Introduction to Probability and Statistics

Introduction to Probability and Statistics

Instructor:	Kristin Sainani kcobb@stanford.edu www.stanford.edu/~kcobb Office: T211, HRP Redwood Building Office Hour: 1-2pm Monday
TA	Richard Chiu richard2@stanford.edu Office Hour: 10:30-11:30am Wed., T214 HRP Redwood Building
Schedule:	MW 4:15-5:45pm in CCSR 4105 LAB DAYS (M206): Oct. 21, 28; Nov. 4, 11, 18
Syllabus:	· Syllabus
Lectures:	· September 21, 2009: Math Review · Sept. 23, 2009: Looking at Data · Sept. 28, 2009: Permutations and Combinations · Sept. 30, 2009: Conditional Probability · Oct. 5, 2009: Probability Distributions · Oct. 7, 2009: Discrete Distributions: the binomial · Oct. 12, 2009: The Normal Distribution · Oct. 14, 2009: Statistical Inference · Oct. 19, 2009: One sample tests · Oct. 26, 2009: Pitfalls of hypothesis testing · Nov. 2, 2009: Two-sample Tests I · Nov. 9, 2009: Two-sample Tests II · Nov. 16, 2009: More than two samples · Nov. 30, 2009: Linear regression
Homework:	· H1, due Wed. Sept. 23 · H2, due Mon. Sept. 28 · H3, due Wed. Sept. 30 · H4, due Mon. Oct. 5 · H5, due Wed. Oct. 7 · H6, due Mon. Oct. 12 · H7, due Wed. Oct. 14 · H8, due Mon. Oct. 19 · H9, due Wed. Oct. 21 · H10, due Mon. Nov. 2 · H11, due Wed. Nov. 4 · H12, due Wed. Nov. 11 · H13, due Mon. Nov. 16 · H14, due Wed. Nov. 18 · H15, due Wed. Dec. 2
Labs:	· Oct. 21, 2009: Intro. to SAS and Central Limit Theorem · Oct. 28, 2009: Intro. to data in SAS; analyzing 2x2 tables · Data for Lab 2 · Nov. 4, 2009: Ttests and non-parametric equivalents · Data for Lab 3 · Nov. 11, 2009: linear regression and ANOVA · Data for Lab 4 · Nov. 18, 2009: linear regression model building · Data for Lab 5
Extras:	· A caution on interpreting odds ratios (letter) · Monty Hall problem · Monty Hall problem in the New York Times · Dice exercise · Extra probability problems (optional) · Extra probability answers · P-value column · Statistical Roadmap for two-sample tests · Handy Reference Sheet I (probability) · Handy Reference Sheet II (statistics) · Extra practice problems for final exam · Answers to extra practice problems
Answers:	· H1, Answer Key · H2, Answer Key · H3, Answer Key · H4, Answer Key · H5, Answer Key · H6, Answer Key · H7, Answer Key · H8, Answer Key · H9, Answer Key · H10, Answer Key · H11, Answer Key · H12, Answer Key · H13, Answer Key · H14, Answer Key · H15, Answer Key
Exams:	· Midterm Exam, due Oct. 28 · Final Exam, due Dec. 11