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Week 1 (Monday, 08/21 – Saturday, 08/26)
Monday: 08/21
Wednesday: 08/23

Introduction
Section 1.1:
Section 1.2:
Section 1.3:

Course Syllabus
What Are Data?
Classifying and Storing Data
Investigating Data

**Initial Due**
Section 1.1: Section 1.2: Section 1.3:	8 questions 26 questions 6 questions

Introductory Statistics
Solved Examples: Introductory Statistics

Week 2 (Sunday, 08/27 – Saturday, 09/02)
Monday: 08/28
Wednesday: 08/30

Section 1.4:
Section 1.5:
Section 2.1-2.2:

Organizing Categorical Data
Collecting Data to Understand Causality
Visualizing Variation in Numerical Data

**Initial Due**
Section 1.4: Section 1.5: Sections 2.1-2.2: 1st: Sections 2.1-2.2: 2nd:	22 questions 28 questions 30 questions 21 questions

All websites from Week 1 and
Descriptive Statistics
Solved Examples: Measures of Center
Solved Examples: Measures of Spread
Solved Examples: Measures of Position
Solved Examples: Measures of Shape
Solved Examples: Descriptive Statistics (All Measures)

Week 3 (Sunday, 09/03 – Saturday, 09/09)
Monday: 09/04
Wednesday: 09/06

Section 2.3-2.4:
Section 2.5:
Section 3.1:

Visualizing Variation in Categorical Variables
Interpreting Graphs
Summaries for Symmetric Distributions

**Initial Due**
Sections 2.3-2.4: Section 2.5: Section 3.1-1st: Section 3.1-2nd:	18 questions 14 questions 20 questions 18 questions

All websites from Weeks 1, 2, and

Week 4 (Sunday, 09/10 – Saturday, 09/16)
Monday: 09/11
Wednesday: 09/13

Section 3.2:
Section 3.3:
Section 3.4:

What's Unusual? The Empirical Rule and z-Scores
Summaries for Skewed Distributions
Comparing Measures of Center

**Initial Due**
Section 3.2: Section 3.3: Section 3.4:	17 questions 13 questions 20 questions

Week 5 (Sunday, 09/17 – Saturday, 09/23)
Monday: 09/18
Wednesday: 09/20

Section 3.4:
Section 3.5:

Comparing Measures of Center
Using Boxplots for Displaying Summaries

**Initial Due**
Section 3.4: Section 3.5: Project/Project Draft	20 questions 19 questions Descriptive Statistics/ Inferential Statistics Project

Week 6 (Sunday, 09/24 – Saturday, 09/30)
Monday: 09/25
Wednesday: 09/27

Test 1: Monday: 09/25
Section 4.1:
Section 4.2:

In Class: Chapters 1, 2, and 3
Visualizing Viariability with a Scatterplot
Measuring Strength of Association with Correlation

**Initial Due**
Test 1 Section 4.1: Section 4.2:	20 to answer at least 10 including the minimum in each section 18 questions 21 questions

Study Guide for Test 1 includes all the websites from Week 1 through Week 5
All websites from Weeks 1 — 5 and
Correlation and Regression
Solved Examples: Scatter Diagrams
Solved Examples: Correlation and Regression
Using RStudio for Scatter Diagrams

Week 7 (Sunday, 10/01 – Saturday, 10/07)
Monday: 10/02
Wednesday: 10/04

Section 4.3:
Section 4.4:
Section 5.1:

Modeling Linear Trends
Evaluating the Linear Model
What is Randomness?

**Initial Due**
Section 4.3: Section 4.4: Section 5.1:	30 questions 29 questions 10 questions

All websites from Weeks 1 — 6 and
Probability

Week 8 (Sunday, 10/08 – Saturday, 10/14)
Monday: 10/09
Wednesday: 10/11

Section 5.2:
Section 5.3:
Section 5.4:

Finding Theoretical Probabilities
Associations in Categorical Variables
Finding Empirical and Simulated Probabilities

**Initial Due**
Section 5.2-1st: Section 5.2-2nd: Section 5.3: Section 5.4:	21 questions 20 questions 27 questions 22 questions

All websites from Weeks 1 — 7 and
Applications of Probability

Week 9 (Sunday, 10/15 – Saturday, 10/21)
Monday: 10/16
Wednesday: 10/18

Section 6.1:
Section 6.2:

Probability Distributions are Models of Random Experiments
The Normal Model

**Initial Due**
Section 6.1: Section 6.2-1st: Section 6.2-2nd:	17 questions 30 questions 21 questions

All websites from Weeks 1 — 8 and
Probability Distributions
Solved Examples: Probability Distributions
Solved Examples: Normal Distribution

Week 10 (Sunday, 10/22 – Saturday, 10/28)
Monday: 10/23
Wednesday: 10/25

Test 2: Monday: 10/23
Section 7.1:

In Class: Chapters 4, 5, and 6
Learning about the World through Surveys

**Initial Due**
Test 2 Section 7.1-1st: Section 7.1-2nd:	20 to answer at least 10 including the minimum in each section 20 questions 15 questions

Study Guide for Test 2 includes all the websites from Week 6 through Week 9

Week 11 (Sunday, 10/29 – Saturday, 11/04)
Monday: 10/30
Wednesday: 11/01

Section 7.2:
Section 7.3:
Section 7.4:

Measuring the Quality of a Survey
The Central Limit Theorem for Sample Proportions
Estimating the Population Proportion with Confidence Intervals

**Initial Due**
Section 7.2: Section 7.3: Section 7.4:	21 questions 17 questions 23 questions

All websites from Weeks 1 — 10 and
Sampling Distributions
Solved Examples: Sampling Distributions
Inferential Statistics
Solved Examples: Inferential Statistics: Proportion

Week 12 (Sunday, 11/05 – Saturday, 11/11)
Monday: 11/06
Wednesday: 11/08

Section 8.1:
Section 8.2:
Section 8.3:

The Essential Ingredients of Hypothesis Testing
Hypothesis Testing in Four Steps
Hypothesis Tests in Detail

**Initial Due**
Section 8.1: Section 8.2: Section 8.3:	30 questions 26 questions 24 questions

All websites from Weeks 1 — 11 and
Hypothesis Testing
Solved Examples: Hypothesis Testing: Hypothesis Tests
Solved Examples: Hypothesis Testing: Errors
Solved Examples: Hypothesis Testing: Hypothesis

Week 13 (Sunday, 11/12 – Saturday, 11/18)
Monday: 11/13
Wednesday: 11/15

Section 9.1:
Section 9.2:
Section 9.3:

Sample Means of Random Samples
The Central Limit Theorem for Sample Means
Answering Questions about the Mean of a Population

**Initial Due**
Section 9.1: Section 9.2: Section 9.3:	15 questions 15 questions 27 questions

All websites from Weeks 1 — 12 and
Solved Examples: Inferential Statistics: Mean

Week 14 (Sunday, 11/19 – Saturday, 11/25)

**Final Due**
Project Draft:	The project draft is not graded. It is due on Saturday, 11/25/2023; 11:59pm EDT
HAPPY FALL BREAK/THANKSGIVING. Please complete all outstanding assignments.

Week 15 (Sunday, 11/26 – Saturday, 12/02)
Monday: 11/27
Wednesday: 11/29

Section 9.4:
Section 10.1:

Hypothesis Testing for Means
The Basic Ingredients for Testing with Categorical Variables

**Initial Due**
Section 9.4: Section 10.1:	18 questions 18 questions

Week 16 (Sunday, 12/03 – Saturday, 12/09)
Monday: 12/04
Wednesday: 12/06

Test 3: Monday: 12/04
Section 10.2:

In Class: Chapters 7, 8, and 9
The Chi-Square Test for Goodness of Fit

**Initial Due**
Test 3 Section 10.2:	20 to answer at least 10 including the minimum in each section 10 questions

Study Guide for Test 3 includes all the websites from Week 10 through Week 15

**Final Due**
Test 1 Make-up Test 2 Make-up Test 3 Make-up Project	Testing Center: Prior approval required. Testing Center: Prior approval required. Testing Center: Prior approval required. Descriptive Statistics/ Inferential Statistics Project

Week 17 (Sunday, 12/10 – Saturday, 12/16)
Monday: 12/11
Wednesday: 12/13

**Due**
Final Exam: Final Exam Make-up:	Monday: In Class: Chapters 1 – 9 Wednesday: Testing Center: Chapters 1 – 10

Study Guide for the Final Exam are Tests 1, 2, and 3
Study Guide for the Final Exam Make-up are all the websites from Week 1 through Week 16

**Final Due**
All MyLab Statistics Assignments	Saturday: 12/16/2023; 11:59 pm EDT