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Summer 2020 Schedule and Textbook Information for STAT 113

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STAT 113 - Textbook(s) for Summer 2020

CRN	Title	Author	ISBN	Version	Req/Opt
22870	Statistics: Concepts and Controversies	David S. Moore,William Notz	9781464192937	9th	Y

STAT 113 - Schedule information for Summer 2020

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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.