Week 5
Variability in estimates and Exam 1
Overview of Week 5
Mon: Day 8
- Variability in estimates: Section 4.1
Wed: Exam 1
- See the Exam 1 information section below for more information
Slides & Recordings
- Pre-recorded lessons are on Echo Cloud (aka echo 360 or echo video).
| Day | Topic | Slides: html | Slides: pdf | Slides: web-page | Slides with notes | Recording Link | Duration | Code: qmd | Code: html |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | Variability in estimates: Section 4.1 | Day 8: slides 1-13 | Day 8 Part 1 | 26 min | |||||
| 4.1 con’td | Day 8: slides 14-29 | same | same | Day 8 Part 2 | 37 min | same | |||
| R code demo | Day 8 Part 3 | 11 min | same |
Class discussion
During class you will be working in groups discussing the following:
Day 8
- Slide 21: match figures to distribution (Sampling high schoolers’ weights)
- Problems from Homework 4:
- Book exercise: 4.2 (warm-up)
- R1: Youth weights (YRBSS)
- Non-book exercise: Ethan Allen
Homework
- HW 4 covers Days 8 -10 and is due on Sat, 11/9
- Check out this spreadsheet for typos in book.
Exam 1 information
- Exam 1 will be on Wed, Oct. 30th
- Samples of past exam questions and answers (on Sakai)
- Material will cover Days 1-7,
- which is approximately Chapters 1, 2, 3.1-3.4 from the textbook.
- The exam will be in-class and handwritten. Bring a calculator.
- You may bring one page of notes on an 8.5” x 11” sheet of paper.
- You may use both sides.
- You may type your notes.
- You may not use screenshots of the notes or textbook
- You will be turning in the page of notes with the exam, so please add your name to the sheet.