Course Calendar
Quantitative Literacy 305
Spring 2008
Dates are for MW Section; ( dates) are ofr
TR Section
January 14(15) Introduction
to Course Materials and Resources
1.1and
1.2 Acquiring Data, Populations and Samples
January 16(17) 1.3
Random Sampling, Using Computers, Introduction to Minitab
Acquiring
Data from the Internet (GSS)
January 21(22) 2.1 Data Types
2.2 Graphical
Summaries of Qualitative Data (Pie, Bar)
Graphical Summaries of
Quantitative Data (Stem and Leaf, Dot,
Histograms)
January 23(24) 2.3
Measures of Central Tendency (mean, mode, median)
Symmetry and Asymmetry
2.4
Measures of Spread (range, standard deviation)
January 28(29) 2.5 Measures of position (percentiles,
quartiles, standard scores,
scaling scores)
Five number summaries and box plots,
outliers
2.6 Use and
Misuse of Descriptive Statistics
January 30(31) 3.1 Association between two
categorical variables (contingency
tables and sided by side bar charts)
3.2
Association between Two quantitative variables (scatter plots,
correlation)
February 4 (5) Practice
Test Chapters 1 and 2
Independent
Study Chapter 4
February 11 (12) Reviews for Test 1,
Lab Work, Chapter 4 Test
February 13 (14) Test
on Chapters 1 and 2
February 18(19) 3.3
Prediction and Introduction to Linear Regression
3.4
Cautions in Analysis (Correlation and Causation)
February 20(21) 5.1
Types of Probability, Relative Frequency
5.2 Calculating Simple
Probabilities, Discrete Probability
Distributions
February 25(26) 5.3
Conditional Probabilities, Independent Events
5.4
Calculating Using the Rules
February 27(28) 6.1
Expected Value for Discrete Distributions
6.2 Continuous Probability
Distributions, Normal Distribution
Probabilities
SPRING BRAK March 1 - 9
March 10 (11)) Review
for Test Test on Chapters 3 and 5
6.3
Binomial Distribution
March 12(13) 6.4
Sampling Distributions and the Central Limit Theorem
6.5
Information from Samples (Confidence Intervals)
March 17(18) 6.6
Inferences about a Population
Test Two
(Chapters 3 and 5)
March 19(25) 7.1
Point and Interval Estimates
7.2
Estimating Proportions
7.3
Estimating Population Means
EASTER BREAK March 20-24
March 26(27) 7.4
Importance of Sample Size, Determining Size of Sample
7.5
Computers and New Estimation Methods (introduction to
non-parametric
methods)
CHOOSE CLASS PROJECT
March 26(27) 8.1
Significance Tests (Logic and Error Types)
8.2
Significance Test for Proportions
8.3
Significance Test for a Population Mean
March 31(April 1) Test
on Chapters 6 and 7
8.4
Types of Error
Finalize
Project
April 7(8) 8.5
Limitations of Significance Tests
8.6
Type II Errors and Power Curves
April 9(10) 9.1
Comparing two proportions
9.2
Comparing two Means (Independent Samples)
April 14(15) 9.4
Dependent Samples (paired t tests)
April16
TAKE HOME FINAL DISTRIBIUTED
April 21(22) Test
on Chapters 8 and 9
April 23(24) 11.1
Regression Analysis
11.2
Partition of Variance and the F Ration
April 28(29) Project
Presentations
April 30(May 1) Project
Presentations `
FINAL EXAM