Date | Class Topic | Readings |
---|---|---|
2/15 | Authenticity, Choice, and Chance in Music -- Problem Set 2 due | |
2/17 | EV and SE for estimating a percentage | FPP Chapter 20 |
2/19 | More on estimating percentages | FPP Chapter 20 |
2/22 | Accuracy of percentages | FPP Chapter 21 |
2/24 | Accuracy of percentages; confidence intervals | FPP Chapter 21 |
2/26 | Confidence intervals (computer lab/demo) -- Paper 1 due -- | FPP Chapter 21 |
3/1,3,5 | Spring Break -- no class -- | dWPP |
3/8 | Is our moral sense a ``veneer?'' | dWPP, Part I -- pp. 1 - 82 |
3/10 | How different are humans and animals? | dWPP, Part II -- pp. 83 - 160 |
3/12 | Can animals have ``rights?'' -- Problem Set 3 due -- | dWPP, Part III -- pp. 161 - 182 |
3/15 | Accuracy of estimates for averages | FPP Chapter 23 |
3/17 | More on accuracy of averages | FPP Chapter 23 |
3/19 | Midterm Exam | FPP Chapters 16 - 21 |
3/22 | Hypothesis testing | FPP Chapter 26 |
3/24 | Test statistics, rejection regions, significance | FPP Chapter 26 |
3/26 | z-tests for percentages, averages | FPP Chapter 26 |
3/29 | t-tests in the small sample case | FPP Chapter 26 |
3/31 | More on small-sample tests | FPP Chapter 26 |
4/2,5 | Easter break -- no class -- | FPP Chapter 27 |
4/7 | Tests for differences of averages | FPP Chapter 27 |
4/9 | More on tests for differences of averages -- Problem Set 4 due -- | FPP Chapter 27 |
4/12 | χ2 distributions and tables | FPP Chapter 28 |
4/14 | χ2 tests | FPP Chapter 28 |
4/16 | Finish χ2 tests | FPP Chapter 28 |
4/19 | Mendel and chance models in genetics | FPP Chapter 25 |
4/21 | Did Mendel ``fudge'' his data? | FPP Chapter 25 and 28 |
4/23 | Mendel and Fisher -- Problem Set 5 due -- | FPP Chapter 25 and 28 |
4/26, 28, 30 | Final project presentations -- Final Project Papers due 4/30 | |
5/3 | Course wrap-up |
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