STA 2023: Introduction to Statistics I
Fall 2009
Megan Mocko will not have office hours on
Wed. Nov. 25th.
No changes to lab grades will be made after the last day of classes
Wed., Dec. 9th 5pm.
You must see your scantron for Exam 2
before Friday, Dec. 4th.
Tutoring room will be closed Wed. Nov. 25th through Fri.
Nov. 27th.
Change in UF Policy: Medical documentation
will be required to justify not taking the final exam.
Fifteenth Week of Classes: Monday, November 30th
to Friday, December 4th
Lab: Lab 10 this week is Activity 18 in the Lab Workbook.
Lecture:
Lecture on Monday, Wednesday and Friday on Exam 3 material.
Quizzes:
·
Quiz 10 starts
on Monday, November 30th 8am and runs until Thursday, December
3rd 11:59pm.
o
It covers the material from lecture on
Monday, November 16th, Wednesday, November 18th, Friday,
November 20th and Monday, November 23rd.
o
It will cover Chapter 10 Section 1, 2
and 4.
o
You have three attempts. The highest
attempt counts.
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Swine Flu Quiz
o
Because
of the swine flu, I am adding one extra quiz to the 20 normal labs and quizzes.
o
This
quiz will be worth 6 points.
o
I will count the highest 17 out of the 21 labs
and quizzes. The most that you can earn for the lab and quiz total is still 102
points
o
The
Swine Flu Quiz will be about identifying the right type of inference for a
research question.
o
If
you already have a total of 102 points from labs and quizzes, you cannot still
earn points from this quiz.
o
The swine flu quiz will run
from Wed. December 2nd 8 am until Wed. December 9th 11:59pm .
Grades Posted in E-Learning:
·
Quizzes: EC Quiz, Quiz 1, Quiz 2, Quiz
3, Quiz 4, Quiz 5, Quiz 6, Quiz 7, Quiz 8, Quiz 9
·
Labs: Lab 1, Lab 2, Lab 3, Lab 4, Lab 5,
Lab 6, Lab 7, Lab 8, Lab 9
·
Exams: 1, 2
Exam 2 grades are posted in E-Learning.
The exams with solutions will be posted in the tutoring room(Griffin Floyd 117B) on Wednesday, November 18th.
The scantrons will be there as well.
· To see summary statistics
of exam 2 grades, click
here.
· To see how to determine what
grade on the final to earn a certain grade in the course, click here.
· To learn about extra
credit assignments, click here.
Fourteenth Week of Classes: Monday, November 23rd to Friday, November 27th (Week of Thanksgiving)
Memory aids
for Type I and Type II error suggested by your fellow classmates.
Lab: No Lab this week.
Lecture:
Lecture on Monday ONLY.
Quizzes: No Quiz this week.
Grades Posted in E-Learning:
·
Quizzes: EC Quiz, Quiz 1, Quiz 2, Quiz
3, Quiz 4, Quiz 5, Quiz 6, Quiz 7, Quiz 8, Quiz 9
·
Labs: Lab 1, Lab 2, Lab 3, Lab 4, Lab 5,
Lab 6, Lab 7, Lab 8
·
Exams: 1, 2
Table for Exam 3
·
STATISTICAL
INFERENCE TABLE:
|
Case |
parameter |
estimator |
standard error |
Sampling Distribution |
|
one mean |
|
|
|
t (n-1) |
|
Mean of matched pairs dif. |
|
|
|
t (n-1) |
|
difference of two independent means |
|
|
|
t with conservative df = smallest of (n1-1) and (n2-1) |
|
one proportion |
|
|
CI: ST: |
z |
|
difference of
two independent proportions |
|
|
CI: ST: |
z |
·
McNemar 
OR 
Thirteenth Week of Classes: Monday, November 16th to Friday, November 20th
Lab: Lab 9 this week is Activity 16 in the Lab Workbook.
Lecture:
Lecture on Monday, Wednesday and Friday on Exam 3 material.
Quizzes:
·
Quiz 9 starts
on Monday, November 16th 8am and runs until Thursday, November 19th 11:59pm.
o
It covers the material from lecture on
Friday, November 6th, Monday, November 9th, and Friday,
November 13th.
o
It will cover Chapter 9 Section 3
through Chapter 9 Section 5.
o
You have three attempts. The highest
attempt counts.
Grades Posted in E-Learning:
·
Quizzes: EC Quiz, Quiz 1, Quiz 2, Quiz
3, Quiz 4, Quiz 5, Quiz 6, Quiz 7, Quiz 8
·
Labs: Lab 1, Lab 2, Lab 3, Lab 4, Lab 5,
Lab 6, Lab 7, Lab 8
·
Exams: 1
Table for Exam 3
STATISTICAL INFERENCE
TABLE:
|
Case |
parameter |
estimator |
standard error |
Sampling Distribution |
|
one mean |
|
|
|
t (n-1) |
|
Mean of matched pairs dif. |
|
|
|
t (n-1) |
|
difference of two independent means |
|
|
|
t with conservative df = smallest of (n1-1) and (n2-1) |
|
one proportion |
|
|
CI: ST: |
z |
|
difference of
two independent proportions |
|
|
CI: ST: |
z |
McNemar 
OR 
Twelfth Week of Classes: Monday, November 9th to Friday,
November 13th
Lab: NO LAB this week.
Lecture:
·
On Monday, we will work on Exam 3
material.
·
No
Lecture on Wednesday, because it is a holiday.
·
On Friday, we will continue to work on
Exam 3 material.
Quizzes: No
QUIZ this week.
Grades Posted in E-Learning:
·
Quizzes: EC Quiz, Quiz 1, Quiz 2, Quiz
3, Quiz 4, Quiz 5, Quiz 6, Quiz 7, Quiz 8
·
Labs: Lab 1, Lab 2, Lab 3, Lab 4, Lab 5,
Lab 6, Lab 7
·
Exams: 1
Formulas for the Test
|
Case |
parameter |
estimator |
standard
error |
Estimate of
standard error |
Sampling
Distribution |
|
one mean |
|
|
|
|
t (n-1) |
|
one prop. |
|
|
|
CI: ST: |
z |
Eleventh Week of Classes: Monday, November 2nd to Friday,
November 6th
Note: Exam 1 scantrons
will be in the tutoring room on Nov. 6th.
Lab:
· Lab 8 this week is Activity 15 in the Lab Workbook.
· You will be using this link in lab: http://www.norc.org/GSS+Website/
Lecture:
·
On Monday, we will finish the Exam 2
material and then spend the remaining time reviewing.
·
Make sure that you print out the
Important Topics list on E-Learning.
·
On Wednesday, we will continue
reviewing.
·
On Friday, we will start new material
for Exam 3.
Quizzes:
·
Quiz 8 starts
on Monday, November 2nd 8am and runs until Thursday, November 5th 11:59pm.
o
It covers the material from lecture on
Monday, October 26th, Wednesday, October 28th, and
Friday, October 30th.
o
It will cover Chapter 8 Section 3
through Chapter 9 Section 2.
o
You have three attempts. The highest
attempt counts.
Grades Posted in E-Learning:
·
Quizzes: EC Quiz, Quiz 1, Quiz 2, Quiz
3, Quiz 4, Quiz 5, Quiz 6, Quiz 7
·
Labs: Lab 1, Lab 2, Lab 3, Lab 4, Lab 5,
Lab 6, Lab 7
·
Exams: 1
Formulas for the Test
|
Case |
parameter |
estimator |
standard
error |
Estimate of
standard error |
Sampling
Distribution |
|
one mean |
|
|
|
|
t (n-1) |
|
one prop. |
|
|
|
CI: ST: |
z |
Tenth Week of Classes: Monday, October 26th to Friday, October 30th
Note 1: Exam 1 scantrons
will be in the tutoring room until Nov. 6th.
Lab:
·
Lab 7 this week is Activity 14 in the
Lab Workbook.
Lecture:
·
Monday, Wednesday and Friday of this
week.
Quizzes:
·
Quiz 7 starts
on Monday, October 26th 8am and runs until Thursday, October
29th 11:59pm.
o
It covers the material from lecture on
Monday, October 19th, Wednesday, October 21st, and
Friday, October 23rd.
o
It will cover Chapter 8 Section 1
through Chapter 8 Section 3.
o
You have three attempts. The highest
attempt counts.
Grades Posted in E-Learning:
·
Quizzes: EC Quiz, Quiz 1, Quiz 2, Quiz
3, Quiz 4, Quiz 5, Quiz 6
·
Labs: Lab 1, Lab 2, Lab 3, Lab 4, Lab 5, Lab 6
·
Exams: 1
Formulas for the Test
|
Case |
parameter |
estimator |
standard
error |
Estimate of
standard error |
Sampling
Distribution |
|
one mean |
|
|
|
|
t (n-1) |
|
one prop. |
|
|
|
CI: ST: |
z |
Ninth Week of Classes: Monday, October 19th to Friday, October 23rd
Note 1:
Maria Ripol’s Office Hours have been changed to M
11:45 to 1:15pm and
W 2:30 to 4pm or by appointment for the rest of the semester.
Note 2: NEW! Exam grades are posted in E-Learning.
·
Notes and Statistics
on the exam
·
Your scantron will be available for viewing in the tutoring room
Griffin Floyd 104.
·
The
test will be answered and posted on the wall in the tutoring room.
·
Only
three people allowed in the tutoring room at one time.
·
NEW! Makeup
Exam scores have been posted.
Lab:
·
Lab 6 this week is Activity 12 in the Lab
Workbook.
·
You will be needing
this link in Lab: http://www.stat.tamu.edu/~west/ph/sampledist.html.
Lecture:
·
Monday, Wednesday and Friday of this
week.
·
NEW! We will be using Table B (the t table)
in class starting Monday.
Quizzes:
·
Quiz 6 starts
on Monday, October 19th 8am and runs until Thursday, October 22nd
11:59pm.
o
It covers the material from lecture on
Wednesday, October 7th, Friday, October 9th, Monday,
October 12th, and Wednesday,
October 14th
o
It will cover Chapter 7 Section 1
through Chapter 7 Section 3.
o
You have three attempts. The highest
attempt counts.
Grades Posted in E-Learning:
·
Quizzes: EC Quiz, Quiz 1, Quiz 2, Quiz
3, Quiz 4, Quiz 5
·
Labs: Lab 1, Lab 2, Lab 3, Lab 4, Lab 5
·
Exams: 1
Eighth Week of Classes: Monday, October 12th to Friday, October 16th
Email – Megan Mocko
will not be answering email from Thursday, October 15th
until the morning of Monday Oct. 19th. She is attending
her sister’s wedding.
Exam grades will be posted on Monday, October
19th in E-Learning.
·
Your scantron will be available for viewing in the tutoring room
Griffin Floyd 104.
·
The
test will be answered and posted on the wall in the tutoring room.
Lab:
·
For those who have lab on Monday through Thursday, you
will do Lab 5 (Activity 11).
·
You will be needing
this link in Lab: http://www.stat.tamu.edu/~west/ph/sampledist.html.
Lecture:
·
Monday (10/12) and Wednesday
(10/15) will be material for Exam 2.
Quizzes: NO
Quiz this week.
Grades Posted in E-Learning:
·
Quizzes: EC Quiz, Quiz 1, Quiz 2, Quiz
3, Quiz 4, Quiz 5
·
Labs: Lab 1, Lab 2, Lab 3, Lab 4*
Lab 4 has been posted
for all sections.
Seventh Week of Classes: Monday, October 5th to Friday,
October 9th
Exam 1 is on Thursday, October 8th from
8:20 to 10pm (AT NIGHT). Click HERE for more Information.
Lab:
·
For those who have a Friday lab, you will do Lab 5
Activity 11 in the Lab Workbook.
·
For those who have lab on Monday through Thursday, they
will do Lab 5 (Activity 11) NEXT WEEK (Monday, October 12th through
Thursday, October 15th.)
Lecture:
·
Monday, October 5th will be a
review lecture.
·
Wednesday (10/7) and Friday (10/9) will
be material for Exam 2.
Quizzes: NO
Quiz this week.
Grades Posted in E-Learning:
·
Quizzes: EC Quiz, Quiz 1, Quiz 2, Quiz
3, Quiz 4, Quiz 5
·
Labs: Lab 1, Lab 2, Lab 3, Lab 4*
Lab 4 has not been
posted for Meixi Guo’s
sections. Meixi Guo’s
sections are
·
4723--Wednesday 7th
period(1:55pm),
·
4704--Wednesday 8th period
(3pm),
·
4829--Friday 7th period
(1:55pm)
Sixth Week of Classes: Monday, September 28th to Friday, October 2nd
Lab:
Lab 4 this week is Activity 10 in the Lab Workbook.
Lecture:
·
There will be lecture Monday, Wednesday
and Friday.
·
We will finish up the material for Exam
1 on Friday.
·
New! Print out the Review for Exam 1 on the
homepage of E-Learning for class on Friday.
Quizzes:
·
Quiz 5 starts on Monday, September 28th
8am and runs until Thursday, October 1st 11:59pm.
o
It covers the material from lecture on
Monday, September 21st, Wednesday, Sept. 23rd and Friday,
Sept. 25th.
o
It will cover Chapter 5 Section 1 through
Chapter 6 Section 2.
o
You have three attempts. The highest
attempt counts.
Office Hours
for Megan Mocko Changed for Friday, October 2nd
·
My office hours will be 8:15am to 9:15am
and 11:45am to 12:15pm.
Grades Posted in E-Learning:
·
Quizzes: EC Quiz, Quiz 1, Quiz 2, Quiz
3, Quiz 4
·
Labs: Lab 1, Lab 2, Lab 3
Fifth Week of Classes: Monday, September 21st to Friday, September 25th
Lab:
Lab 3 this week is Activity 8 in the Lab Workbook.
Lecture:
·
There will be lecture Monday, Wednesday
and Friday.
·
Access the lectures by using the link in
E-Learning.
·
NEW! Friday’s Lecture: We will
start using Appendix A-1 and A-2 in the textbook in class.
·
If you watch the class live, I
recommend making a photocopy of the pages and bringing them to class.
Quizzes:
·
Quiz 4 starts on Monday, September 21st
8am and runs until Thursday, September 24th 11:59pm.
o
It covers the material from lecture on
Monday, September 14th, Wednesday, Sept. 16th and Friday,
Sept. 18th.
o
It will cover Chapter 3 Section 4 and
Chapter 4.
o
You have three attempts. The highest
attempt counts.
Grades Posted in E-Learning:
·
Quizzes: EC Quiz, Quiz 1, Quiz 2, Quiz 3
·
Labs: Lab 1, Lab 2
Fourth Week of Classes: Monday, September 14th to Friday,
September 18th
Lab:
Lab 2 this week is Activity 6 in the Lab Workbook.
·
In lab, you will be using this
link: Lab 2 .
Lecture:
·
There will be lecture Monday, Wednesday
and Friday.
·
Access the lectures by using the link in
E-Learning.
·
I strongly recommend that you read
Chapter 4 out of the textbook.
Quizzes:
·
Quiz 3 starts on Monday, September 14th
8am and runs until Thursday, September 17th 11:59pm.
o
It covers the material from lecture on
Wednesday, Sept. 9th and Friday, Sept. 11th.
o
It will cover Chapter 3 Section 2
through Chapter 3 Section 3.
o
You have three attempts. The highest
attempt counts.
Grades Posted in E-Learning:
·
Quizzes: EC Quiz, Quiz 1, Quiz 2
·
Labs: Lab 1
Third Week of Classes: Monday, September 7th to Friday, September
11th
Lab: No Lab this week.
Lecture:
·
There will only be lecture on Wednesday
and Friday, since Monday is a holiday.
·
Access the lectures by using the link in
E-Learning.
Quizzes:
·
Quiz 2 starts on Monday, September 7th
8am and runs until Thursday, September
10th 11:59pm.
o
It covers the material from lecture on
Monday, August 31st, Wednesday, Sept. 2nd and Friday,
Sept. 4th.
o
It will cover Chapter 2 Section 3
through Chapter 3 Section 1.
o
You have three attempts. The highest
attempt counts.
Second Week of Classes: Monday, August 31st to Friday,
September 4th
Lab: Lab 1 this week is Activity 4 in the
Lab Workbook.
Lecture:
·
There will be three lectures this week,
Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
·
You can watch these online or in person.
·
For
those who watch the lectures online, they will appear at the following link
after 5pm.
Quizzes:
·
EC Quiz :
There is an extra credit quiz that starts on Monday, August 24th and
runs until Monday, August 31st 11:59pm. It is worth 2 points.
·
Quiz 1 starts on Monday, August 31st
8am and runs until Thursday, September 3rd 11:59pm.
o
It covers the material from Lecture on
Wednesday, Aug. 26th and Friday, Aug. 27th.
o
It will cover Chapter 1 Section 1
through Chapter 2 Section 2.
o
You have three attempts. The highest
attempt counts.
First Week of Classes: Monday, August 24th to Friday,
August 28th
E-Learning Should Be Working For You:
E-Learning is up and running. Please make sure that you can get into E-Learning(lss.at.ufl.edu). If the course is not listed and it
has been more than 3 hours since you last drop/added a section, please send
Megan Mocko an email.
Lab: Go to lab to hear about the course and
to meet your TA.
Lecture: There will be three lectures this
week, Monday, Wednesday and Friday. You can watch these online or in person.
For those who watch the lectures online, they will appear at the following link
after 5pm.
Quiz: There is an extra credit quiz that
starts on Monday, August 24th and runs until Monday, August 31st
11:59pm. It is worth 2 points.
Tutoring Room: It will open on
Thursday.
Notetaker Needed: The Disability Resource Center needs a notetaker for this class. Students who provide exceptional
service will be awarded a gift card (GC) redeemable at the UF Bookstores or,
upon request, can receive University of Florida
volunteer service hour certification for your services. You need to be a good notetaker with legible handwriting/typing & attend
class regularly. If you are interested, please submit a copy of
your Wednesday’s notes to me by Friday noon. The notes can be delivered to my
office in Griffin Floyd 117B between 10 and 11:30am Friday morning or put into
my mailbox in Griffin Floyd 103. Please include your name and email address. A notetaker will be selected from the notes sampled dropped
off to my office by Friday noon.
Section 4398 (Students in Emily Leary’s Monday 1st lab
section): If you looked at your schedule on ISIS on Monday, you may have
noticed a small glitch in the scheduling
of your STA 2023 class. ISIS listed NPB 1001 9th period, CBD 220
M1st AND CBD
110 Thursday 6th period as required class times. The Thursday 6th
period listing was a mistake. You should
not attend that period. If you look at your schedule today on ISIS, you will
notice that the other time has been removed. It lists the correct sections now:
NPB 1001 9th period, and CBD 220 M 1st.
How the
course is structured:
Each
STA 2023 section has two main parts: a lecture and a lab component.
Lab:
Each student must attend each lab in person at their scheduled time. This is
the one period section listed on the course catalog. You will be required to
attend this section.
Lecture: There
are two ways to watch the lecture: live or on streaming video. You may do
either regardless of the section for which you are registered.
•
The live lecture will be held 9th period MWF in NPB 1001 or 7th
period in Norman G520. Please note that the Norman G520 room only seats 25
students. Seats will be allocated on a first come first serve basis. After the
first week of classes, there is always room in both NPB 1001 and Norman G520.
•
The online lecture will be posted on this webpage for the first couple of weeks
of the semester. The lectures will then move into a password protected website
after that. Please check back here on the first day of classes. The lecture
will appear here at the end of the day.
Materials:
·
Lab Workbook for Statistics: The Art and Science of Learning from
Data
(ISBN: 0136037356) by Megan Mocko and Maria Ripol, 2nd edition. Pearson.
o
copies of the lecture notes
o
worksheets for the Lab portion of the
course
·
Statistics: The Art and Science of Learning from Data (ISBN: 0135131995) by Alan Agresti and Christine Franklin 2nd edition, Pearson,
copyright 2007,2009.
The textbook and the lab workbook
can be bundled to get a lower price. This ISBN is 0321533372.
·
Scientific Calculator that has some
basic statistical functions: mean and standard deviation. Many inexpensive
calculators (around $10 to $15) have these functions; check the manual or look
for the following symbols: x-bar and either s or sn-1. All of the more expensive graphing calculator
have them as well, but it is not necessary to buy one of them for this class.