Math 211 - Fall 2009

Also known as "Elements of Statistical Methods"


Instructor: Mike Story (mstory AT shoreline DOT edu)
Office Hours: Mondays 1:45-3:20 PM / Tuesdays 10:30-11:20 AM / Wednesdays 1:45-2:50 PM
all in room 5366.

Class meets Mondays-Fridays, 11:30-12:20, in room 2905.

Read the syllabus.

Some Homework:

  • Chapter 2: 3, 4, 7, 9, 11, 15, 17, 23, 25
  • Chapter 3: 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 19, 23, 25, 27, 35, 37, 39, 45
  • Chapter 4: 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 21, 23, 25, 29, 32, 33, 37, 46, 49, 50.
  • Chapter 5: 5, 9, 11, 13, 15, 19, 21, 23, 25, 29, 30, 31, 33, 37.
  • Chapter 6: 1-23 odd, 31, 33, 37-47 odd, 49, 53, 57. (Important chapter = lots of questions)
  • Part 1 Review: 5, 6, 7, 21,
  • Chapter 7: 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 11, 15, 19, 23, 25, 29, 33, 36
  • Chapter 8: 1-7 odd, 11, 15, 19, 21, 23, 27, 37, 45, 47, 56
  • Chapter 9: 1, 7, 9, 13, 15, 16, 17, 19, 31
  • Part 2 Review: 8, 9, 10, 16, 29, 31.
  • Chapter 11: 5, 9, 11, 15, 17, 19, 21 (long but worthwhile if you don't know the 'right answer' already), 23 (really long but really worthwhile), 25, 27, 31, 33, 39 (this is a good problem)
  • Chapter 12: 1-21 odd, 25, 26, 29, 33, 39.
  • Chapter 13: 1, 3, 7, 9, 11, 15, 17,  21, 23, 27, 29, 31, 35, 39.
  • Chapter 14: 5, 7, 8, 10, 11-43 odd, 44. (important chapter = lots of questions)
  • Chapter 15: 1, 5, 11, 13, 15, 19, 21, 23, 25, 31, 33, 35, 37, 39, 43, 45.
  • Chapter 16: 1, 3, 5, 7, 13, 17, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 35, 37 (this is a good question), 38, 39, 43, 45. 
  • Chapter 17: 1, 7, 9, 11, 15, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 31, 35, 41, 45, 47.
  • Chapter 18: 5, 7, 9, 15, 17, 19, 23, 33, 37, 39, 41, 43, 45, 47, 49, 50, 51, 52.
  • Chapter 19: 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 15, 19, 21, 23, 27, 33, 35, 39, 41.
  • Chapter 20: 1, 3, 5 (the answer is in back of the book and is very enlightening!), 7, 13, 17, 21, 25, 31, 33, 35 (good question!).



Math 211 VERY Tentative Schedule


Sept. 23

hello, introductions, surveying

Sept. 24

3 / categorical data
a website with a pie chart (and other displays)
A classic example of a bad graphical display
The survey I distributed on the first day of class
an excel file to play with in class


Sept. 28

3, 4 / more about data
some data recorded last week
today's quiz, with my answers included (for real, this time)

Sept. 29

4, 5 / quantitative data

Sept. 30

5, 6 / distributions and standard deviations
a short display about standard deviations

Oct. 1

6 / the normal model
a group activity that we may or may not eventually get to
if we ever do this activity, here are the groups


Oct. 5

7 / about scatterplots
quiz solutions

Oct. 6

7, 8 / regression and correlation
many displays

Oct. 7

8 / linear regression
the wikipedia page on the correlation coefficient is pretty awesome

Oct. 8

9 / more about regression


Oct. 12

9 / more regression
Today's quiz, and its solutions

Oct. 13

11 / randomness

Oct. 14

11 / randomness
Today's worksheet, with my own 'solutions' and commentary included

Oct. 15

12 / surveys and samples


Oct. 19

12 / samples and surveys

Oct. 20

13 / experiments

Oct. 21

14 / more randomness
Random.org is a fun site if you like random things

Oct. 22

14 / randomness to probability
Today we did a group activity -- read the solutions! (solution to 5e has been fixed)


Oct. 26

15 / probability

Oct. 27

15 / probability
last day to select P/NC grading

Oct. 28

16 / random variables

Oct. 29

MIDTERM EXAM


Nov. 2

16 / random variables
a few displays for class

Nov. 3

17 / probability models

Nov. 4

17 / probability models
last day to withdraw with a W grade

Nov. 5

18 / sampling distributions
Today's worksheet on probability models and solutions


Nov. 9

18 / sampling distributions
today's quiz, and solutions. includes both pages!

Nov. 10

19 / confidence intervals

Nov. 11

NO SCHOOL

Nov. 12

19 / confidence intervals
Today's worksheet (solutions included) (now with CORRECTED solutions)


Nov. 16

19 / confidence intervals
Today's quiz, and solutions

Nov. 17

19 / confidence intervals
some displays
today's worksheet (solutions included)

Nov. 18

20 / hypothesis testing

Nov. 19

20 / hypothesis testing
Today's worksheet (solutions included)


Nov. 23

21 / more about tests

Nov. 24

22 / proportions

Nov. 25

22 / proportions

Nov. 26

NO SCHOOL


Nov. 30

23 / means

Dec. 1

23 / means

Dec. 2

24 / comparing means

Dec. 3

24 / comparing means


Dec. 7

no class

Dec. 8

no class

Dec. 9

no class

Dec. 10

FINAL EXAM 11-1