{"id":27,"date":"2016-08-18T15:33:56","date_gmt":"2016-08-18T19:33:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.nd.edu\/alin\/?page_id=27"},"modified":"2016-10-28T14:34:47","modified_gmt":"2016-10-28T18:34:47","slug":"home-works-and-exams","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/alin\/teaching\/statisticsforthelifesciences\/home-works-and-exams\/","title":{"rendered":"Topics and exams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table width=\"667\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"89\">\n<strong>DATE<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"68\">Week #<\/td>\n<td width=\"510\"><strong>Topics and exams<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"89\">8-24<\/p>\n<p>8-26<\/td>\n<td width=\"68\">1<\/td>\n<td width=\"510\"><strong>Ch. 1<\/strong> &#8211;\u00a0 Introduction- Picturing Distributions with Graphs<\/p>\n<p>Categorical and Quantitative variables<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"89\">8-29<\/p>\n<p>8-31<\/p>\n<p>9-2<\/td>\n<td width=\"68\">2<\/td>\n<td width=\"510\"><strong>Ch. 2<\/strong> &#8211;\u00a0 Describing Distributions with Numbers-Measures of Central Tendency<\/p>\n<p>Measures of Distribution Dispersion,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ch.3 &#8211;\u00a0\u00a0 Scatterplots<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ch. 3<\/strong> &#8211;\u00a0 Measures of Association Between Two Variables (Correlation Coefficient)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"89\">9-5<\/p>\n<p>9-7<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>9-9<\/td>\n<td width=\"68\">3<\/td>\n<td width=\"510\"><strong>Ch. 4<\/strong> &#8211;\u00a0 Regression<\/p>\n<p>The least-squares\u00a0 regression line, outliers and influential observations<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Ch. 7<\/em><\/strong><em> &amp; <strong>Ch. 8<\/strong> will be covered later in the semester and will be on the final exam.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ch. 9<\/strong> &#8211; Introducing Probability<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"89\">9-12<\/p>\n<p>9-14<\/p>\n<p>9-16<\/td>\n<td width=\"68\">4<\/td>\n<td width=\"510\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Events and Their Probabilities<\/p>\n<p>Probability Rules<\/p>\n<p>Probability Models<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"89\">9-19<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>9-20<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>9-21<\/p>\n<p>9-23<\/td>\n<td width=\"68\">5<\/td>\n<td width=\"510\"><strong>Ch. 10 <\/strong>&#8211; General Rules of Probability<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>EXAM 1 (Chapters 1-4, 9), 8:00-9:15 AM,\u00a0\u00a0 127 Nieuwland Science Hall\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Bayes\u2019 theorem<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ch. 11<\/strong> &#8211; The Normal Distributions<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"89\">9-26<\/p>\n<p>9-28<\/p>\n<p>9-30<\/td>\n<td width=\"68\">6<\/td>\n<td width=\"510\"><strong>Ch. 12<\/strong>&#8211;\u00a0 Discrete Probability Distributions (Random Variables)<\/p>\n<p>Binomial Probability Distribution-Poisson\u00a0\u00a0 Probability Distribution<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ch. 13<\/strong> &#8211; Sampling Distributions<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"89\">10-3<\/p>\n<p>10-5<\/p>\n<p>10-7<\/td>\n<td width=\"68\">7<\/td>\n<td width=\"510\"><strong>Ch. 14<\/strong> &#8211; Introduction to Inference<\/p>\n<p>Confidence interval for the mean<\/p>\n<p>Tests of significance<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"89\">10-10<\/p>\n<p>10-12<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>10-13<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>10-14<\/td>\n<td width=\"68\">8<\/td>\n<td width=\"510\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 P-value and statistical significance<\/p>\n<p>Tests for a population mean<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>EXAM 2 (Chapters 9-14), 8:00-9:15 AM, 141 DeBartolo Hall\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ch. 15 <\/strong>&#8211; Inference in practice<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"89\"><strong>Oct. 15-23<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"68\">9<\/td>\n<td width=\"510\"><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Fall BREAK<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"89\">10-24<\/p>\n<p>10-26<\/p>\n<p>10-28<\/td>\n<td width=\"68\">10<\/td>\n<td width=\"510\"><strong>Ch. 15 <\/strong>&#8211; Inference in practice<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ch. 17 &#8211; <\/strong>Inference about a Population Mean<strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ch.18 &#8211; <\/strong>Comparing Two Means<strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"89\">10-31<\/p>\n<p>11-2<\/p>\n<p>11-4<\/td>\n<td width=\"68\">11<\/td>\n<td width=\"510\"><strong>Ch.19<\/strong> \u2013 Inference about a Population Proportion<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ch. 20<\/strong>&#8211; Comparing Two Proportions<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ch. 21<\/strong>&#8211;\u00a0 The Chi-Square Test for Goodness of Fit<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"89\">11-7<\/p>\n<p>11-9\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 11-11<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"68\">12<\/td>\n<td width=\"510\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Chi-Square distributions<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ch. 22<\/strong>&#8211; The Chi-Square Test for Two-Way Tables<\/p>\n<p>Conditions for the Chi-Square Test<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"89\">11-14<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>11-15<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>11-16<\/p>\n<p>11-18<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"68\">13<\/td>\n<td width=\"510\"><strong>Ch. 24<\/strong>&#8211; One-way Analysis of Variance<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>EXAM 3 (Chapters 14, 15, 17\u2013 22), 8:00-9:15 AM, <\/strong><strong>141 DeBartolo Hall\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>One-way Analysis of Variance<\/p>\n<p>One-way Analysis of Variance<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"89\">11-21<\/td>\n<td width=\"68\">14<\/td>\n<td width=\"510\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Comparing several means<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"89\"><strong>Nov. 23-27<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"68\">14<\/td>\n<td width=\"510\"><strong>Thanksgiving Break<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"89\">11-28<\/p>\n<p>11-30<\/p>\n<p>12-2<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"68\">15<\/td>\n<td width=\"510\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Comparing several means<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ch. 7<\/strong> &#8211;\u00a0 Samples and Observational Studies<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ch.8<\/strong> &#8211;\u00a0\u00a0 Designing Experiments<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"89\">12-5<\/p>\n<p>12-7<\/td>\n<td width=\"68\">16<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"510\"><strong>Ch. 26<\/strong>&#8211; 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