welcome to stats 250 lab julie ghekas [email protected] september 8, 2014 section 008/010 monday...
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Welcome to STATS 250 Lab
Julie [email protected]
September 8, 2014
Section 008/010Monday 8:30-10:00/10:00-
11:30Mason Hall G444C
Introductions Scavenger Hunt Syllabus Lab 1 iClicker Questions
Schedule
About Your GSI
Arrange yourselves in alphabetical order by first name without talking.
Challenge
Name Year in School Major Birthday Biggest Accomplishment to date
It’s Your Turn
Each group (2-4 people) works on the Scavenger Hunt You will not get credit if you do not work with a
group
10-15 minutes Introduce yourselves to each other and to class
websites and materials
Scavenger Hunt
Read the syllabus. It has important information and can answer many questions.
Academic Integrity. Be fair to your classmates, your instructors, and yourself. Collaboration is encouraged on the homework, but answers should be composed independently.
Reasonable work for all homework problems must be shown for full credit.
Attendance for lab is mandatory. Talk to me reasonably in advance if you need to miss.
Homework Due: Thursdays at 8 am Pre-lab Due: Mondays at 8 am
Syllabus
Held in SLC (Science Learning Center); 1720 Chem
Sunday 1-4 Monday 9-5 Tuesday and Wednesday 9-9 Thursday 9-2:30 Friday 10-2 Mine are Wednesdays 2:30-3:30, 5:30-7:30 Instructors also hold office hours
Office Hours
Exams: 80% Homework and lab work: 20%
Homework: 12% Pre-labs: 2% Lab Tickets: 2% iClicker: 2% Participation: 2%
If you miss a lab, your final grade will be deducted by a full percentage point. You are allowed two make up labs.
Grade Breakdown
Make sure that you are enrolled in my section on Lecturebook. Should have done during Scavenger Hunt
Check that iClickers are connected. Hold the power button until the lights start
blinking Press the “C” button twice
Lecturebook and iClickers
Are you a dog or a cat person? A. All animals are scary B. Both C. Cat D. Dog E. Either—I’m indifferent
iClicker Practice
Inception: Computer edition
Access SPSS from a non-school computer
http://virtualsites.umich.edu
Virtual Sites
Measures of center: numerical values that tend to report the middle of a set of data
Mean: the sum of the observations divided by the number of observations, n
Median: if the numbers are arranged from smallest to largest, the number such that at least half of the observations are less than or equal to it and at least half of the observations are greater than or equal to it
Center
Warm Up
Open employee data.sav Work with a partner or two
You will not receive credit for today if you work on your own
Complete the Cool Down and Example Exam Question if you have extra time
In Lab Project (ILP)
Lab 1
Lab 1
Lab 1
Cool Down
Example Exam Question
Example Exam Question
Which of these variables is categorical?
A. Height (in inches)B. Test score (out of 100 points)C. UM local zip code (e.g., 48109)D. Number of roommatesE. None of the above
iClicker
Which of these variables is categorical?
A. Height (in inches)B. Test score (out of 100 points)C. UM local zip code (e.g., 48109)D. Number of roommatesE. None of the above
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Which one of the following variables is not categorical?
A. Age of a personB. Gender of a person: male or femaleC. Choice on a test item: true or falseD. Marital status of a person: single, married,
divorced, other
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Which one of the following variables is not categorical?
A. Age of a personB. Gender of a person: male or femaleC. Choice on a test item: true or falseD. Marital status of a person: single, married,
divorced, other
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A good way to display the distribution of a categorical variable is with a…
A. HistogramB. Bar chartC. Box plotD. All of the above
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A good way to display the distribution of a categorical variable is with a…
A. HistogramB. Bar chartC. Box plotD. All of the above
iClicker
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Based on the histogram for weekly spending on entertainment by college students ($), the mean is expected to be larger than the median.
A. TrueB. False
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Based on the histogram for weekly spending on entertainment by college students ($), the mean is expected to be larger than the median.
A. TrueB. False
How do you feel about the material covered today?
A. Completely understand everythingB. Understand main ideas, shaky on detailsC. Good for the first half of lab, lost for the
secondD. Had trouble with some of main ideasE. Difficulty following most material
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Practice Homework due Thurs, Sept 18 at 8 am
Pre-lab 1 due today at 8 am Pre-lab 2 due Monday at 8 am Turn in your yellow ticket
Take Away Points