| Northern
Virginia Community College Statistics
I,
MTH 245
Course Description (from the College):
Presents an overview of statistics, including descriptive statistics,
elementary probability, probability distributions, estimation,
hypothesis testing, correlation, and linear regression. Credit will
not be awarded for both MTH 155: Statistical Reasoning and MTH 245:
Statistics I or equivalent. This is a Passport Transfer course.
Lecture 3 hours. Total 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite: Completion
of MTH 154 or MTH 161 or equivalent with a grade of C or better.
3 credits
Syllabus -- in Word format
Important Dates
Exam I - Data -- Saturday, March 4th
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Exam II - Data -- Saturday, April 1st
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Final Exam -
Data -- Saturday, May 6th
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sheet
see the syllabus for a more detailed
calendar
Email List
via Canvas
Announcements:
Office: online
My NOVA email: bmccall@nvcc.edu
Office hours: Sa after class or by appt
OpenStax Statistics Textbook
MyOpenMath Course Code:
164060
enrollment key: mccall_245_spring23
Homework
MyOpenMath
Course Code:
164060
enrollment key: mccall_245_spring23
Projects (graded)
Project #1 --
Data
Project #2
-- Data
Final Project --
Data
Calculator Guides:
Statistical Graphs in
the TI-83/84
TI 84 Entering Data
TI 84 Descriptive
Statistics
Normal
Distribution
Binomial Distribution
Hypothesis
Testing (1 Sample)
Counting Formulas
Expected Values
Descriptive
Statistics: Grouped Data
Confidence Intervals -- One Sample
Correlation and Linear
Regression
Video Play List:
Doing Statistics with Excel
Answer
Keys
Quiz #1 --
key
Quiz #2 Data --
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Quiz #3 --
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Quiz #4 --
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Quiz #5 --
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Quiz #6 --
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Quiz #7 --
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Quiz #8 -- key
Quiz #9 --
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Quiz #10 Data --
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Quiz #11 Data --
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Quiz #12 Data --
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In-class Examples
Discussion Questions:
Notes & Video Links
Against All Odds:
Inside Statistics
Statistical Reasoning
Probability and Statistics
Statistics 2
Statistical Reasoning II
Minitab Labs
Lab #1 --
Data
Lab #2 --
Data
Lab
#3 --
Data
Lab #4 --
Data
Lab #5 --
Data
Lab #6 --
Data
Lab #7 --
Data
Projects (old)
Mini Project
Final Project
Supplemental Activities
Pie Charts & Stem-and-Leaf
Plots by Hand
Calculating Standard Deviations by Hand
Samples Activity --
key
Permutations and Combinations Activity --
key
Probability Activity
-- key
Expected Values
Activity --
key
Problem Solving Activity
-- key
Linear Regression
Problems -- key
Confidence Intervals on Means
-- key
Counting Sample Spaces with Trees --
key
Design Your Own Experiment
Empirical Rule --
key
Hypothesis Tests II --
key
Legal Analogy
Statistical Graphs --
key
CLT Proportions Version 1/Version
2 -- key
Hypothesis Test Worksheet
#1
Hypothesis Test
Worksheet #2
Hypothesis Test Worksheet #3
Hypothesis Test Worksheet
#4
Hypothesis Test
Worksheet #5
Hypothesis Test Worksheet #6
Hypothesis Test Worksheet
#7
Hypothesis Test
Worksheet #8
Hypothesis Test Worksheet #9
Hypothesis Test Worksheet
#10
Discrete Distributions of Two Dice --
key
Sampling Methods Activity
Simulations --
Excel(xlsx) --
Minitab(mpx)
Links!
Sampling Distributions/Confidence Intervals
Central Limit Theorem: with Bunnies and Dragons (video)
Sampling
Distributions of the Mean (video)
Sampling
Distributions of Sample Proportions (video)
Confidence Interval
for One Mean, Sigma Known (video)
Confidence Interval
for Means, Sigma Unknown or Small Sample (video)
T-Distribution
(video)
T-Distribution using Tables (video)
T-Distribution in
Excel (video)
Confidence Interval
for Means in Minitab (video)
Confidence Intervals
for Proportions (video)
Estimating a Sample
Size (video)
Confidence Interval for the Difference of Two Means (independent)
(video)
Confidence Interval for the Difference of Two Means (dependent)
(video)
Confidence Interval for the Difference of Two Proportions (video)
Hypothesis Testing
Hypothesis Testing
Concepts (video)
Hypothesis Testing
Basics (video)
Hypothesis Testing
Errors (video)
What is a Rejection
Region (video)
Hypothesis Testing
with P-values (video)
Hypothesis Testing
Steps (video)
One-Tailed and Two-Tailed Tests (video)
T-tests for One Mean
(video)
One-sample T-Test in
Minitab 19 Example (video)
One-sample Z-Test of Summarized Data in Minitab 19
Conditions for One-Proportion Z-Test (video)
One Proportion
Z-Test (video)
Difference of Two Proportions Z-Test (link)
Two-sample means t-test paired/dependent (video)
Two-sample difference of means t-test indepedent (video)
Equal vs. Unequal
Variance in two-sample T-test (video)
Two Proportions Test
in Minitab (video)
ANOVA Testing
(video)
One-Way
ANOVA in Minitab (video)
Chi-Squared Test of Independence (video)
Chi-Squared Goodness of Fit Test (video)
Chi-Squared Test in
Minitab (video)
Regression
Basic
Linear Regression (video)
Exponetial
Regression Model with COVID-19 data (video)
Scatterplots &
Correlation (video)
Scatterplots &
Statistics (video)
Interpreting
Scatterplots & Correlation (video)
Interpreting
Scatterplots (video)
Linearity, Strength and Relationship (video)
Coefficient of Determination (video)
Simple Linear
Regression (video)
Simple Linear
Regression in Minitab 19 (video)
Multiple Regression
in Excel (video)
Multiple Regression
in Minitab (video)
Nonlinear Regression
in Minitab (video)
Residual Analysis
(video)
Residual
Analysis in Excel (video)
Residual Analysis in
Minitab (video)
PDF Graph Paper
Bad Graphs (Convention Speeches)
Visualizing Data Badly: 8 Examples
Correlation is not Causation:
orginal article /
handout
Presidents by State
How much people lie on surveys
On the Hazards of Significance
Testing
Exploring Correlation and Regression
Central Limit Theorem: with Bunnies and Dragons
How Many Ways Can You Arrange a Deck of Cards?
Free Online Math
Courses
Medical Testing and Vitamin C
How to Tell if Correlation Implies Causation
Reliability and Validity
In wake of uproar over Facebook’s emotional manipulation study, bioethics
scholars say new rules are 'moral imperative'
Combinations and Permutations Calculator
Four Assumptions of
Multiple Regression that Researchers Should Always Test
Beyond Reasonable Doubt: A Significant Improvement
How the Nocebo Effect can Trick us into Actually Dying
Desmos Lessons for AP Statistics
Stem and Leaf Plot Generator
PhET Simulations
EdReady
How
to Spot Bad Science
Other stats courses I've taught
R coding tutorials
Statistics Examples in Excel (video playlist)
COVID-19 and Exponential Growth
(video) Excel
sheet
Spring 2022 |
