Precourse Readings
Cover letter to EMP 113
Post-Irma Course Details and Schedule
Computer Hardware and Software Issues
What is this "Margin of Error"?
An Overview of Statistics
Everything below this line is optional. Read it if you wish, but please don't worry about it.
Introduction – Why Statistics?
Careless Statistics
Three pages of
notes
covering in
very
brief form all that we'll need from your probability course.
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 essential reading
A Primer on Polls
A few sampling examples
Dealing with nonresponse bias