Week 6

Hypothesis Testing & Exam 2
Published

November 3, 2025

Modified

November 7, 2025

Overview of Week 6

Mon: Day 10

  • Hypothesis testing for one mean (single-sample): Section 4.3, 5.1
  • CIs vs. hypothesis tests
  • Inference for two-sample paired data: Section 5.2
  • R projects, here::here(), and loading data into R from a file
  • Running a t.test in R

Wed: Exam 2

Slides & Recordings

Day Topic Slides: html Slides: pdf Slides: web-page Slides with notes Recording Link Duration Code: qmd Code: html
10 part 1 Hyp test 1 mean intro Day 10 Part 1: slides 1-13 Day 10 Part 1 26 min
Hyp test steps: 4.3, 5.1 Day 10 Part 1: slides 14-25 same same Day 10 Part 2 36 min same
R demo Day 10 Part 1: slides 26-34 same same Day 10 Part 3 25 min same
10 part 2 Day 10 Part 2 No recording

Datasets

All datasets can be found on GitHub

Practice Problems

Day 10 PP

  • Book exercise: 5.12

Class discussion

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

Day 10

  • Practice Problems listed above
  • Work through Day 10 Part 2 slides
    • There are specific questions in orange on (most) slides.
  • Problems from Homework 4:
    • Book exercises:
      • 5.16
    • R1: Swim times

Homework

  • HW 4 covers Days 10-12 and is due on Sat, 11/15
  • Check out this spreadsheet for typos in book.

Exam 2 information

  • Exam 2 will be on Wed, Nov. 5th
  • Samples of past exam questions and answers (on Sakai)
  • Material will cover Days 6-9,
    • which is approximately Sections 3.1-3.4, 4.1-4.2 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.