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Welcome to the course website for Sta-209-04 (Applied Statistics). You can find the course syllabus linked below:

You can locate course content by scrolling, or by using the navigation bar in the upper left.

Please note that some material will not be posted until we’ve reached that point in the course.

Course Materials

Course meetings typically involve a short lecture followed by a lab activity. Unless otherwise mentioned, all assignments are due by 11:59pm (midnight) on their due date.

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Exam #1 Content

Week 0/1 - Statistical Thinking and Simple Hypothesis Tests

Date Lecture Lab Resources
Fri 8/28 Statistical Thinking and Probability Lab 1 - A first hypothesis test
Mon 8/31 Hypothesis Testing (part 1: sampling) Finish/discuss Lab 1 Ch 2.1 - Sampling Principles from Intro to Modern Statistics
Wed 9/2 Lab 2 - Intro to R and one-sample categorical data R Basics from Modern Statistics with R
Fri 9/4 Finish/discuss Lab 2

Assignments and Deadlines:

  • Lab 1 is due Monday 8/31
  • Labs 2 and 3 are due Wednesday 9/9
  • Homework 1 is due Friday 9/4 Tuesday 9/8

All assignments should be submitted via Canvas.

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Week 2 - One-Sample Hypothesis Testing

Date Lecture Lab Resources
Mon 9/7 No classes - Labor Day
Wed 9/9 Lab 3 - More R and one-sample quantitative data
Fri 9/11 Hypothesis Testing (part 2: the Z test) Lab 3 Exploring Numerical Data - IMS Ch 5
  • Homework 2 is due Friday 9/18
  • Lab 2 is due Wednesday 9/9
  • Lab 3 is due Friday 9/11 Monday 9/14
    • Bonus lab (for extra credit) if you completed Lab 3 outside of class or early.

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Week 3 - Z and T Tests

Date Lecture Lab Resources
Mon 9/14 Hypothesis Testing (part 3: the T test) Lab 4 - One-sample Tests in R
Wed 9/16 Finish/discuss Lab 4
Fri 9/18 Hypothesis Testing (part 4: two-sample Z and T tests) Inference for Two Means - IMS Ch 20
  • Lab 3 (from last week) is due Monday 9/14
  • Homework 2 is due Friday 9/18
  • Lab 4 is due Wednesday 9/16

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Week 4 - Issues with Hypothesis Testing

Date Lecture Lab Resources
Mon 9/21 Lab 5 - Analyzing Two-sample Data in R
Wed 9/23 Testing Errors and Multiple Comparisons Finish/discuss Lab 5 Decsion Errors - IMS Ch 14
Fri 9/25 Lab 6 - Multiple Comparisons
  • Lab 5 is due Wednesday 9/23
  • Homework 3 is due Friday 9/25
  • Lab 6 is due Monday 9/28

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Week 5 - Exam 1

Date Lecture Lab Resources
Mon 9/28 Lab 7 - Transformations and Outliers
Wed 9/30 Review Review
Fri 10/2 Exam 1
  • Lab 6 (from last week) is due Monday 9/28
  • Lab 7 is due Wednesday 9/30
  • Study guide for Exam 1
  • Practice version of Exam 1
    • There is no ordinary homework assignment this week, but bringing an attempted practice exam to class on Wednesday 9/30 will earn you 1 homework point

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Exam Dates

Study materials (practice test, study guide, etc.) will be released approximately 1-week prior to each exam.

  • Exam 1 - Friday 10/2
  • Exam 2 - Friday 11/13
  • Exam 3 - Monday 12/7

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Project

Information and deadlines for the course project will appear here. The project will not formally be introduced until after Exam 1.