| SES # | TOPICS | KEY DATES |
|---|---|---|
| L1 | Introduction to Course | |
| L2 | What is an Argument? | |
| L3 | Measurement | Homework 1 out |
| R1 | Recitation 1 | |
| L4 | Research Design | Homework 1 due |
| L5 | Frequency Distributions, Histograms, Stemplots, Boxplots, Measures of Dispersion | Homework 2 out |
| R2 | Lab 1 | |
| L6 | Introduction to Probability | Homework 2 due |
| L7 | The Normal and Binomial Distributions | |
| R3 | Recitation 3 | |
| L8 | Sampling | |
| L9 | Basics of Confidence Intervals and Tests of Significance | Homework 3 out |
| R4 | Recitation 4 | |
| L10 | Recap: CIs and Inference for Means | |
| L11 | CIs and Inference for Proportions and Hypothesis Testing | Homework 3 due Homework 4 out |
| R5 | Recitation 5 | |
| L12 | Testing the Difference Between Two Groups | |
| L13 | Testing the Difference Between Two Groups (cont.) | Homework 4 due |
| L14 | Review for Mid-term | |
| L15 | Mid-term Exam | |
| L16 | Analyzing Categorical Data | Final paper topic out |
| L17 | Scatterplots and Correlation | Homework 5 out |
| R6 | Lab 2 | |
| L18 | Introduction to Regression Analysis | Homework 5 due |
| R7 | Recitation 7 | |
| L19 | Regression (cont.) | |
| L20 | Multiple Regression | Final paper topic due Homework 6 out |
| Paper Preparation | ||
| R8 | Lab 3 | |
| L21 | Multiple Regression (cont.) | |
| L22 | Spatial Data Analysis | Homework 6 due |
| R9 | Lab 4 | |
| L23 | The Census | |
| L24 | Quiz | Quiz due |
| R10 | Recitation 10 | |
| L25 | Research Design and Regression Analysis | |
| L26 | Wrap-up | Final paper due |