1. Required Textbook: Stat 200 Incomplete Lecture Notes Workbook Fall 2018 edition by Ellen Fireman, Karle Flanagan, and John Marden
   • Only available at the Illini Union Bookstore.
   • We will fill out this notebook together in class for extra credit.
   • Only the Fall 2018 version will be accepted for extra credit (no previous versions).
2. Required Calculator: Any non-programmable calculator is accepted (no phones, graphing calculators, etc.)
3. Optional iClicker for in-person section: Each day in class, a few iClicker questions will be asked and you can get extra credit for them
   Online class- do not buy an iClicker, you'll get extra credit points in other ways (see bonus points).

Homework is due every Monday and Wednesday at 7 am (see calendar) on Lon-Capa. Ask questions on Lon Capa discussion boards and if you need more help, don't hestitate to come to the office hours in 23 Illini Hall.

(No late hw accepted but lowest 3 hw scores dropped)

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Study Design - observational studies vs. randomized experiments, why randomized controls are key, what the possible confounders in observational studies are.

Descriptive Statistics - mean, median, SD, histograms, box plots, normal curve, etc.

Probability - multiplication rule, addition rule, conditional probability, Bayes rule

Statistics for Random Variables - expected value and Standard error of chance processes, probability histograms and convergence to normal curve. Focus is on developing simple chance models box models- drawing numbers at random from a box) that more complicated sampling processes can be translated into.

Sampling and Statistical Inference - using sample means and percents to estimate population means and proportions, and attaching margins of errors to our estimates by computing confidence intervals. Why randomized sampling is key.

Significance Tests - one sample and two sample Z-tests and t-tests and chi-square tests for goodness of fit and independence. Focus is on understanding how these tests depend on chance models.

Experimental Power - Type I and II errors and the Power of Significance tests.

ANOVA for Comparing Group Means

Simple Linear Regression - correlation coefficient, regression equation, etc.

Inference for Simple Linear Regression - Understanding the Simple Linear Model and Assumptions, Confidence Intervals and Significance tests for the Slope, Analysis of Variance for regression, etc.

Binary Variables in Multiple Linear Regression - Causal Inference, Controlling for likely Confounders by including them as covariates in the regression model. Interactions between Binary and Quantitative variables . Models with 2 binary predictors.

Multiple Regression with Quantitative X's - 3-D scatter plots and interpreting slopes graphically, Interactions, F-tests for overall regression effect and t-tests for slopes.

Re-randomization Methods - Randomization Tests to calculate p-values for ANOVA and regression.

Transformation of Variables- Fitting a Linear Model to non-linear data, log and square root transformations

Logistic Regression -The log odds equation, making predictions and interpreting the slopes, the odds ratio, multiple logistic regression, maximum likelihood methods to estimate the slopes.

Non-Parametric Statistics- Transform data into ranks to compute p-v values using Wilcoxon Mann-Whitney test (rank sum or U stat), Kruskal-Wallis test and Spearman's Rank-Order Correlation Coefficient