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
Apr. 29	Lecture 42 Street names in the U.S. Quiz #17
Apr. 27	Lecture 41 Quiz we didn't have
Apr. 25	Lecture 40 A (slightly biased) collection of marriage statistics Quiz #16
Apr. 22	Lecture 39 Today's quiz we didn't have was the same as Apr. 22.
Apr. 20	Lecture 38 New York Times article on unexpected finding about being overweight Minitab dataset used in class M&M proportions An Argument for Divine Providence (world's first statistical test?) Quiz we didn't have
Apr. 18	Lecture 37 CDC Death data for 2002 NOW article about homicides of pregnant women Quiz we didn't have
Apr. 15	Lecture 36 Quiz #15
Apr. 13	Lecture 35 US Consumer Product Safety Commission on vending machines Quiz we didn't have
Apr. 11	Exam #3
Apr. 8	Lecture 34 Red Cross at Penn State (click to schedule an appointment) Today's quiz we didn't have is the same as on Apr. 6
Apr. 6	Lecture 33 www.popvssoda.com Quiz we didn't have
Apr. 4	Lecture 32 Quiz #14
Apr. 1	Lecture 31 Sports Illustrated article about Sidd Finch Quiz #13
Mar. 30	Lecture 30 Quiz we didn't have
Mar. 28	Lecture 29 Quiz #12
Mar. 25	Lecture 28 When is Christian Easter? Quiz we didn't have
Mar. 23	Lecture 27 For actors, Oscars are linked to longevity, but... ...for screenwriters, not so much. Quiz #11
Mar. 21	Lecture 26 2004 summary of national SAT results Quiz we didn't have
Mar. 18	Exam #2
Mar. 16	Lecture 25 (Most of today's lecture will be a continuation of Lecture 24.) Quiz #10
Mar. 14	Lecture 24 U.S. corn usage 2002 Quiz #9
Mar. 4	Lecture 23 Skeptic's Dictionary on coincidences Quiz #8
Mar. 2	Lecture 22 Quiz #7
Feb. 28	Lecture 21 CNN article about polling cell phone users Monty's Bluff: Behavioral finance and more on the anchoring effect List of cognitive biases Quiz #6
Feb. 25	Lecture 20 School suspensions (and method of data collection) Three-door puzzle explained, from The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon. Today's quiz we didn't have was the same as Feb. 23.
Feb. 23	Lecture 19 Quiz we didn't have
Feb. 21	Lecture 18 Quiz we didn't have
Feb. 18	Lecture 17 There was no quiz
Feb. 16	Lecture 16 Quiz we didn't have
Feb. 14	Lecture 15 Hockey stick graph article Hockey stick graph Post hoc ergo propter hoc Quiz #5
Feb. 11	Lecture 14 Today's quiz we didn't have is the same as Feb. 9
Feb. 9	Lecture 13 Quiz we didn't have
Feb. 7	Exam #1
Feb. 4	Lecture 12 Quiz we didn't have
Feb. 2	Lecture 11 Hawthorne and other effects (e.g., placebo) Two views on Lawrence Summers' remarks: Meghan O'Rourke and Will Saletan Quiz #4
Jan. 31	Lecture 10 The Hawthorne Effect Today's quiz we didn't have is the same as Jan. 28.
Jan. 28	Lecture 9 The Hite Report Quiz we didn't have
Jan. 26	Lecture 8 1970 draft lottery Quiz we didn't have
Jan. 24	Lecture 7 Gallup results of inauguration poll Quiz #3
Jan. 21	Lecture 6 How to lie with Statistics Quiz we didn't have
Jan. 19	Lecture 5 Teach for America Quiz we didn't have
Jan. 17	Lecture 4 The quincunx, or Galton's probability machine Reproduction of Table 8.1, p. 157 Quiz #2
Jan. 14	Lecture 3 Quiz #1
Jan. 12	Lecture 2 Yoga news article Yoga original source Positive outlook news article Positive outlook original source The Trachtenberg Speed System of Arithmetic Quiz we didn't have
Jan. 10	Lecture 1 Breast cancer article in NY Times Quiz we didn't have