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The lecture note materials for this course include contributions from Dr. Peter Tse as well as adapted examples from the required course text: Heiman, Gary W. Basic Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences. 4th ed. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, July 2002. ISBN: 0618220178.
Lecture Notes table
| Lec # |
Topics |
| 1 |
Introduction to Statistics (PDF) |
| 2 |
Describing Data
Graphs, Central Tendency, and Spread (PDF) |
| 3 |
Probability, I (PDF) |
| 4 |
Probability, I (cont.) (PDF)
Probability, II (PDF) |
| 5 |
Random Variables (PDF) |
| 6 |
Sampling Theory (PDF) |
| 7 |
Confidence Intervals (PDF) |
| 8 |
Single-sample Hypothesis Testing, I (PDF) |
| 9 |
Single-sample Hypothesis Testing, II (PDF) |
| 10 |
Two-sample Hypothesis Testing, I (PDF) |
| 11 |
Two Sample t-Test |
| 12 |
Two-sample Hypothesis Testing, II (PDF) |
| 13 |
Experimental Design, I (PDF) |
| 14 |
Exam Review
Experimental Design, II (PDF) |
| 15 |
Experimental Design, II (cont.)
Regression and Correlation, I (PDF) |
| 16 |
Regression and Correlation, II (PDF) |
| 17 |
Regression and Correlation, III (PDF) |
| 18 |
Chi-square Tests (PDF) |
| 19 |
One-way ANOVA, I (PDF) |
| 20 |
One-way ANOVA, II (PDF) |
| 21 |
Two-way ANOVA, I (PDF) |
| 22 |
Review (with TA's) and Statistical Learning |
| 23 |
Two-way ANOVA, II (PDF) |
| 24 |
Review |