Week 2

Data collection & Probability
Published

October 6, 2025

Modified

October 8, 2025

Overview of Week 2

Day 2

  • Data Collection Principles & Intro to Data (Fall 2023: Day 2)
    • Book sections 1.1-1.3
  • Practice Problems
    • Textbook: 1.8 (p. 77), 1.20 (p. 80)

Day 3

  • Summarizing Numerical Data (Fall 2023: Day 2)
    • Book section 1.4
  • Probability (Fall 2023: Day 4)
    • Sections 2.1 - 2.2.4
  • Practice Problems
    • Fill in robust estimate table on slide 46 of Summarizing Numerical Data (Fall 2023: Day 2 slides)
    • Do Example 2.6 parts (1)-(4) on pg 8 of Probability (Fall 2023: Day 4) slides

Slides & Recordings

Day Topic Slides (F23): html Slides: pdf Slides: web-page Slides with notes Recording Link (F23) Duration Code: qmd Code: html
2 Data Collection Principles (Book section 1.3) Day 2: slides 1-17 Day 2 Part 1 33 min
Intro to Data (Book section 1.2) Day 2: slides 18-32 same Day 2 Part 2 42 min same same
3 Summarizing Numerical Data (Book section 1.4) Day 2: slides 33-46 same Day 2 Part 3 37 min same same
Probability (Book sections 2.1.1-2.1.6) Day 4: slides 1-4 Day 4 Part 1 23 min
Probability (Book sections 2.1.7-2.2.4) Day 4: slides 5-9 same same Day 4 Part 2 24 min

Class discussion

Day02

During class you will be working in groups discussing the following:

  • Practice Problems
    • Textbook: 1.8 (p. 77), 1.20 (p. 80)
  • From HW 1
    • Non-book exercise NBE 2: Tylenol during pregnancy?
    • Textbook: 1.12
    • R2: BRFSS - parts a)-b)

Day03

  • Practice Problems
    • Summarizing Numerical Data (Fall 2023: Day 2 slides)
    • Probability (Fall 2023: Day 4)
      • Example 2.6 parts (1)-(4) on pg 8 of slides
  • Summarizing Numerical Data (Fall 2023: Day 2)
    • From HW 1
      • Book problem: 1.31
      • R2: BRFSS - parts c)-f)
  • Probability (Fall 2023: Day 4)
    • Example 2.3 on pg 4 of slides
    • Example 2.6 parts (5)-(7) on pg 9 of slides
    • From HW 1
      • Book problems: 2.6,2.14
  • Answers to Examples 2.3 & 2.6 (added after class; link to file on Sakai)

Homework

  • HW 1 due on Sat, 10/11
    • Covers Days 1-3