MATH 119 - ELEMENTARY STATISTICS (SPRING 2010)

"Statistical thinking will one day be as necessary for efficient citizenship as the ability to read and write." - paraphrasing of H.G. Wells (British author) by a former president of the American Statistical Association.

"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics." - Benjamin Disraeli (19c British Prime Minister).

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Syllabi (Spring 2010)

Syllabus (TTh, 2:20pm class) É Syllabus (TTh, 3:55pm class)

Class Notes É

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YOU MAY WANT TO TAKE PERSONALIZED "SKETCH NOTES" IN CLASS.

Notes for Quiz 1: Chapters 1-4 (except 4-6)

These are very experimental typed + handwritten notes. Later notes will be mostly handwritten.

Notes for Quiz 2: Section 4-6 and Chapter 5

Notes for Quiz 3: Chapter 6

Notes for Quiz 4: Chapter 7

Notes for the Final: Chapters 8-11

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Margin Essays

These are commentaries in the sides of the pages in your textbook that deal with the uses and abuses of statistics. These will enrich your experience in the course!

Homework Assignments (Spring 2010)

#1 (Up through Section 4-5) É #2 (Section 4-6, Ch. 5) É

É #3 (Ch. 6) É #4 (Ch. 7) É #5 (Chs. 8-11)

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Old Exams and Solutions (Fall 2009)

Quiz #1 (Chs.1-4, except 4-6 in 3rd edition) --- Solutions (1 hour and 10 minutes)

Quiz #2 (4-6 and Ch.5 in 3rd edition) --- Solutions (1 hour and 10 minutes)

Quiz #3 (Ch.6 in 3rd edition) --- Solutions (1 hour and 10 minutes)

Quiz #4 (Ch.7 in 3rd edition) --- Solutions (1 hour and 10 minutes)

Final (Chs.8-11 in 3rd edition) --- Solutions (1 hour and 20 minutes)

Current Exams and Solutions (Spring 2010)

Quiz #1 (Chs.1-4, except 4-6 in 3rd edition) --- Solutions (1 hour and 10 minutes)

 (More to come!)

Great Articles

The Chinese Bachelor Problem (This is very serious!): http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/09/14/opinion/edegner.php

(The article on Benford's Law will appear after we do the "coin game.")

Polling Sites and Articles on Polls

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Great Books on Statistics, including Uses and Abuses and the Psychology of Decision Making

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Web Sites

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