STAT 216 - Introduction to Statistics

Fall 2009

Instructor Information and Office Hours

(Study Jam takes place in the UC Commons from 6:30 to 9:00 on most Tuesdays and Wednesdays - there is always at least one tutor and at least one instructor present. )
Name Office Office Hours Phone Email
Cindy Leary (Coordinator) Corbin 269 Mon 11:30-1:30, Wed 11:30-1:30, Fri 11:30-1:30 243-6712 cindy.leary@mso.umt.edu
Mark Lutz Corbin 255 Wed 1:30-3:30 243-5466 lutzm@mso.umt.edu
Blake Miller Corbin 359 Tues 2:10-4:00, Thurs 8:10-10:00 243-5470 blake.miller@umontana.edu
Mike O'Lear Math 212 Tues 9:30-10:30 243-5311 m.olear@mso.umt.edu
Jordan Purdy Corbin 369 Wed 2:10-3:00,Thurs 1:00-200 (Both In Math 212) 243-4469 jordan.purdy@grizmail.umt.edu
Mike Severino Corbin 357 Tues 12:00-2:00 243-4486 michael.severino@grizmail.umt.edu

General Information

  • Course Syllabus

    • SPSS Manual

  • Table of Contents - pages 1-2
  • Chapter 1 (Introduction to SPSS) - pages 3-16
  • Chapter 2 (Examining Distributions) - pages 17-38
  • Chapter 3 (Looking at Data: Relationships) - pages 39-65
  • Chapter 4 (Sampling Distributions) - pages 66-70
  • Chapter 5 (Inference for Population Means) - pages 71-80
  • Chapter 6 (Inference for Two-Way Tables) - pages 81-83
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    Calculator Help

    Some links for web-based help with calculators are given below.

  • Calculator help for all calculators
  • Help for TI graphing calculators
  • There are many other sites on the web with help for using various calculators: try a Google search with your calculator model.

    • Tutors

    Some tutoring sources:
  • Study Jam - UC Commons: Most Tuesday and Wednesday evenings from 6:30 to 9:00.
  • TRIO Student Support Services (Lommasson Center 154, 243-5032)
  • Private math tutors (Math Office, 243-5311)
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    Assignments/Solutions

    Homeworks

    Homework Homework Instructions Due Date Solutions
    Homework #1 HW #1 Instructions Thursday, September 10th Solutions
    Homework #2 HW #2 Instructions Thursday, September 17th Solutions
    Homework #3 No new instructions Thursday, September 24th Solutions
    Homework #4 No new instructions Wednesday, September 30th Solutions
    Homework #5 HW #5 Instructions Thursday, October 15th Solutions
    Homework #6 No new instructions Thursday, October 22nd Solutions
    Homework #7 No new instructions Thursday, October 29th Solutions
    Homework #8 No new instructions Wednesday, November 4th Solutions
    Homework #9 HW #9 Instructions Thursday, November 19th Solutions
    Homework #10 No new instructions Thursday, December 3rd

    Lab Worksheets

    # Date Solutions
    1 September 3 Solutions
    2 September 10 Solutions
    3 September 17 Solutions
    4 September 24 Solutions
    6 October 8 Solutions
    7 October 15 Solutions
    8 October 22 Solutions
    9 October 29 Solutions
    11 November 12th Solutions
    12 November 19th Solutions

    Recommended Problems

    Problems Solutions
    Chapter 2 Solutions
    Chapter 3 Solutions
    Chapter 4 Solutions
    Chapter 5 Solutions
    Chapter 6 Solutions
    Chapter 7 Solutions
    Chapter 8 Solutions
    Chapter 9 Solutions
    Chapter 10 Solutions
    Chapter 11 Solutions
    Chapter 12 Solutions
    Chapter 13 Solutions
    Chapter 14 Solutions
    Chapter 16 Solutions
    Chapter 17 Solutions
    Chapter 18 Solutions
    Chapter 19 Solutions
    Chapter 20 Solutions

    Class Notes and Announcements

    Date Class Notes Announcements
    August 31st Chapter 1 Day 1
    September 2nd Chapter 2, Chapter 3 Part 1 Day 2
    September 4th No new notes Day 3
    September 9th Chapter 3 Part 2, Chapter 4 Part 1 Day 4
    September 11th No new notes Day 5
    September 14th Chapter 4 Part 2 Day 6
    September 16th Chapter 5 Day 7
    September 18th No new notes Day 8
    September 21st Chapter 6 Day 9
    September 23rd No new notes Day 10
    September 25th Chapter 7 Day 11
    September 28th Chapter 8 Day 12
    September 30th No new notes Day 13
    October 5th No new notes Day 14
    October 7th Chapter 9, Chapter 10 Day 15
    October 9th No new notes Day 16
    October 12th Chapter 11, Chapter 12 Day 17
    October 14th No new notes Day 18
    October 16th Chapter 13 Day 19
    October 19th No new notes Day 20
    October 21st Chapter 14 Day 21
    October 23rd No new notes Day 22
    October 26th Chapter 16 Day 23
    October 28th Chapter 17 Day 24
    October 30th No new notes Day 25
    November 2nd No new notes Day 26
    November 4th No new notes Day 27
    November 9th Chapter 18 Day 28
    November 13th No new notes Day 29
    November 16th Chapter 19 Day 30
    November 18th Chapter 20 Day 31
    November 20th No new notes Day 32
    November 23rd No new notes

    Note: The class notes above are in ".pdf" format. To download them, you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader. Click here to download the free version of Acrobat. Please save paper by printing multiple slides (2 or 4) on each page! Click here for directions on printing multiple slides per page.

    Exam Information

    Review Sheets Practice Exams Practice Exam Solutions Exam Solutions Reference Sheet
    Exam 1 Review Practice Exam 1 Practice Exam 1 Solutions
    Exam 2 Review Practice Exam 2 Practice Exam 2 Solutions Version 1 Sol, Version 2 Sol

    SPSS Data/Program Files

    Note: To download, right-click the file and select "Save Target As" or "Save Link As"

    Date Data/Program File Homework # Description
    September 4 StudentInfo1.sav 1 Data collected during the first day of lecture
    September 10 InternationalGasPrices.sav 2 Gas prices (in US dollars per gallon) for 80 countries around the world. These data were collected between 2008 and 2009.
    September 10 MaximumSpeedDriven.sav Data recorded in class on September 9th consisting of gender, maximum speed ever driven in a car, and lab section.
    September 17 MaxFootDistance.sav Data recorded in class on September 17th on the maximum distance traveled on foot in one day.
    September 17 WinterOlympics2006.sav 3 Data on the top 25 women's 500-m speed skating times during the 2006 winter Olympics.
    September 24 DrugAbuse.sav 4 Data from a survey conducted in the U.S. and Western Europe. The percent of teenagers who use marijuana and the percent of teenagers who use other drugs were reported for each country.
    October 8 TreeAge.sav 5 Data on the age of 27 trees and their diameters.
    October 8 planets.sav 5 Measurements on the 8 planets in our solar system and Pluto. There are three variables in this data set: Planet Position Number, Distance from the sun (in millions of miles), and Year length (in earth years).

    Welcome to STAT 216! If you have any questions about the course, material, or anything else, please feel free to contact me (Cindy Leary) at cindy.leary@mso.umt.edu . I communicate best through e-mail, but you can also try to reach me by phone at 243-6712.