MATH DISCUSSION FORUM

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The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the major concepts and tools for collecting, analyzing, and drawing conclusions from data. Students are exposed to four broad conceptual themes:

• Exploring Data: Describing patterns and departures from patterns
• Sampling and Experimentation: Planning and conducting a study
• Anticipating Patterns: Exploring random phenomena using probability and simulation
• Statistical Inference: Estimating population parameters and testing hypotheses

MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST

Released Exam from 2002

Group Projects: Chi-Square Inference Procedures

Prom Date Survey: Students investigate differences in opinion between males and females regarding the question of searching for a prom date. A survey report by M. Shen, Y. Nie, Y. Wu, and A. Lin

Who Should Pay for the Date: Students investigate differences in opinion between males and females regarding the question of who should pay for most of the date. - A survey report by T. Tin, C. Farragher, and S. Ho

New Dress Code Survey - A survey report by K. Zhou, J. Zayhowski, J. Blanco

Does age matter? A survey report by M. Ou, C. Chou, and Q. Cheng

Studying VS Socializing - A survey report by J. Weigley, K. Yeung, and A. Wang

Quizzes
Fiesta 1: Section 1.1 - Fall 2008
Fiesta 2: Section 1.2 - Fall 2008
Fiesta 3: Section 1.3 - Fall 2008
Fiesta 5: Sections 2.1 - 2.3 - Fall 2008
Fiesta 6: Sections 2.4 - 2.5 - Fall 2008
Fiesta 7: Sections 4.1 and 4.2 - Fall 2008
Fiesta 8: Section 4.5 - Fall 2008
Fiesta 9: Section 5.1 - Fall 2008
Fiesta 10: Binomial and Geometric Distributions
Vocabulary Quiz: Section 2.4 - Fall 2008


Fiesta 1 (Winter Term): Confidence Intervals, Margin of Error
Fiesta 2 (Winter Term): Confidence Intervals Again
Fiesta 3 (Winter Term): Hypothesis Testing
Fiesta 4 (Winter Term): Types of Error, Power of a Significance Test
Fiesta 5 (Winter Term): Types of Error, Power of a Test
Fiesta 6 (Winter Term): Comparing Two Means
Fiesta 7 (Winter Term): Comparing Two Proportions
Fiesta 8 (Winter Term): Comparing Two Proportions

Class Notes and Handoutss: AP Statistics
Section 1.1: Displaying Data
Section 1.2a: Describing distributions with numbers
Section 1.2b: Describing distributions with numbers
Section 1.3: Density Curves and Normal Distributions
Section 1.3b: Density Curves and Normal Distributions
Section 2.1, 2.2: Scatterplots and Correlation
Section 2.3: Linear Regression (Least Squares)
Section 2.4: Cautions about Least Squares Regression
Sections 4.1 and 4.2: Probability Models Section 4.5: General Rules of Probability
Section 5.1: Binomial Distribution, Counts and Proportions
Section 5.1B: The Geometric Distribution
TI-83/84 Useful Commands with Illustrations
Normal Probability Plots on the TI-83

Activities
Correlation: Height vs Armspan
Data Transformation: Exponential and Logarithmic Regressions
Case Closed! - Alarms at Airports Simulation: More examples
Binomial Distribution
Case Closed! - Psychic Probability
Activity: Love is Blind
Testing Claims: I'm getting a headache!

Assignments
Assignment on Section 1.1
Estimating with Confidence: Practice Problems

Links and Downloads
Sampling Distributions - Cengage Learning