Mathematics 363

Introduction to Statistical Methods

Spring 2013

Course Syllabus

Complete Statistics Notes

Week	Dates	Topics	Assignments & Tests	References
1	10Jan	Introduction		International Year of Statistics R’s Power
2	15Jan-17Jan	Displaying Data Describing Distributions with Numbers	Assignment 1	The Age of Big Data
3	22Jan-24Jan	Correlation and Regression		Hans Rosling’s TED lecture Blackawton Bees
4	29Jan-31Jan	Producing Data Basics of Probability		International Statistical Institute Declaration on Professional Ethics
5	5Feb-7Feb	Conditional Probability and Independence Random Variables and Distribution Functions	Assignment 2	The Birthday Problem
6	12Feb-14Feb	The Expected Value		As drug industry’s influence over research grows, so does the potential for bias
7	19Feb-21Feb	Examples of Mass Functions and Densities
8	26Feb-28Feb	Law of Large Numbers	Assignment 3
9	5Mar-7Mar	Central Limit Theorem	Exam 1
10	12Mar-14Mar	Spring Break
11	19Mar-21Mar	Overview of Estimation Method of Moments		Doubts about Johns Hopkins research
12	26Mar-28Mar	Unbiased Estimation Maximum Likelihood Estimation
13	2Apr-4Apr	Interval Estimation Simple Hypothesis	Assignment 4	Receiver Operator Characteristic
14	9Apr-11Apr	Composite Hypothesis	Project Proposal
15	16Apr-18Apr	Extensions on the Likelihood Ratio t Procedures		Darwin: The Reluctant Mathematician
16	23Apr-25Apr	Goodness of Fit	Assignment 5 Exam 2
17	30Apr	Analysis of Variance	Assignment 6
18	7May		Final Exam Final Report