Sunday March 13th: Solutions to the 6th practice final are now available (in the attachements at the bottom of this page).
Sunday March 6th: I have posted solutions to the first 5 practice finals. Look in the attachments at the bottom of this page. I have also posted the 6th practice final. Solutions will follow later.
Tuesday March 1st: I have posted 5 practice finals below.
Tuesday Feb 2nd: Solutions to 5 of the practice midterms are now in the attachments at the bottom of this page. Solutions to the 6th practice midterm will be posted later.
Tuesday Jan 26th: My Tuesday office hours will be held noon-1pm, until further notice.
Tuesday Jan 19th: Arthur Lui's office hours have changed location. They will be held Tuesday, 1-2pm BE 312B
Thursday January 14th: I decided to cover probability today, to tie in with yesterday's powerball jackpot. I have modified the schedule below to reflect this.
Wednesday January 13th: If you're thinking of buying a powerball ticket, read this first. Then read this. We'll discuss the lottery in more detail when we cover probability.
Tuesday, January 12th: Office hours will not meet today. Please go to one of the TA's office hours, or send email.
Friday January 9th: Section 02F will remain in its original time slot, Wednesday, 8-9:10am.
Thursday January 7th: Section 02F is being rescheduled. Please read the email you should have received regarding this.
Monday November 16th: Please do not email me asking if you can add the class. As you know, there is a wait list, and you should add yourself to the wait list.
If you're still not enrolled by the first class session, come to the first class session where I will deal with those who want to add. Please be aware, however, that past experience is that only a few of the people who are not enrolled by the start of the first class session are able to add.
General Class Information:
Lecture Times
Tuesday and Thursday, 10-11:45am, J Baskin Auditorium 101
Instructor
Robin Morris
email: rdm @ soe.ucsc.edu - please put "AMS5" in the subject line
phone: email is preferred; (408) 821 8932 if desperate
Office: Baskin Engineering 373
Office Hours: Tuesdays 1-2pm noon-1pm and Thursdays noon-1pm, or by appointment
TAs
Arthur Lui, alui2 @ ucsc.edu
Shuler, Kurtis, kshuler @ ucsc.edu
Garg, Garima, ggarg@ucsc.edu
TA office hours are
- Arthur Lui, Tuesday 2-3pm, BE 312-B
- Kurtis Shuler, Monday 11:00AM to 12:00PM, BE312 c/d
- Garima Garg, Monday, 3pm-4pm in BE 312-B
Sections
Section 02A: M 12:30-1:40pm, Baskin Engineering 372 - Kurtis Shuler
Section 02B: W 11:00-12:10pm, Baskin Engineering 372 - Arthur Lui
Section 02C: F 8:00-9:10am, Baskin Engineering 372 - Kurtis Shuler
Section 02D: Tu 6:00-7:10pm Baskin Engineering 156 - Garma Garg
Section 02E: Tu 7:30-8:40pm Baskin Engineering 156 - Garma Garg
Section 02F: W 8:00-9:10am Baskin Engineering 156 - Arthur Lui
The first section will meet on Friday January 8th, and the last section will meet on Wednesday, March 9th.
There are two holidays this quarter, MLK Day on Monday January 18th, and Presidents' Day on Monday February 15th. Sections will not meet on those days. If you are registered for the Monday section, please attend one of the other sections those weeks.
Tutoring
MSI is available for AMS5 this quarter. The MSI Learning Assistant Tutors are Zachary Martin: zjmartin@ucsc.edu and Tianyi Zhang: tzhang20@ucsc.edu . The main MSI page is http://lss.ucsc.edu/programs/modified-supplemental-instruction/index.html and the schedule, once determined, can be found at: https://eop.sa.ucsc.edu/msi/msischedule.cfm . Additional tutoring for those who attend MSI may also be available.
MSI Schedule
Tuesday: 12:15-1:25pm Oakes Learning Center - Tianyi Zhang
Wednesday: 3:30-4:40 in Arc 221 - Zachary Martin
Discussion Forum
There is a piazza discussion forum available at piazza.com/ucsc/winter2016/ams5/home
Textbook
Statistics, Freedman, Pisani and Purves, 4th Edition, W.W. Norton
Schedule
The proposed schedule is below. Note that this may (will?) change depending on how the quarter progresses
| Date | Topic | Chapters | Homework | Lecture Notes |
| Tue Jan 5th |
Introduction; why statistics; data types |
notes | ||
| Thu Jan 7th | Controlled Experiments; observational studies | 1,2 |
Chapter 2 (p 20) A2, A6, A8, A9, A10 6.4, 6.7, 6.9, 6.11 |
notes |
| Tue Jan 12th | Sample Surveys | 19 |
Chapter 19 A2, A6, A8, A11, A12 9.1, 9.2, 9.4 |
notes |
| Thu Jan 14th |
Introduction to probability
(quiz) |
13 |
Chapter 13 A1, B1, B2, B4, C4, D1, D3, D7 6.5, 6.7, 6.9, 6.10 |
notes |
| Tue Jan 19th |
More probability
|
14 |
Chapter 14 A1, A2, B1, B4 6.3, 6.7, 6.9, 6.12 |
notes |
| Thu Jan 21st |
The histogram; the average
|
3, 4 |
Chapter 3 A1, A3, A4, A7, B1, B3, C2, E1 8.3, 8.4, 8.10 Chapter 4 A2, A4, A6, A8, B1, B2, B5, C1, C4, D1, D8, E4, E8 8.1, 8.4, 8.5, 8.7, 8.9 |
notes |
| Tue Jan 26th |
Standard deviation; Normal approximation |
4, 5 |
Chapter 5 A1, B1, B3, C2, D5 7.1, 7.2, 7.4 |
notes |
| Thu Jan 28th |
Binomial probability; law of averages (quiz) (quiz solutions) |
15, 16 |
Chapter 15 A1, A4, A5 3.4, 3.6, 3.7
Chapter 16 A3, A6, B2, C3 5.1, 5.3, 5.4, 5.7 |
notes |
| Tue Feb 2nd | Expected value and standard error | 17 |
Chapter 17 A1, A2, B1, B4, C1, C2, C5, E9 6.1, 6.3, 6.8, 6.9 |
notes |
| Thu Feb 4th | Review | notes | ||
| Tue Feb 9th | Midterm exam | There are 6 practice midterms in the attachments at the bottom of this page. Solutions to the first 5 are now available. The last one will be posted later. | midterm solutions | |
| Thu Feb 11th |
Normal approximation for probability histograms; chance errors in sampling |
18, 20 |
Chapter 18 A1, A3, A6, B1, B3, C5, C6 7.1, 7.2, 7.6, 7.11, 7.15 |
notes |
| Tue Feb 16th |
Chance errors in Sampling The accuracy of percentages and averages |
20, 21, 23 |
Chapter 20 A1, A2, A5, B1, B3, C1, C4 6.1, 6.3, 6.7
Chapter 21 A2, A7, A8, B1, B4, C4, C8 6.3, 6.5, 6.8 |
notes |
| Thu Feb 18th |
The accuracty of averages. Hypothesis testing (quiz) quiz solutions |
23, 26 |
Chapter 23 A2, A3, A5, B4, B6, D1, D2 5.3, 5.12
(Note that chapter 26 covers hypothesis testing, and we didn't cover all the material from that chapter in class today.) Chapter 26 B2, B5, C1, C4, C7, D1, D4, E2, E3, E10, F2, F3, F7 7.3, 7.11 |
notes |
| Tue Feb 23rd |
Hypothesis testing More hypothesis testing |
26 27, 28 |
See above. Note that we did not (and will not) cover the t-test. | notes |
| Thu Feb 25th |
More hypothesis testing A closer look at tests of significance (quiz) (quiz solutions) |
27,28 29 |
Chapter 27 A1, A4, A6, B2, B5, B7 6.3, 6.5 |
notes |
| Tue Mar 1st |
A closer look at tests of significance More on significance tests;
Please read measurement error; plotting on your own. |
28, 29; 6, 7 |
Chapter 28 A3, A4, A9, C2, C3 5.2, 5.3 Chapter 29 A2, B1, B8, C2, C6 7.3, 7.4 |
notes |
| Thu Mar 3rd |
Correlation and regresssion (quiz) |
8, 9, 10 |
Chapter 8 A2, A6, B1, B6, D1 5.2, 5.7
Chapter 9 A2, A3, A4, A5, A10, B4, C1, E3, E4 6.2, 6.5, 6.12 |
notes |
| Tue Mar 8th |
Regression, RMS error for regression; regression line |
11, 12 | Chapter 11
A2, A4, A7, B1, C1, D1, D6 6.4, 6.6
Chapter 12 A2, B1 4.1, 4.7, 4.8 |
notes |
| Thu Mar 10th | Review | |||
| Monday March 14th | Final Exam; Baskin Auditorium 101, noon-3pm |
Additional Information
DRC
If you qualify for classroom accomodations because of a disability, please submit your Accomodation Authorization from the Disability Resource Center (DRC) to me during my office hours in a timely manner, preferably within the first two weeks of the quarter. Contact the DRC at 459-2089 V, 459-4806 TTY.
Academic Integrity
You are reminded of the University's Policy on Academic Integrity. I hope not to have to remind any of you individually about this policy.
Some Thoughts About Lectures
"In Praise of Lectures" gives some ideas about the purpose of lectures, note-taking, and not being afraid to ask questions. It's target audience is more advanced mathematics students, but everything it says applies here. Think about the ideas it presents, and you will have a better time in AMS7 lectures. In particular
- Lectures complement reading the textbook. In lectures I can spend extra time explaining ideas that students find confusing or difficult. I can try to judge from your behaviour your level of comprehension and adjust what I say accordingly.
- I am not, however, a mind-reader. If you have questions, please ask them. If you don't understand something, chances are there are others who don't understand either, but are more inhibited than you are.
- If you don't want to concentrate on the lecture, you're not required to attend. Please be considerate of those who do want to concentrate.
- The lectures will present the material, but you will only know if you truly understand it if you try the homework problems. Only by applying the ideas yourself will you know that you have mastered them. “I went to a lecture on the violin, but when I tried playing one it sounded horrid. The lecturer can't have been any good.”
- If you are having difficulties, please come and see me during office hours. Do this early in the quarter, rather than a week before the final exam. My goal is for everyone to understand and be comfortable with the material. If this is also your goal, I'm willing to do what's needed to help you achieve that goal.
