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Resource Economics 211
Introductory Statistics for the Life Sciences
Fall 2007
Professor Dan Lass

MWF 9:05 - 9:55
Thompson 104

Lectures

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PowerPoint lectures are provided below in a "Handouts" format - three slides per page.

Lecture 1: Handouts;
Lecture 2: Handouts;
Lecture 3: Handouts;
Lecture 4: Handouts;
Used Honda Accords Handout
Algebra Review - for Discussion 9/14
Lecture 5: Handouts;
Lecture 6: Handouts;
Days to Maturity amd Cholesterol Handout
Lecture 7: Handouts;
Lecture 8: Handouts; Post-Lecture
Excel file - answer key for the Supreme Court Example.
Lecture 9: Handouts; Post-Lecture
Formula Sheet (pdf) - includes st. dev. short-cut formulas
Formula Sheet (Word)
Lecture 10: Handouts; Post-lecture
Handout for Lectures 10 and 11: Descriptive Stats in Minitab
Lecture 11: Handouts; Post-lecture
Lecture 12: Handouts; Post-lecture
Lecture 13: Handouts; Post-Lecture
Lecture 14: Handouts; Post-Lecture
Rules of Probability - You need this for class.
Rules of Probability with Examples
Lecture 15: Handouts; Post-Lecture
You'll need the Rules of Probability
Lecture 16: Handouts; Post-Lecture
Bring your Rules of Probability to Class for PRS
Lecture 17: Handouts; Post-Lecture
Bring your Rules of Probability to Class for PRS
Lecture 18: Handouts; Post-Lecture
Key for 3 Tosses of a Coin

Lecture 19: Handouts; No Lecture notes for Friday, Oct. 18
We'll review topics with an experiment.
Key to the Blue M&Ms Experiment.
Lecture 20: Handouts;
Using Minitab to Calculate Binomial Probabilities.
Binomials in Excel: Example of a Binomial
Changing Binomial Distribution
Lecture 21: Handouts; Post Lecture
Lecture 22: Handouts; Post Lecture
Lecture 23: Handouts; Post Lecture
You must bring a Z-Table to lecture.
(Z-table instructions - basically lecture notes.)
Lecture 24: Handouts; Post Lecture
You must bring a Z-Table to lecture.
Lecture 25: Handouts; Post Lecture
You must bring a Z-Table to lecture.
Lecture 26: Handouts;
Lecture 27: Handouts; Post Lecture
Lecture 28: Handouts; Post Lecture
Lecture 29: Handouts; Post Lecture
You'll need a t-table beginning 11/16
Lecture 30: Handouts; Post Lecture
Lecture 31: Handouts; Post Lecture
Lecture 32: Handouts; Post Lecture
You'll need a t-table.
Lecture 33: Handouts; Post Lecture
Lecture 34: Handouts; Post Lecture
You need both Z and t Tables for PRS questions in Lecture 34
Lecture 35: Handouts; Post Lecture
You'll need a t Table for Lecture 35.
You need a Z-table for these lectures
Final Formula Sheet
Lecture 36: Handouts; Post Lecture
Lecture 37: Handouts; Post Lecture
US Obesity Rates - Hypothesis Tests
Lecture 38: Handouts; Post Lecture
Lecture 39: Handouts; Post Lecture