MATH 119: NOTES FOR QUIZ 1
"If you don't believe in random sampling, the next time your doctor
orders a blood test, tell him that he needs to take all of it." - quoted
by policy analyst Mark Weisbrot in defense of statistical sampling analysis of
Iraqi civilian deaths.
SOME CALCULATOR TIPS ….
These are very experimental typed + handwritten
notes. Later notes will be mostly handwritten.
Lessons 1-4 (Chapters 1 and 2) : Intro,
Statistical Graphics
Chapter 2 / 3 / 10 Handout - MINITAB output
How Bin (Class) Widths Affect Histograms (play
with applets!)
http://www.stat.sc.edu/~west/javahtml/Histogram.html
Lesson 5 (Section 3-2) : Measures of Center
Lesson 6 (Section 3-3) : Measures of Spread or
Variation
Lessons 7-8 (Sections 3-4, 3-5) : Measures of
Relative Standing or Position; Boxplots
Lessons 9-10 (Sections 4-2, 4-3) : Probability
Basics; Addition Rule
Coin Tosses and the Law of Large Numbers: Math119CoinsLLN.pdf
Lessons 11-12 (Sections 4-4, 4-5) :
Multiplication Rule; More Conditional Probability
EXTRAS:
Coming Soon:
Our Sense of Probability; Monty Hall game (will be on Class Games page)
Web links
Information on the cognitive psychology we
discuss in this class.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amos_Tversky
(Tversky was one of my profs.)
The prof. with the test where you could score
-infinity:
http://www.stanford.edu/dept/MSandE/people/faculty/howard/index.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_A._Howard
(Another one of my profs.)
GREAT BOOKS!