Previous weeks in Math 160

Previous Weeks in Math 160

This file will contain the week-to-week reading and lecture schedules. At the end of the week the "this week" will be modified to reflect what actually happened and will be appended to this file.

Week 1: Monday, January 18

Topics:
- Introduction to the course
- Understanding and describing data: Distributions
Reading:

Chapter 1

Monday:

Martin Luther King Day - no classes or office hours

Tuesday:

Introduction to the course

Thursday:

Some history
What is data? Entities and attributes
Describing data. (Section 1.1)
An introductory survey

Friday:

Distributions
Tools for the graphical description of data (Section 1.1)

Other Notes:

Office hours resume next week

Week 2: Monday, January 25

Topics:
- Understanding data: Distributions
Reading:

Finish chapter 1

Monday:

A Minitab demonstration
Histograms
Tools for data description using numbers (1.2)

Tuesday:

Quantitative description of distributions.
Median and quartiles(1.2)
The IQR and outliers
The standard deviation (1.2)

Thursday:

Comparison of the average/standard deviation with the five-number-summary
Linear transformations
Density curves and Normal Distributions (1.3)

Friday:

Density curves and Normal Distributions (1.3)

Other Notes:

Office hours resume this week. Office hours will be 11:00 MTThF or by appointment.
Next Monday (February 1) is the last day to drop without record

Week 3: Monday, February 1

Topics:
- Understanding data: Distributions
Reading:

Finish section 1.3
Start chapter 2 (2.1 - 2.5)

Monday:

Density curves and Normal Distributions (1.3)
Looking at data relationships for two quantative variables (2.1)

Tuesday:

Looking at data relationships for two quantative variables (2.1)
Scatterplots
Correlation (2.2)

Thursday:

Least-squares regression (2.3)

Friday:

Least-squares regression (2.3)

Other Notes:

Monday (February 1) is the last day to drop without record

Week 4: Monday, February 8

Topics:
- Understanding data: Distributions
- Producing data
Reading:

2.4 - 2.6
3.1 - 3.3

Monday:

More discussion on linear regression

Tuesday:

Some concerns about regression (2.4)

Thursday:

Data relationship for two categorical variables (2.5)

Friday:

The question of causation (2.6)

Other Notes:

The first hour exam will be next week (Friday, February 19)

Week 5: Monday, February 15

Topics:
- Generating data
Reading:

3.1 - 3.4

Monday:

Design of experiments (3.1)

Tuesday:

Sampling Design (3.2)

Thursday:

Sampling Design (3.2)
Review for hour exam #1

Friday:

Hour Exam #1

Other Notes:

The first hour exam will be this week (Friday, February 19)

Week 6: Monday, February 22

Topics:
- Gathering data
- Introduction to probability
Reading:

3.2 - 4.2
Please read carefully section 3.4 for Tuesdays class. We will have a discussion on the issues raised in this section.

Monday:

Exam #1 returned and discussed

Tuesday:

Sampling Design (3.2)
Statistical inference (3.3)

Thursday:

Statistical inference (3.3)
Ethical considerations (3.4)

Friday:

Introduction to Probability (4.1)
Probability models (4.2)

Other Notes:

Monday, March 1, is the last day to withdraw with an automatic "W".

Week 7: Monday, March 1

Topics:
- Introduction to probability
- Sampling distributions
Reading:

4.3. We will not cover section 4.5.

Monday:

Probability models (4.2)
Happy St. David's Day!

Tuesday:

Probability models (4.2)
Random variables (4.3)

No office hours Tuesday

Thursday:

Homework set #4 returned and discussed

Friday:

Random variables (4.3)

Other Notes:

Monday, March 1, is the last day to withdraw with an automatic "W".
There will be no class Friday, March 12 (Columbia History of Science Seminar)
Exam #2 will be Friday, March 26 (the Friday following Spring Break)

Week 8: Monday, March 8

Topics:
- Sampling Distributions
Reading:

4.3 - 4.4. We will not cover section 4.5
5.1 - 5.2

Monday:

Continuous Random variables (4.3)
Means and Variances of Random Variables (4.4)

Tuesday:

Law of large numbers
Rules for means of random variables

Thursday:

Rules for the variance of a random variable

Friday:

There will be no class Friday, March 12 (Columbia History of Science Seminar)

Other Notes:

There will be no class Friday, March 12 (Columbia History of Science Seminar)
Exam #2 will be Friday, March 26 (the Friday following Spring Break)
Friday is mid-term (not an exam date for us)
Next week is Spring Break

Week 9: Monday, March 15

SPRING BREAK!

Week 10: Monday, March 22

Topics:
- Sampling Distributions
Reading:

5.1 - 5.2

Monday:

Sampling distributions for counts and proportions (5.1)
Binomial distribution
Homework assignments 5 and 6 returned.

Tuesday:

Sampling distributions for counts and proportions (5.1)

Thursday:

Sampling distributions for counts and proportions (5.1)
Review for Hour Exam #2

Friday:

Hour Exam #2

Other Notes:

Exam #2 will be this Friday, March 26.

Week 11: Monday, March 29

Topics:
- Introduction to inference
Reading:

5.2
6.1 We will not cover section 6.4

Monday:

No class - household emergency (broken furnace)

Tuesday:

Questions
Exam #2 returned and discussed

Thursday:

Sampling distribution of a sample mean (5.2)

Friday:

The Central Limit Theorem
Confidence intervals (6.1)

Other Notes:

Exam #3 will be Friday, April 16.

Week 12: Monday, April 5

Topics:
- Introduction to inference
- Inference for distributions
Reading:

6.1 - 6.3. We will not cover section 6.4
7.1 - 7.2

Monday:

Confidence intervals (6.1)
Tests of significance (6.2)

Tuesday:

Tests of significance (6.2)

Thursday:

Tests of significance (6.2)
Use and abuse of tests (6.3)

Friday:

Inference for the mean of a population (7.1)

Other Notes:

Exam #3 will be next Friday, April 16.

Week 13: Monday, April 12

Topics:
- Inference for distributions
- Inference for proportions
Reading:

7.1 - 7.2 (we will not cover 7.3)
8.1

Monday:

Inference for the mean of a population (7.1)

Tuesday:

Inference for the mean of a population (7.1)

Thursday:

Comparing two means (7.2)
Exam #3 Review

Friday:

Hour Exam #3

Other Notes:

Exam #3 will be this Friday, April 16.

Week 14: Monday, April 19

Topics:
- Inference for proportions
- Analysis of Two-way tables
Reading:

7.2

Monday:

No class (instructor ill)

Tuesday:

Exam #3 returned and discussed

Thursday:

Comparing two means (7.2)

Friday:

Comparing two means (7.2)

Other Notes:

The final exam for Math 160 H is scheduled for Monday, May 10, from 4:00 - 6:00 PM.. It will be a mandatory, two-hour, in class, comprehensive exam. University regulations require that all students in this section take the final exam at this date and time.

Week 15: Monday, April 26

Topics:
- Inference for proportions
- Analysis of Two-way tables
Reading:

8.1 - 8.2
9.1

Monday:

Inference for a single proportion (8.1)
Comparing two proportions (8.2)

Tuesday:

Comparing two proportions (8.2)

Thursday:

Questions
Class cut short by power failure

Friday:

Comparing two proportions (8.2)
Inference for two-way tables (9.1)

Other Notes:

The final exam for Math 160 H is scheduled for Monday, May 10, from 4:00 - 6:00 PM.. It will be a mandatory, two-hour, in class, comprehensive exam. University regulations require that all students in this section take the final exam at this date and time.

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