This is the outline to follow if you have the red and blue 2016 Queen's University custom edition of the textbook.
We shall follow chapters 1-8 of the textbook with a few omissions listed at the bottom of this page.
The additions in the peunultimate 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 | Textbook Review Problems |
| 1. graphs and sample statistics | 1.1-1.3 | onevar, meanmedian | chart choice, mode, weighted mean, grouped data | 1.14, 1.34, 1.36, 1.44, 1.65 |
| 2. normal densities, scatter plots, | 1.4, 2.1-2.2, 2.5 | normalcurve, gapminder, twovar | uniform density, covariance | 1.72, 1.78, 1.81, 1.82, 2.25, 2.106, 2.111, 2.116 |
| correlation, two-way tables | ||||
| 3. data sources, samples, experiments | 3 | randomsample | chapter 3 slides | 3.12, 3.14, 3.45, 3.56, 3.115 |
| 4. probability | 4.1-4.3 | probability | counting, summation, coefficient of variation | 4.13, 4.17, 4.19, 4.26, 4.30, 4.56, 4.74, 4.89 |
| 5. random variables | 4.4-4.5 | 4.109, 4.111, 4.121, 4.131 | ||
| 6. binomial distribution | 5.1 | binomial calculator/grapher, clt_binomial | 5.9, 5.10, 5.12, 5.13, 5.15 | |
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| Week and Topic | Chapter | applets | Additions | Textbook Review Problems |
| 7. sampling distributions | 5.3, 6.1 | simulation, lawoflargenumbers, clt_samplemean | 6.2, 6.3, 6.21 | |
| 8. inference | 6.2-6.3 | confidenceinterval, testsignificance | 6.28, 6.29, 6.30, 6.39, 6.57, 6.58, 6.65 | |
| 9. inference (continued) | 6.4-6.5 | statsig, pvalue, power | Nature article arguing against significance testing | 6.111, 6.112, 6.133 |
| 10. inference for means | 7 | t-statistic calculator | 7.6, 7.10, 7.11, 7.14, 7.17, 7.40, 7.41 | |
| 11. inference for proportions | 8 | ciprop | Chapter 8 Guide | 8.1, 8.3, 8.5, 8.49, 8.50, 8.52, 8.57 |
| 12. least-squares regression | 2.3-2.4 | correlationregression, twovar | What is Econometrics? Rhinelander Regression Notes | 2.46, 2.50, 2.70, 2.71, 2.87, 2.89 |
| Topic | Pages | |
| assessing normality | 51-54 | |
| Poisson distributions | 267-274 (section 5.2) | |
| the bootstrap | 372-373 | |
| relative risk | 447-448 |
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