Statistics 1300

Elementary Statistics with Computers

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General Information

MATH/STAT 1300
Fall 2016 Meets MWF 10:00-10:50 in RH 236.
Dr. Bryan Clair. Office hours: M 12-1, T 10-11, W 3-4 in Ritter 109.
Course syllabus
Help with R is available (besides Dr. Clair's office hours):
- In the Linux Lab (Ritter 117)

News

This course is over.

Resources

BPS Textbook

LaunchPad site for this course (ebook, videos, self-quizzes, etc.)
BPS data sets and companion chapters: BPS 7e resources.
Chapter 28

Software

Sites

Introducing R (sections 1-3). An Introduction to R, R tutorial (Kelly Black), R for Beginners (PDF), R Reference Card.
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Class Related

Sample Exam 1
Code: BPS Ch 15 #7,15, BPS Ch 15 #16
Sample Exam 2 and solutions, plus more practice problems:
- Chapter 5 # 52, 65
- Chapter 11 # 1-15
- Chapter 19 # 1-11, 16-29, 51-54
Notes from Nov 28: crosstables
Sample Final and solutions, plus more practice problems:
- Chapter 19 # 30, 31, 38, 39, 40, 59
- Chapter 24 # 1-4, 9, 20, 21-23, 40-44, 46, 47, 51-58, 60, 62, 65
- Chapter 25 # 30, 42, 43, 45, 47, 49

Data

Data sets for our book (BPS 7e) are available here: BPS 7e data.

class-survey.csv (Class survey data)
us-reactors.csv (Source: USNRC)
McDonald's Nutrition Info
Missouri State Highway Patrol arrest reports
stars.csv: The 300 brightest stars (as seen from Earth). (Source: http://www.atlasoftheuniverse.com/stars.html).
planets.csv (Source: Planet facts).
brain.csv: Brain size and intelligence. (Source: EESEE)
pearson-father-son.csv (Source: Karl Pearson, c1900).
cedars_in_TNNC.csv
Nightlights don't cause myopia
'Gimmick' date weddings more likely to end in divorce
The Medical Benefit of Daily Flossing Called Into Question
people.csv : Fifty first names.
area-codes.csv and 314-exchanges.csv. (Source: NANPA)
draft-1970.rda: Draft order for birthdates, 1970 Vietnam draft.
(Source: The Data and Story Library, see also Vietnam Draft Lotteries).
criminals.csv: Data on height (ft) and finger length (mm) of British criminals. Used by Student (W.S. Gosset) in 1908 to investigate sampling distributions. Data is from MacDonell (1902) and was compiled by J. White (RDatasets.jl)
What's Normal?. Dataset normtemp is in the R package UsingR, or normtemp.csv.
gosset_corn.csv: Gosset's 1908 data on the results of seeding pairs of plots with regular and kiln-dried seeds. (Source: The Data and Story Library).
Scores on midterm exams: exams.csv
balance.rda: Aging and balance. (Source: The Data and Story Library).
cocaine-rats.rda or cocaine-rats.csv: Cardiac performance of rats after treatment with cocaine.
fabric.csv: Vertical burn distance (inches) of fabric.
ex2532sleepq-fixed.rda: Sleep data for Chapter 25 Exercise 32, repaired.
heartatk.rda: Heart attack patients in NY in 1993. (Source: statistics.com)
Missouri Lottery winning numbers
swine-flu.csv: Confirmed cases of swine flu in the US since April 24, 2009. (Source: World Health Organization)

Homework Assignments

Due Wednesday, August 31
PDF version
Read BPS Chapter 0, Chapter 1.
BPS Chapter 1 # 23, 24, 25, 28--34, 37, 41
R Project: US Nuclear Reactors
Due Wednesday, September 7
PDF version
Read BPS Chapter 2.
BPS Chapter 2 # 25, 28, 38, 39, 40, 42, 44, 45, 46, 48
R Project: Stars
Due Wednesday, September 14
PDF version
Read BPS Chapter 3.
BPS Chapter 3 # 15-24 (Check your skills - no need to hand in)
BPS Chapter 3 # 26, 27, 29, 30, 31, 40, 43 46, 50
R Project: Normal data
Due Wednesday, September 21
PDF version
Read BPS Chapter 4.
BPS Chapter 4 # 14-20 (Check your skills - no need to hand in)
BPS Chapter 4 # 2, 5 (by hand), 7, 8, 24, 25, 28, 39
R Project: Brain size and intelligence
Due Monday, September 26
PDF version
Read BPS Chapter 5.1-5.4
BPS Chapter 5 # 20-27 (Check your skills - no need to hand in)
BPS Chapter 5 # 1, 5 (print it), 37, 38, 40, 42, 54, 55, 60
Due Friday, October 7
PDF version
Read BPS Chapter 5.7, 5.8, Chapter 8, Chapter 9, Chapter 10
BPS Chapter 8 # 17, 18, 20, 21, 24, 25. Chapter 9 # 19-28 (Check your skills - no need to hand in)
BPS Chapter 5 # 19, 48, 49, 53. Chapter 8 # 27, 28, 45, 46. Chapter 9 # 32, 38, 46, 50
Mythbusters question
Two R sampling questions.
Due Friday, October 14
PDF version
Read BPS Chapter 12, 13.1
BPS Check your skills: Chapter 12 #22-31, Chapter 13 #17-19. No need to hand in.
BPS Chapter 12 # 34, 37, 39, 45, 47, 48. Chapter 13 # 27, 28, 30.
Two R probability simulation questions.
Due Friday, October 21
PDF version
Read BPS Chapter 15
BPS Check your skills: Chapter 15# 17-24. No need to hand in.
BPS Chapter 15 # 1,2,3,7*,9,12,13,15bc*,16*,28,29,31,36,37
* - do these with R. There are some notes on the PDF about this.
Due Wednesday, November 2
PDF version
Read BPS Chapter 16
BPS Check your skills: Chapter 15# 11-18. No need to hand in.
BPS Chapter 16 # 19, 21, 25, 26.
One confidence interval problem, sampling using baseball reference random page
Due Wednesday, November 9
PDF version
Read BPS Chapter 17,18,20
BPS Check your skills: Chapter 17# 22-29, Chapter 18#19-25, Chapter 20# 17-26. No need to hand in.
BPS Chapter 17 # 30, 33, 38, 39, 40, 41
BPS Chapter 20 # 8adc, 9adc, 29, 34*, 36*, 44, 54
* Data for problem 34 is missing the outlier. So do 34 and skip 36.
Due Wednesday, November 16
PDF version
Read BPS Chapter 20, 21
BPS Check your skills: Chapter 20 # 25,26, Chapter 21 # 18-21, 24, 25. No need to hand in.
BPS Chapter 20 # 11, 12, 31, 35, 46, 48, 49, 51, 53
BPS Chapter 21 # 1-4, 37, 39, 40, 50
For BPS problems, be sure you state hypotheses and conclusions when appropriate.
R Project: Cocaine Rats
Due Monday, November 21
PDF version
Read BPS Chapter 22
BPS Check your skills: Chapter 22 # 15-24. No need to hand in.
BPS Chapter 22 # 1, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 25, 27, 36, 39, 40
Due Friday, December 2
PDF version
Read BPS Chapter 25
BPS Check your skills: Chapter 25 # 19-29. No need to hand in.
BPS Chapter 25 # 31, 32*, 33, 38*, 39, 40, 41, 44, 46
* See notes on PDF version
R Project: Heart Attack Patients