STAT 100, Section 1: Statistical Concepts and Reasoning
Lecture notes, etc.
I'll try to post the class notes here at least 8 hours prior to class.
Lecture Date
Materials Used
Dec. 9
More review today.
Quiz #13
Dec. 7
No lecture notes today; we'll be discussing the final exam.
A few midterm questions
Quiz #12
Dec. 5
Lecture 35
Teen drug use article
2004 National survey on drug use and health
Quiz #11
Dec. 2
Lecture 34
Quiz #10
Nov. 30
Lecture 33
Quiz we didn't have
Nov. 28
Lecture 32
Dr. John Arbuthnott on divine providence
Hangovers and college students
Monkeys' sense of fairness
Quiz we didn't have
Nov. 22
Lecture 31
M&M proportions
Thanksgiving statistics from the Census Bureau
Quiz #9
Nov. 21
Lecture 30
Some obesity statistics, maybe...
Quiz #8
Nov. 18
Lecture 29
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission on vending machines
Quiz #7
Nov. 14
Today's lecture will be a continuation of Friday's Lecture 28
(a review for the midterm on Nov. 16)
Quiz we didn't have
Nov. 11
Lecture 28
Veterans Day
Quiz we didn't have
Nov. 9
Lecture 27
Pop vs. Soda
Quiz we didn't have
Nov. 7
Lecture 26
Brain asymmetry in musicians
Quiz we didn't have
Nov. 4
Lecture 25
Quiz we didn't have
Nov. 2
Lecture 24
Quiz we didn't have
Oct. 31
Lecture 23
Quiz we didn't have
Oct. 28
Lecture 22
V. Forastieri on dermatoglyphic asymmetry (abstract)
Quiz we didn't have
Oct. 26
Lecture 21
forerunner.com article on premarital sex views
Quiz we didn't have
Oct. 24
Lecture 20
Article about sexual attitudes
Quiz we didn't have
Oct. 21
Lecture 19
Guerrilla Girls poster
CDC death data for 2002
shookrun.com on framing and anchoring
Monty's Bluff
:
Behavioral finance
and
more on the anchoring effect
Quiz we didn't have
Oct. 17
Lecture 18
: These lecture notes are merely "highlights" from previous notes. You might choose not to download them.
PowerPoint version of Lecture 18
Quiz #6
Oct. 12
Lecture 17
Rasmussen Reports
on Bible
Gallup
on Bible
Quiz #5
Oct. 10
Lecture 16
Quiz we didn't have
Oct. 7
Lecture 15
Coffee statistics
Quiz #4
Oct. 5
Lecture 14
Some English language statistics
Quiz we didn't have
Oct. 3
Lecture 13
New Yorker article on McDonald's
Oct. 3: An evening with Morgan Spurlock
Quiz we didn't have
Sept. 30
Lecture 12
MADD statistics on alcohol
Quiz we didn't have
Sept. 28
Lecture 11
Med school statistics
Summary vet school statistics
Red Cross email
Quiz #3
Sept. 26
Lecture 10
Mental disorders among British children
Arby's nutrition information
Quiz we didn't have
Sept. 21
Lecture 9
The autumnal equinox
Quiz we didn't have
Sept. 19
Lecture 8
Nutritional supplement article
Quiz #2
Sept. 16
Lecture 7
Expressed attitudes of adolescents toward marriage and family life
The Hawthorne effect
and
related effects
Quiz we didn't have
Sept. 14
Lecture 6
The Hite Report
Quiz we didn't have
Sept. 12
Lecture 5
A good Katrina poll
A bad Katrina poll
Standard normal table (as on p. 157)
Quiz we didn't have
Sept. 9
Lecture 4
One: Anti-poverty campaign
World Bank poverty information
Quiz we didn't have
Sept. 7
Lecture 3
Quiz we didn't have
Sept. 2
Lecture 2
Yoga news article
Yoga original source
Positive outlook news article
Positive outlook original source
The Trachtenberg Speed System of Arithmetic
Quiz #1
Aug. 31
Lecture 1
Scientific Savvy article in NY Times
Smoking article in NY Times
Quiz we didn't have