MCS 142: Spring Semester 2004
Week Dates Monday Tuesday Thursday Friday
 1 Feb. 9-13 Introduction 1.1 Data: graphs 1.1 1.2 Numerical summaries
 2 Feb. 16-20 1.2 1.3 Density curves 1.3 Normal distributions 1.3 & 2.1 Scatterplots
 3 Feb. 23-27 2.1 & 2.2 Correlation 2.2 & 2.3 2.3 Regression 9.1 Two-way tables
 4 Mar. 1-5 Quiz
2.4 Cautions
2.4 Cautions
2.5 Causation
Review Exam 1
 5 Mar. 8-12 3.1 "Producing" data 3.2 Experiments 3.3 Sampling 3.4 Statistical inference
 6 Mar. 15-19 4.1 Randomness
4.2 Probability ...
4.2 ... models
Using Excel
4.3 Random variables 4.4 Means & variances
 7 Mar. 22-26 Properties of means and variances
Calculus
Law of Large Numbers! 4.5 General probability rules Review
Project 2: teams & ideas
 8  Mar. 29-Apr.2 Exam 2 5.1 Sampling distributions 5.1 Counts & proportions Project 1 due 5.2 Sample mean
Preliminary proposal
Break Apr. 3-12 Spring Break Spring Break
 9 Apr. 13-16 Easter Monday Central Limit Theorem! 6.1 Confidence intervals Pres. inaug.
Classes 9:00-9:50 & 10:30-11:10
Final proposal
 10 Apr. 19-23 6.2 Tests of significance 6.2-6.3 Use/abuse of tests 7.1 Inference for the mean 7.1
 11 Apr. 26-30 7.2 Comparing two means 7.2 Review Exam 3
 12 May 3-7 8.1 Test of a proportion 8.2 Two proportions 8.2
Data report
9.2 Inference: 2-way tables
 13 May 10-14 9.3 Chi-square
Preliminary report
10.1 Inference for regression 12.1 ANOVA Inference for your projects
 14 May 17-18, 21-22 Wrap-up
Final report
Posters
Review Reading Day Finals ... Final exam
Saturday!
8:00-10:00
Olin 103
 15 May 24-25 ...Final... ...Exams