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Week 1 (Monday, 08/25 – Saturday, 08/30)
Tuesday: 08/26
Thursday: 08/28

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, 08/31 – Saturday, 09/06)
Tuesday: 09/02
Thursday: 09/04

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

Week 3 (Sunday, 09/07 – Saturday, 09/13)
Tuesday: 09/09
Thursday: 09/11

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
Descriptive Statistics

Week 4 (Sunday, 09/14 – Saturday, 09/20)
Tuesday: 09/16
Thursday: 09/18

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

All websites from Weeks 1 — 3 and
Solved Examples: Measures of Center
Solved Examples: Measures of Spread
Solved Examples: Measures of Position

Week 5 (Sunday, 09/21 – Saturday, 09/27)
Tuesday: 09/23
Thursday: 09/25

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

All websites from Weeks 1 — 4 and
Solved Examples: Measures of Shape
Solved Examples: Descriptive Statistics (All Measures)

Week 6 (Sunday, 09/28 – Saturday, 10/04)
Tuesday: 09/30
Thursday: 10/02

Test 1: Tuesday: 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, 10/05 – Saturday, 10/11)
Tuesday: 10/07
Thursday: 10/09

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, 10/12 – Saturday, 10/18)
Tuesday: 10/14
Thursday: 10/16

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, 10/19 – Saturday, 10/25)
Tuesday: 10/21
Thursday: 10/23

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, 10/26 – Saturday, 11/01)
Tuesday: 10/28
Thursday: 10/30

Test 2: Tuesday: 10/23
Section 7.1:
Section 7.2:

In Class: Chapters 4, 5, and 6
Learning about the World through Surveys
Measuring the Quality of a Survey

**Initial Due**
Test 2 Section 7.1-1st: Section 7.1-2nd: Section 7.2:	20 to answer at least 10 including the minimum in each section 20 questions 15 questions 21 questions

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

Week 11 (Sunday, 11/02 – Saturday, 11/08)
Tuesday: 11/04
Thursday: 11/06

Section 7.3:
Section 7.4:
Section 8.1:
Section 8.2:

The Central Limit Theorem for Sample Proportions
Estimating the Population Proportion with Confidence Intervals
The Essential Ingredients of Hypothesis Testing
Hypothesis Testing in Four Steps

**Initial Due**
Section 7.3: Section 7.4: Section 8.1: Section 8.2:	17 questions 23 questions 30 questions 26 questions

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

Week 12 (Sunday, 11/09 – Saturday, 11/15)
Tuesday: 11/11
Thursday: 11/13

Section 8.3:
Section 9.1:
Section 9.2:
Section 9.3:

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

**Initial Due**
Section 8.3: Section 9.1: Section 9.2: Section 9.3:	24 questions 15 questions 15 questions 27 questions

All websites from Weeks 1 — 11 and
Solved Examples: Hypothesis Testing: Errors
Solved Examples: Hypothesis Testing: Hypothesis
Solved Examples: Inferential Statistics: Mean

Week 13 (Sunday, 11/16 – Saturday, 11/22)
Tuesday: 11/18
Thursday: 11/20

Section 9.4:
Section 10.1:
Section 10.2:

Hypothesis Testing for Means
The Basic Ingredients for Testing with Categorical Variables
The Chi-Square Test for Goodness of Fit

**Initial Due**
Section 9.4: Section 10.1: Section 10.2:	16 questions 18 questions 10 questions

Study Guide for Test 3 includes all the websites from Week 10 through Week 13

Week 14 (Sunday, 11/23 – Saturday, 11/29)
Fall Break/Thanksgiving Break
No Classes
Yes Assignments

Week 16 (Sunday, 11/30 – Saturday, 12/06)
Tuesday: 12/02
Thursday: 12/04

Test 3: Tuesday: 12/04
Project; Review Final

In Class: Chapters 7, 8, and 9
Work on Project; Review for Final Exam

**Initial Due**
Test 3 Project; Review Final	20 to answer at least 10 including the minimum in each section Work on Project; Review for Final Exam

**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 16 (Sunday, 12/07 – Saturday, 12/13)
Tuesday: 12/09
Thursday: 12/11

**Due**
Final Exam: Final Exam Make-up:	Tuesday: In Class: Chapters 1 – 9 Thursday: 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: 12/13/2025; 11:59 pm EDT