Session 0: Pre-Course Materials

Course Structure

• Materials, contacts, exams, etc.

Introduction

• An Overview of Statistics
• Review material
• Three pages of notes covering in very brief form all that we'll need from probability.

Pre-Course Mailing

• Cover letter to GK02
• Two-page note on language of estimation

The Language of Estimation (in greater detail)

• Notes on estimation
• Exercises on estimation with answers

Sampling

• Notes on sampling; only the material on simple random sampling is required reading
• A Primer on Polls
• A few sampling examples
• Dealing with nonresponse bias

Why Statistics?

• Some examples of careless "statistics"

The Whole Shebang

• Click here to download a zipfile of the entire class website (last changed January 11, 2016). Right-click and "extract" to a target folder, and double-click "_Statistics.htm" in that folder to access all of the course materials offline.