Textbooks
Textbook 1 (OIS4)
OpenIntro Statistics 4th edition (not 3rd!) Available for free download at https://leanpub.com/os
Textbook 2 (MMSA)
Modern Mathematical Statistics with Applications, 2nd by Devore and Berk
FREE eBook online at U Chicago Library (check Library Reserves on canvas): https://catalog.lib.uchicago.edu/vufind/Record/8872303a
Course Syllabus
Course Schedule
| week | Date | Topic | Materials |
| 1 | 03/29 | Course logistics, policy and requirements Definitions of Probability Sample Space and Events Probability Rules | Lecture 1 |
| 03/31 | Conditional Probability General Multiplication Rule Independence Bayes Theorem Tree Diagram | Lecture 2 | |
| 2 | 04/05 | Discrete random variable Probability mass function Expected value | Lecture 3 |
| 04/07 | Variance Linear transformation of a random variable Moments, and moment generating function | Lecture 4 | |
| 3 | 04/12 | Binomial distribution Continuous random variable | Lecture 5 |
| 04/14 | Probability density function (pdf) Cumulative distribution function (cdf) Expected values, variance, MGF | Lecture 6 | |
| 4 | 04/19 | Normal distribution Joint probability distribution | Lecture 7 |
| 04/21 | Marginal distribution Conditional distribution | Lecture 8 | |
| 5 | 04/26 | Expected values Covariance Correlation | Lecture 9 |
| 04/28 | Central Limit Theorem Normal approximation to Binomial distribution | Lecture 10 | |
| 6 | 05/03 | Midterm in class (only go to your section) | Midterm review |
| 05/05 | Introduction to Statistical Inference Exploratory data analysis. Data Matrix, Cases, Variables Histogram Numerical Summary: Mean and Median Measuring Variability Five Number Summary and Boxplot Density Curves Checking for normality and Q-Q plot | Lecture 11 | |
| 7 | 05/10 | The estimation problem Confidence interval | Lecture 12 |
| 05/12 | C.I. for Proportions Sample Size Calculation Hypothesis Testing: General Framework | Lecture 13 | |
| 8 | 05/17 | Hypothesis for the mean Hypothesis for proportion | Lecture 14 |
| 05/19 | Analysis of Two Sample (Unpaired) Data Comparing Two Proportions | Lecture 15 | |
| 9 | 05/24 | Analysis of Paired Data Introduction to Simple Linear Regression | Lecture 16 |
| 05/26 | Introduction to Simple Linear Regression Statistical Inference for Simple Linear Regression | Lecture 17 | |
| 10 | Final 6/2 (Thursday) 10:00-12:00 E133 | Final Review |
The lecture materials are partially based on STAT 23400 by Fei Liu