Stat 2300

Intermediate Statistics

General Information

• STAT 2300
• Spring 2025 section 01 meets MWF 10-10:50 in Ritter 323.
• Dr. Bryan Clair.
• Office hours: Tu 12:30-1:30, Wed 2:10-3:00, Fri 1:10-2 in 109 Ritter Hall
• Course syllabus
• Textbook: Ramsey, Schafer The Statistical Sleuth (3ed). We may also use parts of Speegle, Clair Probability, Statistics, and Data: A Fresh Approach Using R
  

Resources

Markdown Examples

• markdown-demo.Rmd
• homework-template.Rmd

Software and References

• R: The R Project
• R Studio: R Studio
• rstudio.cloud: Use RStudio through your browser
• R Studio Cheat sheets

Course Material

• Homework 1 (Due 1/24)
• Homework 2 (Due 2/3)
• Homework 3 (Due 2/12)
• Homework 4: Read Ch 4. Conceptual exercises 2, 3, 9. Exercises 19, 26-29, 31, 32. (Due 2/24)
• Homework 5 (Due 3/3)
• Homework 6 (Due 3/21)
• Homework 7: Read Ch 7. Conceptual exercises 7, 8, 9, 10. Exercises 15, 24, 25, 27, 28. (Due 4/2)
• Homework 8 (Due 4/17)
• Homework 9: Read Ch 18.3.1-18.3.3, Ch 20.1-20.3, 20.6. Conceptual exercises Ch 20 # 2, 6. R Exercises Ch 18 # 12 and Ch 20 # 11abef, 12ace, 17, 20. (Due 5/2)

• Take Home Quiz 2 Solutions
• Exam 2 Solutions
• Take Home Quiz 1 Solutions
• Exam 1 Solutions

Data

• soep2019.csv. Source: German Socio-Economic Panel (2019 data on employed age 18-65)
• compas2014.csv. Source: ProPublica
• personalities.csv. Source: Which Character? Personality Quiz.
• pearson-father-son.csv (Source: Karl Pearson, c1900). Also, pearson-correlation-box.R
• candytuft.csv: From Darwin, C. R. 1876. The effects of cross and self fertilisation in the vegetable kingdom.
• flint.csv: Data on lead in tapwater from Flint, Michigan in 2015. (Source: Flint Water Study)
• eggs_and_presidents.csv: Egg prices and presidential parties. (Source: US Bureau of Labor)
• balance.csv: Aging and balance. (Source: Teasdale, Bard, LaRue, and Fleury. 1993. On the cognitive penetrability of posture control. Experimental Aging Research).
• cereal.csv (Source: Kaggle, 80 Cereals)
• lasers21.csv (Source: FAA Laser Incidents)
• gosset_corn.csv: Gosset's 1908 data on the harvest (lbs/acre) after seeding pairs of plots with undried and with kiln-dried seeds. (Source: Gosset, The Probable Error of a Mean, 1908, pg 24)