Class
Schedule1 and Reading Assignments
Scientific
Method
1
Why be quantitative?
Waltham 1, Davis 1
(8/30,9/1)
2
Sampling, Experimental Design
Waltham
1, Davis 1
(9/6,8/)
and propagation of errors
3
Data Presentation
Waltham 2, 6
(9/13,15/)
4
Descriptive Statistics
Waltham 2, Davis 2
(9/20,22/)
5
Descriptive Statistics
Waltham 2, Davis 2
(9/27,29/)
Thursday: Midterm 1
6
Hypothesis testing
Waltham 7, Davis 2
(10/4,6/)
7
Hypothesis testing
Waltham 7, Davis 2
(10/11,13/)
8
Correlation
Davis 4
(10/18,20/)
Simple Linear Regression
9 Introduction
to ANOVA
Davis 5
(10/25,27/)
10
ANOVA
Davis 5
(11/1,3/) (Take
home assignment)
11
ANOVA / Mutivariate Analysis
Davis 3, 5
(11/8,10/)
Thursday: Midterm 2
12
Mutivariate Analysis
Davis 5, 6
(11/15,17/)
13
Time Series Analysis
Davis 4
(11/22/)
(R Nov 23, Thanksgiving
Break, no classes)
14
Time Series Analysis
Davis 4
(11/29,12/1/)
15
Presentation of Class Projects, Review
(12/6,12/8)
16
Final Exam, Monday, Dec. 12,
12:45 pm - 3:00 pm
1. Depending on class needs, we
may increase or decrease the time allocated to individual
topics
2. Additional online
sources will be handed out in class or provided on the
website. Any changes to the readings will be announced in
class and listed on the class web (see: http://www.personal.kent.edu/~jortiz/earthstats/).