Schedule and Textbooks Information

Fall 2020 Schedule and Textbook Information for STAT 113

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STAT 113 - Textbook(s) for Fall 2020

CRN	Title	Author	ISBN	Version	Req/Opt
25877	Statistics Concepts and Controversies	David S. Moore, William I. Notz	9781319109028	10th	Y
27597	Statistics Concepts and Controversies	David S. Moore, William I. Notz	9781319109028	10th	Y
29092	Statistics Concepts and Controversies	David S. Moore, William I. Notz	9781319109028	10th	Y
59172	Statistics Concepts and Controversies	David S. Moore, William I. Notz	9781319109028	10th	Y
64657	Statistics Concepts and Controversies	David S. Moore, William I. Notz	9781319109028	10th	Y
67272	Statistics Concepts and Controversies	David S. Moore, William I. Notz	9781319109028	10th	Y

STAT 113 - Schedule information for Fall 2020

CRN	Section	Instructor	Day	Time	Room
29092	002	Cheryl Crabill	TR	11:30am-12:20pm	OFFCMP ONLINE
67272	037	Cheryl Crabill	TR	08:30-09:20am	OFFCMP ONLINE
29125	004	Evan Li	M	2:30-3:20pm	OFFCMP ONLINE
29108	016	Grant Halver	M	07:30-08:20am	OFFCMP ONLINE
62093	032	Grant Halver	M	08:30-09:20am	OFFCMP ONLINE
21619	902	Grant Halver	M	10:30-11:20am	OFFCMP ONLINE
21620	903	John Lambrecht	M	11:30am-12:20pm	OFFCMP ONLINE
29099	017	John Lambrecht	M	08:30-09:20am	OFFCMP ONLINE
29120	027	John Lambrecht	M	12:30-1:20pm	OFFCMP ONLINE
13842	067	Mudit Gaur	M	08:30-09:20am	OFFCMP ONLINE
14336	061	Mudit Gaur	M	09:30-10:20am	OFFCMP ONLINE
10953	041	Mudit Gaur	M	11:30am-12:20pm	OFFCMP ONLINE
29124	024	Evan Li	M	3:30-4:20pm	OFFCMP ONLINE
29110	020	Evan Li	M	4:30-5:20pm	OFFCMP ONLINE
21618	901	Ksheera Sagar Keralapura Nagaraju	M	2:30-3:20pm	OFFCMP ONLINE
11826	052	Wenjie Li	M	2:30-3:20pm	OFFCMP ONLINE
62094	033	Wenjie Li	M	4:30-5:20pm	OFFCMP ONLINE
29103	029	Wenjie Li	M	3:30-4:20pm	OFFCMP ONLINE
13853	071	Xinyi Pei	M	09:30-10:20am	OFFCMP ONLINE
29101	021	Xinyi Pei	M	1:30-2:20pm	OFFCMP ONLINE
12535	038	Xinyi Pei	M	12:30-1:20pm	OFFCMP ONLINE
29111	019	Ksheera Sagar Keralapura Nagaraju	M	3:30-4:20pm	OFFCMP ONLINE
29105	023	Ksheera Sagar Keralapura Nagaraju	M	4:30-5:20pm	OFFCMP ONLINE

STAT 113 - Course Outline

1. Collecting Data
   
   
   1. Sampling: random samples; use of tables of random digits; sources of bias in sampling human populations; multistage and stratified samples; random selection as public policy.
      Applications: Opinion polling, TV ratings, government economic and social statistics.
   
   
   
   2. Design of experiments: randomized comparative experiments; blocking and other elaborations; ethics of experimentation on human subjects.
      Applications: medical experiments, social policy experiments.
   
   
   
   3. Measurement: bias, reliability and validity; scales of measurement; good and bad data.
      Applications: measuring unemployment, critiquing the use of data in persuasion.
   
   
   
2. Organizing and Describing Data
   
   
   1. Tables and graphs: bivariate frequency tables; common graphs and their abuses; frequency distributions; the normal distributions.
   
   
   
   2. Numerical summary measures: mean, median, mode; percentiles and boxplots; standard deviation and variance; correlation and regression; the question of causation.
      Applications: smoking and health, standardized tests as predictors.
   
   
   
   3. Index numbers and related topics: index numbers, interpretation of time series data.
      Applications: The Consumer Price Index; national economic indicators; social indicators.
   
   
   
3. Formal Statistical Reasoning
   
   
   1. Probability: what is probability; simulation using random digits; expected values and the law of large numbers.
      Applications: state lotteries.
   
   
   
   2. Confidence intervals: basic ideas, simulations.
      Applications: return to opinion polling.