 to 3pm Mon 3/11
23. Mon. Mar. 4 Sections 12.1 and 12.2, except 12.1-Lesson 3 Mon. March 1112.20, 12.24, 12.50b, 12.102
24. Wed. Mar. 6 12.3, 12.1-Lesson 3Mon. March 1112.62 and 12.64 (count together as 1, find p-values for #62), 12.90, 12.112
Disc. #9
Mar. 8
Hands on team project 5, participation points awarded Hands-on Discussion #5: Animal eyes- confidence intervals and test
25. Fri. Mar. 8 Sections 9.6 to 9.8, 9.9-Lesson 3 Mon. March 119.68, 9.72, 9.146
Assignment Week #8 is Mar 11, 13, 15
Quiz available 4pm Fri 3/15 to 10am Mon 3/18
26. Mon. March 11 Chapter 11 Fri. March 15 11.30bc, 11.48*, 11.86*; *48 and 86 each count double.
pennstate.txt (for #11.86); See lecture 26 for R Commander instructions.
Don't forget to check "commas" as Field Separators when importing data.
27. Wed. March 13 Sections 13.1 to 13.3 Fri. March 15 13.14; 13.26 and 28 (connected, count together for 3 points); 13.54abd (no computation necessary)
Disc. #10
Mar. 15
Review for final exam, no participation points Discussion: Review for final exam
28. Fri. March 15 Sections 12.4, 13.5, 13.6, 13.8, parts of Chapter 17; Skip 13.7 Assignment not due 12.76, 12.83, 13.72, 17.8, 17.10, Solutions
Final Exam: Mon, March 18, 4 to 6pm

Syllabus and class lectures; these will be posted shortly before each lecture

Homework Solutions (The solutions will be posted the day after homework is due.)

Sample Exams

Practice Problems for Chapters 7 to 9 will be provided as each chapter is covered:

Exam Keys (The keys will be posted shortly after each exam has been given.)