Schedule

The schedule below is a record of what we have actually done as well as an approximate projection of what we will do. Course materials will be posted here and distributed in class. WeBWorK assignments will be posted as they are assigned. Suggested exercises for each section are odd only (unless otherwise specified). Solutions to odd-numbered problems in both books are available (here for Grinstead & Snell and at the back of OpenIntro Statistics). Challenge problems are marked with an asterisk (*).

• Week 1
  • 1/13: Discuss the syllabus, R , and basic statistical concepts (Chapter 1 of OpenIntro Statistics). Some data visualizations:
    • Women in Parliament
    • Mass shootings in America
    • Immigration and crime
    • Meteorites
    • Who marries whom?
  • 1/14: More basic statistical concepts. R projects 1 and 2. Suggested exercises in chapter 1 of OpenIntro Stats: 1, 3, 7, 9, 13, 17, 18, 21, 25, 29, 32, 37, 39, 41.
  • 1/16: Transition from statistics to probability (Section 1.2 of Grinstead & Snell).
• Week 2
  • 1/20: More basics of probability and a worksheet. Suggested exercises in section 1.2: 1, 4, 5.
  • 1/21: More counting and probability (Section 1.2 and 3.1,2 of Grinstead & Snell). Suggested exercises:
    • 1.2: 7, 9, 13, 25, 31
    • 3.1: 1, 3, 5, 23*
    • 3.2: 1, 3, 11*, 15, 21, 31
  • 1/23: Counting and probability (chapter 3 of Grinstead & Snell). WeBWorK HW01 due at 9:00 PM today.
• Week 3
  • 1/27: Conditional probability and independent events (section 4.1 of Grinstead & Snell). A summary and a worksheet. Suggested exercises in section 4.1: 1-9 odd, 17*, 19, 23*, 29, 31, 35.
  • 1/28: More conditional probability and distribution functions (sections 4.1 and 1.2 of Grinstead and Snell).
  • 1/30: Special discrete random variables (section 5.1 of Grinstead and Snell). WeBWorK HW02 due at 9:00 PM today.
• Week 4
  • 2/3: Special discrete random variables and expected values (sections 6.1 and 5.1 of Grinstead and Snell). Suggested problems:
    • 5.1: 9*, 17, 19, 21a, 25*, 27, 29
    • 6.1: 1, 3, 5, 13*, 16, 23, 27a, 29*
  • 2/4: Random variables and review. WeBWorK HW03 due at 9:00 PM today.
  • 2/6: Exam on basic probability and discrete random variables.
    • Formulas (draft)
    • Exam 1 review
    • Special discrete distributions
    • An old exam and a review guide for it. Warning: this exam does not cover the same material, though there is significant overlap.
• Week 5
  • 2/10: More on discrete random variables: properties of PMFs and CDFs, PMFs and CDFs in R, the Poisson distribution. Suggested exercises in 5.1: 13, 31*, 33*.
  • 2/11: Transition to continuous random variables (Ch. 2 of Grinstead & Snell). A worksheet.
  • 2/13: More continuous random variables. Suggested exercises in section 2.2: 1-5 (all), 7. WeBWorK HW04 due at 9:00 PM today.
• Week 6
  • 2/17: Special continuous distributions (5.2 of Grinstead and Snell). Suggested exercises in 5.2: 1*, 17, 19, 23, 25, 27, 29.
  • 2/18: More on continuous distributions. Suggested exercises in 6.3: 1, 3. WeBWorK HW04.5 due at 9:00 PM today.
  • 2/20: Exam on random variables.
    • Formulas
    • Practice problems
• Spring break and contagion: the rest of the semester will happen online.
• Week 7
  • 3/10: Worksheet on sample statistics and videos B, A, and C.
  • 3/12: Solutions to the worksheet. First Zoom Q&A at 2:30 PM (Pacific). Click the link and follow the instructions.
• Week 8
  • 3/16: Worksheet (due 3/20, solutions) and videos A and B on point estimation.
    • WeBWorK HW05 opens.
    • Look over section 5.1 of OpenIntro Statistics and try problems 1 and 3 (solutions are at the back of the book).
  • 3/18: Zoom Q&A at 2:00. Worksheet (due 3/20, solutions) and video on interval estimation.
  • 3/20: Zoom Q&A at 2:00 (link). WeBWorK HW05 due at 6:00 PM Pacific.
• Week 9
  • 3/23: Worksheet (due 3/27, solutions) and videos (A, B, C) on confidence intervals.
    • Suggested problems in OpenIntro Statistics: 5.7-13 odd.
    • See also sections 1-4 of Set Estimation (includes problems with solutions) at the UAH Virtual Labs.
  • 3/24: WeBWorK HW06 opens (due Friday).
  • 3/25: Worksheet (due 3/31, solutions) and video introducting hypothesis tests.
  • 3/26: Zoom Q&A at 2:00. Suggested problems in OpenIntro Statistics (note that this book uses the normal distribution in hypothesis tests about proportions instead of the more exact binomial distribution):
    • 5: 15, 17, 21, 29, 31, 33, 35
    • 6: 11, 13, 15
    • 7: 1-13 odd
  • 3/27: Zoom Q&A at 2:00. WeBWorK HW06 due at 6:00 PM Pacific.
• Week 10
  • 3/30: Worksheet (due 4/3, partial solutions) and video on more hypothesis tests.
  • 3/31: Zoom Q&A at 2:00.
  • 4/2: Zoom Q&A at 2:00.
  • 4/3: Zoom Q&A at 2:00. Exam 3 distributed (some review material). WeBWorK HW07 due at 6:00 PM Pacific
• Week 11
  • 4/5: Example video of finding the significance level of a test.
  • 4/6: Exam 3 due by 6:00 Pacific.
  • 4/8: Goodness-of-fit tests (UAH page on chi-square tests) and ANOVA (Section 7.5 of OpenIntro Statistics)
    • Watch the lesson on goodness of fit tests
    • Do R project 5: Goodness of fit tests
    • Watch the lesson on ANOVA
    • Do R project 6: ANOVA
    • More practice problems on the UAH page: 15, 16
    • Practice problems in OpenIntro Statistics: 7.5.35-38, 40, 41, 44, 45
  • 4/9: Zoom Q&A at 2:00 Pacific.
• Week 12
  • 4/14: Start on linear regression (ch. 8 of OpenIntro Statistics). New R projects and lessons:
    • Watch the introduction to regression
    • Do R project 7: Linear regression with echidnas
    • Watch the second lesson on regression
    • Do R project 8: Linear regression II
    • Some solutions for R projects 5 and 6
    • Some solutions for R projects 7 and 8
    • Suggested problems in ch. 8: 1-15 odd (correlation), 17-25 odd (regression lines), 27-33 odd.
    • WeBWorK HW08F opens
  • 4/16: Zoom Q&A.
  • 4/17: Zoom Q&A. WeBWorK HW08F due at 6:00 PM midnight Saturday
• FINAL EXAM (take home, cumulative, distributed 4/19 and due 4/21)
• All the summary and review material...
  • ... for exam 1:
    • Exam 1 formulas
    • Exam 1 review
    • Special discrete distributions
    • An old exam and a review guide for it. Warning: this exam does not cover the same material, though there is significant overlap.
  • ... for exam 2:
    • Exam 2 formulas
    • Exam 2 practice problems
    • Special continuous distributions
  • ... for exam 3:
    • Exam 3 summary and practice problems
  • ... for using R:
    • R projects page
    • Solutions for R projects 5 and 6
    • Solutions for R projects 7 and 8

Course resources

• Syllabus
• R projects
• WeBWorK
• Exam 1 review
• Exam 2 formulas
• Z table
• t critical values
• Special discrete distributions
• Special continuous distributions
• Hypothesis tests
• Linear regression
• Final formulas

Links

• Introduction to Probability
• OpenIntro Statistics
• Math 321 Fall 2019
• Dr. Stover's 321
• Math 321 Spring 2016
• Math 321 Spring 2011
• Academic Calendar
• Final Exam Schedule
• WolframAlpha
• Khan Academy
• Desmos
• Virtual Laboratories
• RStudio Cloud

Office hours

• 10:30-11:30 Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
• Or by appointment

Logan Axon
Department of Mathematics
MSC 2615
Gonzaga University
Spokane, WA 99258
Office: Herak 307A
Phone: 509.313.3897
Email: axon@gonzaga.edu

Last updated 4/19/2020