STAT 101: Data Analysis and Statistical Inference
Professor Kari Lock Morgan
Spring 2012


Tentative Schedule

Date Topic Section Due
1/11 Introduction to Data 1.1
1/12 Lab 1: Intro to RStudio
1/16 NO CLASS - MLK DAY
1/18 Collecting Data: Sampling 1.2
1/19 Lab 2: Data and Sampling
1/23 Collecting Data: Causation and Experiments 1.3 Class Survey
1/25 Exploratory Data Analysis I 2.1, 2.2
1/26 Lab 3: EDA: Categorical Variables
1/30 Exploratory Data Analysis II 2.3, 2.4, 2.5 HW1: Data Collection (sol)
2/1 Confidence Intervals: Sampling Distribution 3.1
2/2 Lab 4: EDA: Quantitative Variables
2/6 Confidence Intervals: Bootstrap Distribution 3.2, 3.3 HW2: Exploratory Data Analysis (sol)
2/8 Hypothesis Testing I 4.1, 4.2
2/9 Lab 5: Confidence Intervals
2/13 Hypothesis Testing II 4.2, 4.3 HW3: Confidence Intervals (sol)
2/15 Hypothesis Testing III 4.3 Project 1 Proposal
2/16 Lab 6: Hypothesis Testing
2/20 Synthesis and Review 4.4, 4.5, ES1, ES2 HW4: Hypothesis Testing (sol)
2/22 MIDTERM 1: In-Class
2/23 MIDTERM 1: Lab
2/27 Normal Distributions 5.1, 5.2
2/29 Inference for Categorical Variables 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.7, 6.8, 6.9
3/1 Lab 7: Inference for Categorical Variables
3/5 - 3/8 NO CLASS - SPRING BREAK
3/12 Inference for Quantitative Variables 6.4, 6.5, 6.6, 6.10, 6.11, 6.12, 6.13 HW5: Normal Distribution (sol)
3/14 Chi-Square Tests 7.1, 7.2
3/15 Lab 8: Inference for Quantitative Variables
3/19 ANOVA 8.1 HW6: Inference for Quantitative Variables (sol)
3/21 Multiple Comparisons 8.2
3/22 Lab 9: Multiple Categories PROJECT 1
3/26 Synthesis and Review (Prezi) ES 3 HW7: Multiple Categories (sol)
3/28 MIDTERM 2: In-Class
3/29 MIDTERM 2: Lab
4/2 Simple Linear Regression I 2.6, 9.1, 9.2
4/4 Simple Linear Regression II 9.1, 9.3
4/5 Lab 10: Simple Linear Regression
4/9 Multiple Regression I 9.4, 9.5 HW8: Simple Linear Regression (sol)
4/11 Multiple Regression II Project 2 Proposal
4/12 Lab 11: Multiple Regression
4/16 Multiple Regression III HW9: Multiple Regression (sol)
4/18 Probability 11.1
4/19 PROJECT 2 PRESENTATIONS Project 2 Presentation
4/23 Bayesian Inference I 11.2 HW 10: Probability (sol)
4/25 Bayesian Inference II and Review The Bayesian Heresy PROJECT 2
4/30 FINAL: 9-12