Statistics 101: Principles of Statistics
Spring 2008

This web page contains information for all Sections of Statistics 101 for the Spring 2008 semester.
Links to each section's homepage are given in the table at the bottom of the page.

Homework Assignments:

Information and Assignments for the Course Project:

Project Guidelines - Spring 2008

Distribution Assessment - Due by 5pm on Friday, April 18th: On WebCT.

Take Home Lab #9A - Due by Friday, April 25th at 11:59 PM: Answer Sheet to be filled out on WebCT.

Take Home Lab #9B - Due by Friday, April 25th at 11:59 PM: Answer Sheet to be filled out on WebCT.

Take Home Lab #10A - Due by Lab Time the week of April 28th : Answer Sheet to be filled out on WebCT.

Take Home Lab #10B - Due by Lab Time the week of April 28th : Answer Sheet to be filled out on WebCT.

Information on Final Examination:

The final examination in Statistics 101 is cumulative, with special emphasis on the topics covered since Exam #3. All students enrolled in Statistics 101 are required to take the final exam. Graduating seniors are NOT exempt from the final exam.

The table below gives the dates and times for the final exams in Sections A through K of Stat 101 for the Spring 2008 semester. Locations will be added as they become known. Students with three or more finals in one calendar day may request a make-up final exam in Stat 101 if Stat 101 is the class with the smallest enrollment. Students in this situation must contact their course instructor by the last day of classes: Friday, May 2nd. Otherwise, students are required to take the final exam at the time listed below for their section.

Take Home Lab Assignments:

• Take Home Lab Assignment #2

Data sets:

• Annual Rainfall for Los Angeles from 1902-2001
• Time between Eruptions of Old Faithful
• Body Temperatures for 65 Females
• Gain Values for 120 Amps
• Sample of 100 Female Heights from Stat 101 students
• Sample of 100 Number of CDs owned from Stat 101 students
• Length and Width of a Sample of Butter Clams
• HAV angle data
• Files Needed for Take Home Lab #9B
  • Female Heights
  • Heights Script - One Sample
    If using Internet Explorer, click on link and the script should run.
    If using another browser, right click on link, Save File to Computer, locate file on computer and double-click. Script should run. In JMP you can run open scripts by clicking Edit - Run Script.
  • Heights Script - Sample Mean Distribution
    If using Internet Explorer, click on link and the script should run.
    If using another browser, right click on link, Save File to Computer, locate file on computer and double-click. Script should run. In JMP you can run open scripts by clicking Edit - Run Script.
  • Miles Away From Home
  • Miles Script - One Sample
    If using Internet Explorer, click on link and the script should run.
    If using another browser, right click on link, Save File to Computer, locate file on computer and double-click. Script should run. In JMP you can run open scripts by clicking Edit - Run Script.
  • Miles Script - Sample Mean Distribution
    If using Internet Explorer, click on link and the script should run.
    If using another browser, right click on link, Save File to Computer, locate file on computer and double-click. Script should run. In JMP you can run open scripts by clicking Edit - Run Script.
• Files Needed for Take Home Lab #10A
  • Female Heights
  • Confidence Intervals for Mean Height
    If using Internet Explorer, click on link and the script should run.
    If using another browser, right click on link, Save File to Computer, locate file on computer and double-click. Script should run. In JMP you can run open scripts by clicking Edit - Run Script.
  • Miles Away From Home
  • Confidence Intervals for Mean Distance
    If using Internet Explorer, click on link and the script should run.
    If using another browser, right click on link, Save File to Computer, locate file on computer and double-click. Script should run. In JMP you can run open scripts by clicking Edit - Run Script.

Computing:

• JMP
  Statistics 101 uses the statistical package JMP for data analysis. This program is available to all students free of charge through a university site-wide license. Please click on the link below for detailed instructions on how to install JMP on your own computer.

  Instructions for installing JMP on your personal computer

  The link below gives instructions on the basic commands required for analyzing data in Statistics 101 using JMP. You will need to refer to this Guide throughout the semester.

  Guide to Using JMP in Statistics 101

• Calculator Help

• Normal Model Applets
  • David Lane's Applet
  • Rossman-Chance's Applet

• Guessing the value of the correlation coefficient

• Putting points and regression lines

• Table values for the t distribution

• Table values for the Chi-Square distribution

• Sampling Senators

• Reeses Pieces Applet

• Confidence Interval for a Proportion

• Sampling Distributions

• Confidence Interval for a Mean

Obtaining Extra Help:

If you find that you need extra help in STAT 101, here is a progression of options to try.

• Office Hours

  Course instructors and lab assistants for Stat 101 will hold office hours in Room 0113 Pearson Hall, 9-5 Monday through Thursday and 9-12, 2-4 on Friday. You may visit during these hours and receive help from the Stat 101 person there. You are not limited to visiting only during your course instructor or lab assistant's office hours. Here is the schedule for office hours.

  Time	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
  9-10	Dr. Froelich	Amanda Bell	Lawrence Mosley	Amanda Bell	Dr. Froelich
  10-11	Jessica Chapman	Long Qu	Jessica Chapman	Long Qu	Jessica Chapman
  11-12	Karl Pazdernik	Trang Le	Karl Pazdernik	Kyle Hewitt	Karl Pazdernik
  12-1	Kyle Hewitt	Trang Le	Kyle Hewitt	Trang Le
  1-2	Emmanuel Criner	Robert Foster	Laura Hildreth	Robert Foster
  2-3	Emmanuel Criner	Cid Gonwa-Reeves	Laura Hildreth	Cid Gonwa-Reeves	Derek Blythe
  3-4	Jeremy Craft	Cid Gonwa-Reeves	Jeremy Craft	Cid Gonwa-Reeves	Jeremy Craft
  4-5	Derek Blythe	Adam Loy	Lawrence Mosley	Adam Loy

• Tutors

  Tutors can be sought in at least two locations

  • Statistics Main Office (Ground Floor Wilson Hall: phone 294-3440)

    The main Statistics office keeps a list of names of Statistics graduate students interested in tutoring. Graduate students can charge anywhere from $5 to $15+ per hour. Exact details of when, where, etc to meet need to be worked out directly with the tutor.

  • Academic Success Center (1076 Student Services Building)

    These tutors consist mainly of undergraduate students who have successfully passed one or more statistics courses and have been accepted by the ASC due to their submitted application and letters of reference. Please contact them directly for more information.