STAT 100, Section 4, Fall 2008: 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. 12	Today: more review for final exam Quiz #14
Dec. 10	Today: Review questions on Chapters 22-25 Quiz we didn't have
Dec. 8	Lecture 39 "The time of your lives" in the Mirror Quiz we didn't have
Dec. 5	Lecture 38 Quiz we didn't have
Dec. 3	Lecture 37 Yahoo! news item on cheating survey Quiz we didn't have
Dec. 1	Lecture 36 Marion popcorn festival FAQ Poppy's quiz Quiz we didn't have
Nov. 21	Lecture 35 Quiz #13
Nov. 19	Exam day; no lecture
Nov. 17	Lecture 34 Quiz we didn't have
Nov. 14	Lecture 33 Quiz we didn't have
Nov. 12	Lecture 32 U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission on vending machines Quiz #12
Nov. 10	Lecture 31 2003 map showing soft-drink names Quiz #11
Nov. 7	Lecture 30 Women seeking tattoo removal Quiz we didn't have
Nov. 5	Lecture 29 Vietnam to ban small-chested drivers Quiz we didn't have
Nov. 3	Lecture 28 Email about election day from the Dean of Undergraduate Education Centre County polling place locator and general election information Facts on 2004 youth and student voters: here and here and here. Quiz we didn't have
Oct. 31	Lecture 27 Sampling distributon applet Quiz we didn't have
Oct. 29	Lecture 26 Gallup video on Olympics poll Details of Gallup Olympics poll Centre Daily Times column on polling Quiz we didn't have
Oct. 27	Exam day; no lecture
Oct. 24	Lecture 25 Quiz we didn't have
Oct. 22	Lecture 24 Pizza: 18 acres or 9 acres or 100 acres Wikipedia on Bible Code Quiz we didn't have
Oct. 20	Lecture 23 Quiz we didn't have
Oct. 17	Lecture 22 Who serves in the miliraty today? Tversky and Kahneman article on psychology of choice Quiz we didn't have
Oct. 15	Lecture 21 CDC death data for 2002 Quiz we didn't have
Oct. 13	Lecture 20 Quiz #10
Oct. 10	Lecture 19 UFOs vs. Bigfoot Quiz we didn't have
Oct. 8	Lecture 18 Teen pregnancy rates Quiz we didn't have
Oct. 6	Lecture 17 Quiz #9
Oct. 3	Lecture 16 Adoption press release from the CDC Quiz we didn't have
Oct. 1	Lecture 15 Sex vs. football "survey" Quiz #8
Sept. 29	Lecture 14 Human body statistics Quiz #7
Sept. 26	Lecture 13 Arby's nutrition information Quiz we didn't have
Sept. 24	Exam day; no lecture
Sept. 22	Lecture 12 NCHS statistics on Overweight Quiz #6
Sept. 19	Lecture 11 Royal Automobile Club of Victoria (Autralia) on crash distance from home Smiling face abstract Quiz #5
Sept. 17	Lecture 10 The Hawthorne effect: A scientific myth? Quiz we didn't have
Sept. 15	Lecture 9 Male teachers on the road to extinction? Pennsylvania Match 6 Gratz vs. Bollinger The Hite report on female sexuality Wikipedia entry on Shere Hite Quiz we didn't have
Sept. 12	Lecture 8 Poll on polls Gallup: How are polls conducted? Zogby: RDD vs. listed sample Majority of Americans not fearful of Terrorist Attack Quiz we didn't have
Sept. 10	Lecture 7 USA Today article about "failure to launch" Quiz #4
Sept. 8	Lecture 6 Wikipedia article on randomized response Quiz we didn't have
Sept. 5	Lecture 5 Making change for a dollar Misleading graph Quiz we didn't have (same as on Sept. 3)
Sept. 3	Lecture 4 Traffic fatalities decline Standard normal table as on p. 157 U.S. Population clock Quiz we didn't have
Aug. 29	Lecture 3 Freakonomics chapter 5 excerpt Silly childhood obesity rant Quiz #3
Aug. 27	Lecture 2 Yoga news article Yoga original source Positive outlook news article Positive outlook original source Quiz #2
Aug. 25	Lecture 1 Scientific Savvy article in NY Times Smoking article in NY Times Quiz we didn't have