Topic 1 - Data and Variables

Topic 2 - Displaying and Describing Distributions

• USA Today snapshots http://www.usatoday.com/snapshot/life/snapldex.htm

Assignment:

Pick two of the graphics. For each graph: (1)What is the message of each graph? (2) Does the graph accurately communicate the data? (3) Draw an alternative graph that better displays the information.

• USDA Nutrient Database for a number of ready-to-eat cereals.http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/cgi-bin/nut_search.pl?cereals

Assignment:

Choose a nutrient (sugar, iron, fiber, etc.) that you're interested in studying. Pick 12 cereals and find the amount of nutrient in a single serving of each cereal. Display the distribution and comment on (1) a typical value (2) the spread of the values, (3) the shape, and (4) any unusual characteristics of the distribution.

• Salaries of 1999 baseball players http://cbs.sportsline.com/u/baseball/mlb/salaries_index.html
• Weather reports for different cities http://www.usatoday.com/weather/basemaps/wcity1.htm

Topic 4 - Measures of Spread

Topic 5 - Comparing Distributions

• NBA data for individual players http://cbs.sportsline.com/u/archive/basketball/nba/sort/1997/ytd/GName.html
• MLB data for individual players http://www.totalbaseball.com/nav/player/player_side.html
• Compare the lengths of homeruns hit by McGwire and Sosa http://www.cnnsi.com/baseball/mlb/ml/players/Mark.McGwire/HomeRuns.html

http://www.cnnsi.com/baseball/mlb/ml/players/Sammy.Sosa/HomeRuns.html

Assignment:

Pick a sport (baseball or basketball) and find two players that you are interested in comparing. Find an interesting statistic, such as batting average or shooting percentage. Find the career statistics for each player and use stemplots and boxpolots to compare the two distributions.

Topic 7 - Correlation Coefficient

Topic 8 - Least Squares Regression

Topic 9 - Relationships with Categorical Variables

Topic 10 - Random Sampling

• Gallup polls http://www.gallup.com/archive.htm

• Find a survey on the internet.

• Weather forecasting http://www.usatoday.com/weather/wforund.htm
• Precipitation termiology http://www.nws.mbay.net/glossary.html#Rain

• Gives proportions of different colors of M&M's http://www.m-ms.com/faq/combinations.html
• Understanding odds placed on sports events (baseball and football) http://www.usatoday.com/sports/odds.htm
• Lottery numbers - from Connecticut lottery http://www.qgm.com/ct_hist.html

• Roll dice http://www.irony.com/igroll.html
• Play roulette http://www.virtualvegas.com/newvv/lockout/games/roulette/javaroulette/Rouletteframe.html
• Collector's problem

http://www-math.bgsu.edu/~albert/m115_active/collector/collector.htm
• Movie ratings

http://us.imdb.com
• Matching moms with babies

http://www-math.bgsu.edu/~albert/m115_active/matching/matching.htm

Topic 15 - Learning about Models Using Bayes' Rule

• Let's make a deal applet

http://www.stat.sc.edu/~west/javahtml/LetsMakeaDeal.html

• Posterior probability calculator

http://www-math.bgsu.edu/~albert/m115_active/prior2.htm

• Worksheet to Construct Prior Probability Distribution for Project

http://www-math.bgsu.edu/~albert/make_prior.htm