Course Syllabus

Statistics: The Exploration and Analysis of Data

Introduction to the Practice of Statistics Web Site

Statistics Clinic (8:00 - 10:00 pm in Hayes Hall 311)

Sunday - Rob Long
Tuesday - Basil Kahwash
Thursday - Lisa Vaughan

Daily Agendas

• August 31
• Sept. 2
• Sept. 4
• Sept. 7
• Sept. 9
• Sept. 11
• Sept. 14
• Sept. 16 - Real Knife, Fake Surgery
• Sept. 18 - Quiz 1 Solutions
• Sept. 21
• Sept. 23
• Sept. 25
• Sept. 28
• Sept. 30
• Oct. 2 - Exam 1
• Oct. 5
• Oct. 7
• Oct. 9
• Oct. 14
• Oct. 16
• Oct. 19
• Oct. 21
• Oct. 23 - Quiz 2 (Quiz 2 Solutions) and Problem Session
• Oct. 26
• Oct. 28
• Oct. 30
• Nov. 2
• Nov. 4 - Problem Session / Review
• Nov. 6 - Exam 2
• Nov. 9
• Nov. 11
• Nov. 13
• Nov. 16 - Problem Session
• Nov. 18
• Nov. 20 - Quiz 3 (Quiz 3 Solutions)
• Nov. 30
• Dec. 2
• Dec. 4
• Dec. 7
• Dec. 9
• Dec. 11 - Problem Session

Homework Assignments

• HW #1 - due on Sept. 7
• HW #2 - due on Sept. 11
• HW #3 - due on Sept. 18
• HW #4 - due on Sept. 25
• HW #5 - will not be collected (practice problems for the exam)
• HW #6 - due on Oct. 9
• HW #7 - due on Oct. 16
• HW #8 - due on Oct. 23
• HW #9 - due on Oct. 30
• HW #10 - due on Nov. 13
• HW #11 - will not be collected (practice problems for the quiz)
• Short Paper #2 - (Summary and Critique of an article dealing with statistical inference.) - due on Dec.15
  • Sample 1
  • Sample 2
  • Sample 3

Sample Papers

• Sample 1
• Sample 2
• Sample 3

Exam 1 Samples

• Exam 1 Spring 2009 - Solutions
• Exam 1 Fall 2008 - Solutions

Exam 2 Samples

• Exam 2 Spring 2009 - Solutions
• Exam 2 Fall 2008 - Solutions
• Exam 2 Fall 2006 - Solutions

Final Exam Samples

• Final 2005 - Solutions
• Final 2004 - Solutions
• Final 2002 - Solutions

Summary of Minitab Commands

Interesting Links

• Simpon's Paradox
• Advanced NFL statistics
• For Today's Graduate, Just One Word: Statistics
• CHANCE Wiki
• CAUSEweb
• Rice Virtual Lab in Statistics
• JAVA Applets