HRP 259, Fall 2008

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: 1-2 pm Wed., T214 HRP Redwood Building

Schedule:

MW 4:15-5:45pm in CCSR 4205

LAB DAYS (M202): Oct. 15, 29; Nov. 5, 12, 19

Syllabus:

• Syllabus

Lectures:

• September 22, 2008: Math Review
• Sept. 24, 2008: Looking at Data
• Sept. 29, 2008: Permutations and Combinations
• Oct. 1, 2008: Conditional Probability
• Oct. 6, 2008: Probability Distributions
• Oct. 8, 2008: Discrete Distributions: the binomial
• Oct. 13, 2008: The Normal Distribution
• Oct. 20, 2008: Statistical Inference
• Oct. 22, 2008: One sample tests
• Oct. 27, 2008: Pitfalls of hypothesis testing
• Nov. 3, 2008: Two-sample Tests I
• Nov. 10, 2008: Two-sample Tests II
• Nov. 17, 2008: More than two samples
• Dec. 1, 2008: Linear regression

Homework:

• H1, due Wed. Sept. 24
• H2, due Mon. Sept. 29
• H3, due Wed. Oct. 1
• H4, due Mon. Oct. 6
• H5, due Wed. Oct. 8
• H6, due Mon. Oct. 13
• H7, due Wed. Oct. 15
• H8, due Mon. Oct. 20
• H9, due Wed. Oct. 22
• H10, due Wed. Nov. 3
• H11, due Mon. Nov. 5
• H12, due Wed. Nov. 12
• H13, due Mon. Nov. 17
• H14, due Wed. Nov. 19
• H15, due Wed. Dec. 3

Labs:

• Oct. 15, 2008: Intro. to SAS and Central Limit Theorem
• Oct. 29, 2008: Intro. to data in SAS
• Data for Lab 2
• Nov. 5, 2008: Two-sample tests
• Data for Lab 3
• Nov. 12, 2008: linear regression and ANOVA
• Data for Lab 4
• Nov. 19, 2008: linear regression model building

Extras:

• Monty Hall problem
• Monty Hall problem in the New York Times
• Dice exercise
• Extra probability problems (optional)
• Extra probability answers
• 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

Exams:

• Midterm Exam
• Midterm Answer Key