You should check your email and the class web page on occasion. Course Overview Statistics is the science of interpreting, understanding and deducing information from data collections. We will emphasize the meaning of statistical results, rather than the formulas used to calculate them. Our goal will be to cover most of the first 9 chapters of the text, in the order they appear in the book. We will spend roughly two days on each section of the text, leaving some time at the beginning of the second day to discuss questions on the homework assignments.
Most students find the first three chapters of the text much easier than the remaining chapters.
Our text is exceptionally well written. You should strive to read the text, it is written with you in mind. Reading mathematics is a skill we will focus on in this course. It is an active process, unlike reading most novels or poems. You should read each section of the text before coming to the class meetings on that material.