ST 192 First Year Seminar in the Mathematical Sciences (Spring `01)

Instructor:

Richard Davis ,                         Jay Breidt,

Dept of Statistics                      Department of Statistics
102A STAT, 1-7321               201 STAT, 1-6786
rdavis@stat.colostate.edu         jbreidt@stat.colostate.edu

Time: W: 4:10-5:00, E206 Engineering

Office hours: TBA

Required Text: None-handouts will be distributed.

References:

Computing: There will be some hands-on computing experiences using a statistical computer package.The class will meet in the computer classroom, 206 Weber, for these activities.

Homework assignments:  There will be periodic homework assignments involving some computing, writing, and reading.

Homework #1, Due 1-31-01 (tentative)
Homework #2, Due 2-07-01 (tentative)

COURSE SCHEDULE

Date 

Topic

Speaker

Links

 

1/17/01

Introduction 

Richard D.

 Syllabus

 

1/24/01

Intro to Splus (Homework Assign) (Meet in Weber 206)

Richard D. 

 HW 1

 

1/31/01

Taxis, Records, Splus (Meet in E206 Eng)

Richard D.

 HW 2

 Splus demo

 

2/7/01

 Records and Splus stuff

Richard D.

Splus class demo

 

2/14/01

 (Meet with Math Club-on Wed 2/13    in Weber 117)

Panel discussion with grad students.

 

 

2/21/01

Sampling

Jay B.

 

 

2/28/01

Let’s make a deal and Simpson’s paradox

Jay B.

 

 

3/07/01

Spring Break

 

 

 

3/14/01

Simpson’s paradox and Beneford distr

Jay B.

 

 

3/21/01

US Park Service Research

Ann Hess

 

 

3/28/01

Center for Disease Control

Brad Biggerstaff

 

 

4/5/01

??

Jay B.

 

 

4/11/01

Fake Data

Jay B.

 

 

4/18/01

National Wildlife Research Ctr

Rick Engeman

 

 

4/25/01

Euler spoilers

Hari Iyer

 

 

5/2/01

Fake Data (cont)

Jay B.