We shall follow chapters 1-8 and 10 of the textbook, with a few omissions listed at the bottom of this page.
The additions in the last column are pdf additions to the textbook, so be sure to save (and perhaps print) a copy of these for studying.
| Week and Topic | Chapter | applets | Additions |
| 1. graphs and sample statistics | 1.1-1.3 | onevar, meanmedian | chart choice, mode, weighted mean, grouped data |
| 2. normal densities, scatter plots, | 1.4 (also pp 273-274), | normalcurve, gapminder, twovar | uniform density, covariance |
| correlation, two-way tables | 2.1-2.2, 2.5 | ||
| 3. data sources, samples, experiments | 3 | randomsample | chapter 3 slides |
| 4. probability | 4 | probability | counting |
| 5. random variables | 5.1-5.2 | summation, coefficient of variation, functions of RVs | |
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| 6. binomial distribution | 5.3 | binomial calculator/grapher, clt_binomial | |
| 7. sampling distributions | 6 | simulation, lawoflargenumbers, clt_samplemean | |
| 8. inference | 7.1 | confidenceinterval, testsignificance | |
| 9. inference (continued) | 7.2-7.3 | statsig, pvalue | Nature article arguing against significance testing |
| 10. inference for means | 8 | t-statistic calculator, power | |
| 11. inference for proportions | 10 | ciprop | Chapter 10 Guide |
| 12. least-squares regression | 2.3-2.4 | correlationregression, twovar | What is Econometrics? Rhinelander Regression Notes |
| Topic | Pages | |
| assessing normality | 52-56 | |
| Poisson distributions | 261-265 | |
| prediction intervals | 383-388 | |
| the bootstrap | 412-413 | |
| relative risk | 534 |
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