Syllabus
Be sure to always check the weekly notes section on MyCourses, for the latest 'live' updates.Course starts the week of January 7th.
Weekly notes and study guides & class Powerpoints will always be posted on the class MyCourses page (in the content section). You need to log into your McGill account.
You may use your laptop and/or any mobile device be sure to download the MacMillan LaunchPad app. The PDF version on myCourses provides a detailed week by weekly breakdown. Here's the course overview by topic:
Week & Date Topic Chapter
0. before start of class 1 Complete review of basic math Appendix A
1. Jan. 6 An Introduction to Statistics & Research Design Chapter 1
2. Jan. 13 Frequency Distributions / Visual Displays of Data Chapter 2 & 3
3. Jan. 20 Central Tendency and Variability Chapter 4
4. Jan. 27 Sampling and Probability Chapter 5 & assignment 1 (?)
5. Feb. 3 The Normal Curve, Standardization, ^ Z Scores Chapter 6
6. Feb. 10 Hypothesis Testing with z Tests Chapter 7
MID-TERM QUIZ (10%) ~ chapters 1 to 6
7. Feb. 17 Confidence Intervals, Effect Size, & Statistical Power Chapter 8
8. Feb. 24 The Single-Samples t Test & Paired-Samples t Test Chapter 9 & assignment 2 (?)
Spring Break: March 2 to 6
9. Mar. 9 The Independent-Samples t Test Chapter 10
10. Mar. 16 One-Way ANOVA Chapter 11
11. Mar. 23 Two-Way Between-Groups ANOVA Chapter 12 Assignment #3 (?)
12. Mar. 30 Correlation & Regression Chapter 13 & 14
13. Apr. 6 Chi-Squares & Final Exam review Chapter 15