Mathematics 243

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Mathematics 243 meets in NH 064 at 9 AM on MTThF. The instructor is M. Stob.

Important Announcements

• Final exam is Friday, May 11, 6:30 PM. Review information on Day 48 and Day 49 outlines.
• Solutions to the tests. Test1-Closed book, Test2-Closed book.

Important Links

• The webpage for the textbook. This page includes various resources to supplement the book.
• The glossary to the textbook in PDF form.
• We use RStudio on the web as our main statistical software package.

Important Documents

• Course syllabus
• R for 243 - these notes introduce R topics roughly in the order that they appear in the course. It will be updated frequently throughout the semester.

Homework

• Check here often for a list of current homework assignments. Problem sets are turned in on Tuesdays (usually), but there is work to be done for each class.
• Note on homework grading. AP Statistics grading rubric.

Daily Outlines

• The daily handouts are here.

Textbook

• The textbook for this course is Investigating Statistical Concepts, Applications and Methods, 2nd edition, by Beth Chance and Allan Rossman. A free electronic version of the book is available to all students in the course at the Moodle page for this course. This version may be read electronically and/or printed. Please respect the copyright -- the copy made available to you is for your personal use only.
• The webpage for the textbook is here.
• If you wish to purchase a professionally printed version of the book from the authors (for $20), you may get it here.
• The second edition consists of the first three chapters of the book. We will also use a later chapter from the first edition and this will also be made available to students in the course for free.

R Resources

• We will use R over the web (using RStudio) but you can install a version of R that runs on your machine. If you choose to do that, download R from here and RStudio from here.
• Simple R by John Verzani (useful notes)
• A good website for R reference including many examples.
• R videos.

Miscellaneous Links

• Videos from first day (helper-hinderer experiments).
• Faces from second day (Tim and Bob).
• The Hay copy of the Gettysburg address. (John Hay was one of Lincoln's private secretaries.)
• The Rossman and Chance Randomizing Subjects applet used in class.
• Evidence-based education (US Department of Education)
• American Heart Association guidelines for CPR
• Homelessness among veterans
• AP Stats question on the CPR data
• Odds ratio and relative risk from Children's Mercy Hospital and Clinics in Kansas City
• on-line stopwatch and timer
• Zetia and Vytorin - NYTimes report on study, GR Press Ad, and clinical trial description
• A page from the 1940 census
• Vi Hart, doodling in math class
• Hans Rosling, 200 countries, 200 years, 4 minutes
• LosAngeles value added teacher ratings

This page maintained by M. Stob .