STAT 113 Fall 2014 Traditional Course Schedule
There are recitations every Monday (including the first day of class) and lecture every Tuesday
and Thursday, unless otherwise noted in the schedule below.
HW is due at 11:55 pm on Fridays using the Perdisco online homework system.
The Mixable assignments are due at 11:55 pm on the listed due dates, but please do not wait
until the due date to work on these. The assignments and instructions are posted in
Blackboard.
CP indicates you can find this in the Class Participation folder on Blackboard.
Topic
Read over Syllabus, Schedule, and general
course information on Blackboard.
Watch Introduction lecture.
Learn Unit 1: Sampling (Parts 1 & 2).
Learn Unit 2: Experiments (Parts 1 & 2).
Learn Unit 3: Causation and Unit 4: Ethics
Learn Unit 5: Evaluating numbers and
claims (Parts 1 & 2).
Learn Unit 6: Government statistics and
Unit 7: Big data.
Record a 24-hour data diary.
Date
M
8/25
F
8/29
M
T
9/1
9/2
F
9/5
M
9/8
F
9/12
M
9/15
F
9/19
M
9/22
M
9/29
T
9/30
Th
10/2
Review for Exam 1.
Homework/Quiz/Mixable/Exams
1st day of class, 1st recitation.
Get Perdisco access.
Register your iClicker on Blackboard.
Last day to add the class or switch sections.
HW #1 due over Unit 1.
No classes (Labor Day)
iClicker questions start in class.
HW #2 due over Unit 2.
Syllabus quiz due on Blackboard (CP).
Recitation: Quiz #1 over Units 1 and 2.
Last day to drop the class without it showing on
your transcript (80% reimbursement).
Start working on your Mixable #1
Recitation: Quiz #2 over Units 3 and 4.
TAs will help with Mixable assignment.
Bring laptop, phone, etc. to class to begin work on
next Monday’s group advertisement presentation.
Instructions in Blackboard.
Mixable #1 due.
Recitation: Advertisement group presentations
(counts as Quiz #3). Instructions in Blackboard.
Recitation: Data diary due in class, discussion
(counts as Quiz #4). Instructions in Blackboard.
Review for Exam 1.
Review day in class. Bring good questions.
Exam 1, 6:30-7:30 pm
See Blackboard site “Exam Information” folder for
review packet and room assignment.
Date
Topic
Learn Unit 8: Graphs (Parts 1 & 2).
Learn Unit 9: Summary statistics.
Finish Unit 9, learn Unit 10: Normal
distribution
Learn Unit 11: Regression (Parts 1 & 2)
M
10/6
No recitation. Regular T/Th lecture schedule.
F
M
T
M
10/10
10/13
10/14
10/20
F
10/24
M
W
10/27
10/29
F
10/31
M
11/3
Th
11/6
M
F
M
F
M
11/10
11/14
11/17
11/21
11/24
T
11/25
Th
11/28
HW #3 due over Unit 8
No classes (October Break)
No classes (October Break)
Recitation: Quiz #5 over Unit 8.
HW #4 due over Units 9 and 10.
Start working on Mixable #2.
Recitation: Quiz #6 over Units 9 and 10.
Last day to drop the class.
HW #5 due over Unit 11.
Continue working on Mixable #2.
Recitation: Quiz #7 over Unit 11.
Mixable #2 due.
Review day in class. Bring good questions.
Exam 2, 6:30-7:30 pm
See Blackboard site “Exam Information” folder for
review packet and room assignment.
No recitation. Regular T/Th lecture schedule.
HW #6 due over Unit 13.
Recitation: Quiz #8 over Unit 13.
HW #7 due over Unit 14.
Recitation: Quiz #9 over Unit 14.
We do have class, and there will be iClicker
questions!
If you miss class, watch the Unit 12 Part 1 lecture on
Blackboard.
No class (Thanksgiving Break).
M
12/1
Recitation: Quiz #10 over Unit 12 Part 1.
F
12/5
HW #8 due over Unit 12.
M
12/8
Th
12/11
Review for Exam 2.
Learn Unit 13: Probability (Parts 1, 2, & 3).
Learn Unit 14 : Confidence intervals (Parts
1, 2, & 3).
Learn Unit 12: Two-way tables (Parts 1 & 2)
Finish learning Unit 12.
Learn Unit 15: Hypothesis testing (Parts 1
& 2).
Finish Unit 15.
Review for Final Exam.
Final Exam week.
Homework/Quiz/Mixable/Exams
Week of
M 12/15Sat 12/20
No recitation
Proof of official course evaluation for lecturer & TA
due. (See Blackboard CP folder for instructions.)
Bring good questions to class.
Last day to let TA know if any grades are wrong or
missing on Blackboard.
Final Exam (Time and place TBA)
See Blackboard site “Exam Information” folder for
review packet and room assignment.