Mathematics 363

Introduction to Statistical Methods

Fall 2012

Course Syllabus

Complete Statistics Notes

Week	Dates	Topics	Assignments & Tests	References
1	21Aug-23Aug	Introduction Displaying Data		New York Times: R’s power
2	28Aug-30Aug	Describing Distributions with Numbers	Assignment 1	The Age of Big Data
3	4Sep-6Sep	Correlation and Regression Producing Data		Hans Rosling’s TED lecture Blackawton Bees
4	11Sep-13Sep	Basics of Probability Conditional Probability and Independence	Assignment 2	International Statistical Institute Declaration on Professional Ethics
5	18Sep-20Sep	Random Variables and Distribution Functions		The Birthday Problem
6	25Sep-27Sep	The Expected Value
7	2-Oct-4Oct	Examples of Mass Functions and Densities Law of Large Numbers	Assignment 3
8	9Oct-11Oct	Central Limit Theorem	Exam 1
9	16Oct-18Oct	Overview of Estimation
10	23Oct-25Oct	Method of Moments Unbiased Estimation
11	30Oct -1Nov	Maximum Likelihood Estimation
12	6Nov-8Nov	Interval Estimation Simple Hypothesis	Assignment 4	Election Forecasts - Five Thirty Eight
13	13Nov-15Nov	Composite Hypothesis Extensions on the Likelihood Ratio	Project Proposal	Receiver Operator Characteristic
14	20Nov	t Procedures		Darwin: The Reluctant Mathematician
15	27Nov-29Nov	Goodness of Fit	Assignment 5 Exam 1I	As drug industry’s influence over research grows, so does the potential for bias
16	4Dec	Analysis of Variance	Preliminary Report Assignment 6
17	12Dec		Final Report Final Exam