Midterm 2 Solutions

Midterm 1 Solutions

 Topics:

• Descriptive Statistics
• Correlation and Causation
• Experimental Design and Sampling Design
• Probability Theory
• Statistical Inference: Confidence Intervals and Significance Tests
• Linear Regression
• Analysis of Variance (if time allows)

        week 1: Introduction, Section 1.1
        week 2: Sections 1.2, 1.3, 2.1
        week 3: Sections 2.2, 2.3, 2.4
        week 4: Sections 2.6, 2.7, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3
        week 5: Sections 3.4, 4.1, 4.2; midterm 1 (5/1)
        week 6: Sections 4.3, 4.4, 4.5
        week 7: Sections 5.1, 5.2; midterm 2 (5/14)
        week 8: Sections 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 7.1
        week 9: Sections 7.2, 10.1
        week 10: Sections 8.1, 8.2, review

Syllabus for the course
 

Instructor:	Shingchang Kou
	Department of Statistics
	Office hours: MW 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm, 229 Sequoia Hall
	Phone: (650) 725-5988,       FAX: (650) 725-8977
	kou@stat.stanford.edu

 Prerequisite: Elementary Calculus and linear algebra (Math 41 or equivalent).

 Course Web Site: http://www.stanford.edu/class/stat190/
 

Textbook:	Introduction to the Practice of Statistics, 3rd Ed. by Moore and McCabe
	Excel Manual for Moore and McCabe's IPS, 3rd Ed. by Hoope
	(optional) Study Guide for Moore and McCabe's IPS, 3rd Ed. by Notz and Fligner

Teaching Assistants:

                        Matthew Finkelman, finks@stat, 231 Sequoia Hall,
                            Office Hour: Th 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm, Fri 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
                        Eric Bair, ebair@stat, 141 Sequoia Hall,
                            Office Hour: Mon 12:15 - 1:15 pm, Fri 11:00 am - 12:00 noon