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Class Times for Spring 2023. All students are either enrolled in the in person section of Stat 100 OR the online version. Details are found here: In Person Section L2: Online Section O1: Mon/Wed/Fri from 10:00AM-10:50AM. Lincoln Hall Theater. Asynchronous lecture videos on Canvas.
But what's most surprising is they actually like statistics! We are dedicated to helping students on the U of I campus learn and understand basic statistical concepts so they can understand and make sense of things that are interesting or important to them.
Starting next semester (fall 2019), Data Science Discovery (STAT 107/CS 107/IS 107) will be launching as an alternative gen ed to stat 100. I was fortunate enough to be able to pilot the class this semester and here are my takeaways for those of you who might get bored in good ‘ol stat 100.
Course Outline. Study Design: observational studies vs. randomized experiments, why randomized controls are key, confounders in observational studies, Simpson’s paradox, intent to treat analysis, etc. Descriptive Statistics: mean, median, SD, histograms, box plots, normal curve, etc.
The Stat 100 Team has a group of highly trained graders who know every trick in the book for catching cheaters. We hand grade each of the exams and have multiple versions of all exams. They may look identical at first glance, but they are not.
Course Outline. Study Design: observational studies vs. randomized experiments, why randomized controls are key, confounders in observational studies, Simpson’s Paradox, intent to treat analysis, etc. Descriptive Statistics: mean, median, SD, histograms, box plots, normal curve, etc.
This class starts with a quick review of Stat 100 material and then moves on to talk about things like hypothesis testing, power, multiple regression, ANOVA, etc. Like Stat 100, it uses a partially completed notebook that you fill in during class.
