Teaching STAT 301 (Spring 2018)

STAT 301 (MWF 10:20 - 11:10),

Instructor: Dr. Suhasini Subba Rao (office: Blocker 432)

WebAssign Please note that in WebAssign the course is down as STAT301, section 500 (there is only one section for 301).

There seems to be some issues with regard WebAssign. You may not see the course when you log on to WebAssign. We are working in this.

Note about quizzes: The quizzes are not timed and you can make multiple attempts. But you will only get the grade after the deadline.

Each week a few quizzes will be set. All are due the following Monday at 11:59pm.

You will need Statcrunch

REMEMBER MIDTERM 3 HAS BEEN MOVED ONE WEEK LATER. It is on Wednesday 25th April.

Week 1:

Week 2:

Chapter 2 Design and sampling Quiz 1 set: Due Monday midnight. If you have a copy of IPS (introduction to the practice of statistics), this material is covered in Chapter 3 of IPS.
Collecting Data
Please check for Your number
Chapter 3 Plots and descriptive statistics

Week 3:

Remember please check for Your number Your number could have changed since the first day! I will be using this to keep record of class participation. The numbers absent on 1/29 are 74,66 and 79.
Chapter 3 Plots and descriptive statistics If you are following IPS, this material is covered in Sections 1.1, 1.2.
Quiz 3 will be set in the afternoon.
Chapter 4 The normal distribution Quiz 4. Please bring Normal distribution tables for calculating probabities (you will need these for your all your exams).

Week 4:

Week 5:

Chapter 4 The normal distribution
Midterm 1: Wednesday 14th Feb. Everything from Chapters 1-4 can be covered, excluding QQplots in Chapter 4 (very last section). Remember help sessions are available in Blocker 162 over the entire week. See the handout for details.

Week 6:

Week 7:

I am away this week. You will need finish reading Chapter 5 amd do the this assigment and submit it to me in class on Monday 5th March. I will also set an away Quiz.

Week 8:

Week 9:

Chapter 6 Confidence Intervals Quiz 8 and 9 set. t distribution tables for calculating probabilities Please bring this to class.
Remember Midterm 2 is next Wednesday, 28th March. Please bring
- Cheat Sheet
- Normal and t-tables .
- Large Scantron (with name already bubbled).
- Pencils.
- Calculator, any type but not phone
- Scrap paper for calculations

Week 10:

Week 11:

Week 13:

Week 14 (there will be class on Friday):

Chapter 9 Paired t-test
Chapter 10 Independent two sample t-test
Remember Midterm 3 is on Wednesday (we will cover Chapters 1-7 and 9 and part of 10). Please bring
- Cheat Sheet (please do not write on the cheat sheet, if you want things changed please tell me by noon on Tuesday so I can update it).
- Normal and t-tables .
- Large Scantron (with name already bubbled).
- Pencils.
- Calculator, any type but not phone
- Scrap paper for calculations
Project Instructions. Here is a sample project Sample project (note I have not added the Audio). Due Tuesday 8th May (before midnight).

Past Exams

This is the Cheat Sheet which you can use in all exams.

Midterm 1:

Midterm 2

Midterm 3:

Final