Coverage
The exam will cover the lecture and readings through September 15th and the first three lab sessions. If you understand all three of these — lecture, readings, and labs — then you'll be in great shape.
Readings. Readings include all of Chapters 1-6.
Lectures. The outlines and full powerpoint files for all lectures are available below. Also listed are glossaries of terms you should know, and supplementary reading I've written that explains all the math we've encountered.
| Class # | Topic | Outline | Slides | Glossary | Math Notes |
| 1 | Introduction | ppt | txt | — | |
| 2 | Research Design | ppt | txt | — | |
| 3 | Goals of Statistics | ppt | txt | — | |
| 4 | Distributions | ppt | txt | ||
| 5 | Central Tendency & Scale Types | ppt | txt | ||
| 6 | Variability | ppt | txt | ||
| 7 | z-scores | ppt | txt | ||
| 8 | Probability & Estimation | ppt | txt |
Labs and Homework
| Week | Lab Outline | Homework Solutions |
| 1 | ||
| 2 | ||
| 3 | ||
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Math. Quick-reference list of all notation and formulas (not to be used during exam)
Sample questions
• Practice test
• Last year's exam (answers)
• The questions in the book at the end of each chapter also make for excellent practice.