preparation
This page lists tasks and reading that you are expected to do for particular class sessions but that is not for submission and formal grading.
Tuesday 24th Jan
Make sure that you can access the course text (see the resources link to the left) and read the Student Welcome Letter (p. 11).
Thursday 26th Jan
None, but you may want to get started on the reading for...
Tuesday 31st Jan
Read Chapter 1 of Collaborative Statistics. You will want to take notes as you go, particularly of the important definitions and main ideas. Work through the examples and some of the problems to ensure that you understand what you are reading. Come to class ready to talk about any difficulties you had.
Thursday 2nd Feb
No specific preparation required. There will be time to ask questions about the assignment that is due tomorrow.
Tuesday 7th Feb
Read 2.1 to 2.5.
Thursday 9th Feb
- Read the rest of Chapter 2.
- Find two graphs from (online) newspapers, blogs or similar, one that you think is good and one that you think could be better. Link to them on the "everyone" page (email me the links if you're having difficulty with that). We'll talk about some of them in class.
- Play with R, in particular step through the histogram-creation file soccerr.txt linked from the resources page (which corresponds to the example from Collaborative Stats).
Tuesday 14th Feb
- Consider this collection of graphs (pdf) that have to do with the use of heating oil at Marlboro. Questions to think about: what is each graph doing? is it useful? is it clear? is there a better way to present the same data? which from the list are the most useful? are there any stinkers? if you were preparing a report that detailed our heating oil use which ones would you use? are there others that are not there but could/should be?
Thursday 16th Feb
- Think more about the group project.
- There will be time to discuss problems you are having with the assignment that is due tomorrow.
Tuesday 21st Feb
None.
Thursday 23rd Feb
Read Chapter 3; continue to work on group projects.
Tuesday 28th Feb
First quiz. More details to come.
Thursday 1st Mar
Group Presentations today. CANCELED DUE TO SNOW
Tuesday 6th Mar
Group Presentations today.
Thursday 8th Mar
No specific preparation.
Tuesday 27th Mar
Read the On Uncertainty handout, and from Collaborative Stats: Chapter 3 and Sections 4.1-4.5, 5.1-5.3, all of Chapter 6 and 7.1 and 7.2.
Thursday 29th Mar
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