Introductory Statistics: Online course schedule

Notes

• A "week" begins on a Sunday and ends on a Saturday.
• In-person meetings are on Thursday, 9-10:30am; see assignments for in-person meetings.
• Recommendation: take scheduled quizzes following Thursday in-person meetings.
• When no Calc Reference is listed, the Excel instructions for the activity provide adequate instruction for completing the activity using Calc.

Online course schedule: first semester

Week	Topics	Online Course Work	Calc Reference
Week 1	Intro	Create oli account Review specifics on using a spreadsheet Introduction; Learning Strategies: Big PIcture
Week 2	Graphs; Center	Unit 1: Exploratory Data Analysis: Introduction Mod 1: Examining Distributions One Categorical Variable - Create a Table & Pie Chart One Quantitative Variable Graphs: Histogram - Create a Histogram Graphs: Stemplot Numerical Measures: Measures of Center - Evaluate Measures of Center	Find & replace One categorical variable Histogram
Week 3	Spread; Boxplot; Standard Deviation	Unit 1, Mod 1: Examining Distributions One Quantitative Variable Numerical Measures: Measures of Spread (IQR) Numerical Measures: Boxplot - (1) Calculate 5-Number Summary; (2) Create Side-by-Side Boxplots Numerical Measures: Standard Deviation - Calculate Standard Deviation	Boxplot, 1 of 2 Boxplot, 2 of 2
Week 4	StatTutor; Quiz	Unit 1, Mod 1: Examining Distributions One Quantitative Variable Wrap-Up (Distributions) - StatTutor (Drinking.xls) & Quiz	StatTutor: College drinking (Question 1) College integrity (Question 2)
Week 5	Two-Way Table; Scatterplot	Unit 1, Mod 2: Examining Relationships Role-Type Classification Case I One Categorical & One Quantitative Variable Case II Two Categorical Variables - Calculate Two-Way Table Case III Two Quantitative Variables: Scatterplots - Create a Scatterplot	Case II: Two-way table Case III: Scatterplot
Week 6	Correlation; Regression	Unit 1, Mod 2: Examining Relationships Case III: Linear Relationships - Calculate Correlation Coefficient; Calculate & Plot a Linear Regression Line	Linear relationships (calculate correlation) Linear relationships (calculate & plot regression line)
Week 7	Causation; StatTutor	Unit 1, Mod 2: Examining Relationships Causation - Investigate Lurking Variable & Simpson's Paradox Wrap-Up (Relationships) - StatTutor Exercise (Body_Image.xls)	StatTutor: College and high school GPAs (Question 1) Male and female body image (Question 2) Seat location and academic performance (Question 3)
Week 8	Quiz; Sampling	Unit 1, Mod 2: Examining Relationships Quiz Unit 1: Summary (EDA) Unit 2, Producing Data: Introduction Mod 2: Sampling Sampling - Investigate Random Samples Wrap-Up (Sampling)	Sampling
Week 9	Designing Studies	Unit 2, Mod 4: Designing Studies Introduction Identifying Study Design Causation and Observational Studies (by Nov 5) Causation and Experiments - Create and Verify Random Samples Experiments with More than One Explanatory Variable	Causation and experiments
Week 10	Designing Studies	Unit 2, Mod 4: Designing Studies Modifications to Randomization Sample Surveys (by Nov 12) Wrap-Up (Designing Studies) - StatTutor Exercise (depression.xls) (by Nov 19)	Checking randomization Prevented recurrence of depression (Question 1) Delayed recurrence of depression (Question 2)
Week 11	Designing Studies quiz; Intro to Probability	Unit 2, Mod 4: Designing Studies Quiz Unit 2: Summary (Producing Data) Unit 3: Probability Mod 5: Introduction (Probability)
Week 12	Relative Freq; Equally Likely	Unit 3, Mod 6: Finding Probability of Events Relative Frequency - Calculate Relative Frequency Equally Likely Outcomes - Calculate Probability of Event (by Dec 3)	Relative frequency
Week 13	Probability Rules	Unit 3, Mod 6: Finding Probability of Events Probability Rules - Investigate Disjoint vs. Not Disjoint Events; Investigate Application of Addition Rule (by Dec 10)
Week 14	Probability Rules; Quiz	Unit 3, Mod 6: Finding Probability of Events Probability Rules - Investigate Difference between Disjoint and Independent Events; Find P(of at least one of...); Find P(A or B) (by Dec 17) Wrap-Up (Finding Probability of Events) - Quiz (by Dec 23)

Online course schedule: second semester

• These second semester "weeks" begin on Thursday, following the in-person session, and end on Wednesday.

Week	Topics	Online Course Work	Calc Reference
Week 15	Conditional Probability	Unit 4, Mod 7: Conditional Probability and Independence Conditional Probability - Investigate Conditional Probability and Complement Rule Independence - Checking the Independence of Two Events
Week 16	Conditional Probability	Unit 4, Mod 7: Conditional Probability and Independence The General Mulitiplication Rule - Use the General Multiplication Rule Probability Trees - Use Probability Trees to Answer Real Life Questions Wrap-up - My Response > About Conditional Probability and Independence
Week 17	Conditional Probability Quiz; Prob Dist for Discrete Random Variable	Unit 4, Mod 7: Conditional Probability and Independence Wrap-up - Quiz Unit 4, Mod 8: Random Variables Discrete Random Variables Probability Distribution - Find the Probability Distribution of a Discrete Random Variable; Determine Probabilities using a Probability Distribution of a Random Variable
Week 18	Mean and Variance for Discrete Random Variable	Unit 4, Mod 8: Random Variables Discrete Random Variables Mean and Variance - Use Mean of Random Variables to Solve Problems; Investigate Mean and Standard Deviation of Random Variables Rules for Means and Variances
Week 19	Binomial Random Variable	Unit 4, Mod 8: Random Variable Discrete Random Variable Binomial Random Variable - Solve Problems Using Binomial Random Variable, by Hand and with Stat Software	May need calc reference
Week 20	Normal Distribution	Unit 4, Mod 8: Random Variable Continuous Random Variable Probability Distribution Normal Random Variables - Investigate the Normal Distribution; Solve Problems that Involve Normal Random Variables; Solve Problems that Involve Normal Distribution; Use Stat Software to Solve Problems that Involve Normal Distribution; Investigate Normal Approximation; Solve Problems Involving Binomial Random Variable, when using Normal Approximation is Appropriate Wrap-up - My Response > About Random Variables
Week 21	Rand Var Wrap-Up; Quiz Sampling Distributions	Unit 4, Mod 8: Random Variable Wrap-Up - Quiz Unit 4, Mod 9: Sampling Distributions Parameters vs. Statistics Behavior of Sample Proportion - Check Center, Spread and Shape of Sampling Distribution; Find & Interpret Sample Distribution	(combine with week 23?)
Week 22	Sampling Distributions	Unit 4, Mod 9: Sampling Distributions Behavior of Sample Mean - Use Simulations to Check Center, Spread and Shape of Sampling Distribution (Excel only; function NA in OOo Calc); Find the sampling distribution of the sample mean and likelihood of getting certain mean values Wrap-Up - My Response > About Sampling Distributions
Week 23	Sampling Distributions Quiz; Point Estimation, begin Confidence Intervals	Unit 4, Mod 9: Sampling Distributions Wrap-up - Quiz Unit 4: Summary (Probability) Unit 5: Inference Mod 10: Introduction (Inference) Mod 11: Inference for One Variable Point Estimation Interval Estimation Confidence Intervals for the Population Mean - Calculate and Interpret Confidence Intervals;
Week 24	Confidence Intervals	Unit 5, Mod 11: Inference for One Variable Interval Estimation: Confidence Intervals for the Population Mean Calculate Sample Size for Obtaining Confidence Intervals with a Desired Margin of Error, at a Certain Confidence Level; Use statistical software to calculate confidence intervals for μ (when σ is known); .... when σ is unknown Interval Estimation: Confidence Intervals for Population Proportion p - Calculate and Interpret the Confidence Interval for the Population Proportion p; Calculate a Confidence Interval for the Population Proportion p (for a Given Level of Confidence)
Week 25	Hypothesis Testing	Unit 5, Mod 11: Inference for One Variable Hypothesis Testing Overview - Draw Conclusions from p-value in Hypothesis Testing Hypothesis Testing for the Population Proportion p - Investigating the p-value; Use Statistical Software to Calculate Z-Test for Population Proportion p; Explore the Effect of Sample Size on the Significance of Sample Results; Using Confidence Intervals in Response to Rejection of Null Hypothesis
Week 26	Hypothesis Testing	Unit 5, Mod 11: Inference for One Variable Hypothesis Testing Hypothesis Testing for the Population Mean - Investigate How Exploratory Data Analysis can Inform the z-test for the Population Mean, μ; Caclulate the z-test for the Population Mean; Conduct Hypothesis Testing for the Population Mean (Assuming that σ is Known); Conduct a t-test for the Population Mean My Response > About Inference for One Variable
Week 27	Inference for One Variable Wrap-Up & Quiz	Unit 5, Mod 11: Inference for One Variable Wrap-up - StatTutor (cell_phones.xls) Wrap-up - Quiz
Week 28	Two Sample t-test	Unit 5, Mod 12: Inference for Relationships Case I One Categorical & One Quantitative Variable Two Independent Samples - Check for conditions Which Allow Use of the Two-Sample t-test Case I Two Categorical Variables; Conduct the Two-Sample t-test; Calculate a 95% Confidence Interval for μ1-μ2 following a Two-Sample t-test Which Rejected Ho; My Response > About Two Independent Samples
Week 29	Paired t-test	Unit 5, Mod 12: Inference for Relationships Case I One Categorical & One Quantitative Variable Matched Pairs - Conduct a paired t-test; Interpret Confidence Intervals for the Difference in Means; My Response > About Matched Pairs
Week 30	ANOVA	Unit 5, Mod 12: Inference for Relationships Case I One Categorical & One Quantitative Variable ANOVA - Conduct an ANOVA F-test; Interpret Results of ANOVA F-test; My Response > About ANOVA Conclusion of Case I - StatTutor (gradebook.xls)
Week 31	Chi-Square	Unit 5, Mod 12: Inference for Relationships Case II Two Categorical Variables - Conduct EDA; Check Assumptions for Using Chi-Square Test; Conduct Chi-Square Test StatTutor (low_birth_weight.xls)
Week 32	Linear Relationship	Unit 5, Mod 12: Inference for Relationships Case III Two Quantitative Variables - Conduct EDA; Determine Linear Relationship; Draw Conclusions StatTutor (auto_premiums.xls) Wrap-up - My Response > About Inference for Relationships
Week 33	Inference for Relationships Wrap-Up; Quiz	Unit 5, Mod 12: Inference for Relationships Wrap-Up - Quiz Unit 5: Summary (Inference)