UCLA STAT 10 (sections 3a, 3b & 3c) Fall 2001

Introduction to Statistical Reasoning

    http://www.stat.ucla.edu/~dinov/

UCLA Department of Statistics - STAT 10 - Statistical Reasoning


Instructor:
Ivo D. Dinov, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor in Statistics,
Research Scientist, Department of Neurology,
UCLA School of Medicine
E-mail: 		Teaching Assistants:
  • Vivian Chern (section 3a) E-mail: vivian@ucla.edu and
  • Amy Wu (sections 3b & 3c) E-mail: shwu@stat.ucla.edu

    • Lectures: (FRANZ 1260), MWF, 11:00-11:50 AM

    Discussions Section Information
    Section IDSectionClassroomTimeTA Name
    2630312213aMS 5128 R 1:00-1:50 PM Amy Wu
    2630312223bMS 5128 T 12:00 - 12:50 PM Vivian Chern
    2630312233cMS 5128 R 12:00 - 12:50 PM Amy Wu

    Instructor Office: Main: MS 8143E (alternative: CHS, UCLA School of Medicine, Reed 4-238, by appt. only)
    TA Offices:Vivian Chern TBA; Amy MS 8118
    Virtual Office Hours (STAT10-3 Forum)
     STAT Computer Lab: http://www.stat.ucla.edu/undergraduate/icl/
    Grading policy and basis for Final Grade:
    HW Assignment Policy:

    Textbook: Statistics by Freedman, D., Pisani, R., and Purves, R. (1998). Third Edition.
      Tentative order of topics covered
    1. Introduction, Experiments, Ch. 1
    2. Observational Studies, Ch. 02
    3. Graphics, Histograms Ch. 03
    4. Numerical Summaries, Ch. 4
    5. The Normal Curve, Ch. 5
    6. Percentiles, Transformations, Ch. 5
    7. Correlation, Ch. 8
    8. Regression, Ch. 10
    9. Probability, Ch. 13
    10. Random Processes & Box Models, Ch. 16
    11. Expected Values, Ch. 17
    12. Sample Surveys, Ch. 19
    13. Proportions, Ch. 20
    14. Confidence Intervals, Ch. 21
    15. The Accuracy of Averages, Ch. 23
    16. Hypothesis Testing, Ch. 26

    Prof. Dinov is very thankful to Prof. Christopher Wild and Prof. George Seber, for providing many useful teaching aids and other support for this class.
    Ivo D. Dinov, Ph.D., Departments of Statistics & Neurology, UCLA