Note: This outline is a working document for the department. It reflects our current coverage plans for Statistics, but is likely to be revised somewhat during the year. We hope you will find it useful as an overview of the course and as an approximation of what topics will be covered.

Course Goals:

• To incorporate activity based statistics

• To construct, draw inferences, and reason with charts, tables, and graphs that summarize data from real-world situation

• To use sampling to recognize and describe its role in statistical claims.

• To use simulations to estimate probabilities.

• To generate experimental probabilities, as appropriate, to represent problems involving uncertainty.

• To apply the concept of a random variable.

• To determine the likelihood of outcomes, using theoretical probabilities.

• To interpret discrete probability distributions.

• To integrate technology using the TI-83 Graphing Calculator and / or Applicable computer software.

• To actively engage students in problem solving algorithms.

• To enhance the development of critical thinking and to evaluate arguments that are based on data analysis.

Course Content:
Unit I - Exploring Data: Distributions

• Topic 1 Data and Variables

• Topic 2 Data, Variables, and Calculators

• Topic 3 Displaying and Describing Distributions

• Topic 4 Measures of Center

• Topic 5 Measures of Spread

Unit II - Exploring Data: Comparisons and Relationships

• Topic 6 Comparing Distributions I :Quantitative Variables

• Topic 7 Comparing Distributions II : Categorical Variables

• Topic 8 Graphical Displays of Association

• Topic 9 Correlation Coefficient

• Topic 10 Least Squares Regression I

• Topic 11 Least Squares Regression II

Unit III - Collecting Data

• Topic 12 Sampling

• Topic 13 Designing Studies

Unit IV - Randomness in Data

• Topic 14 Probability

• Topic 15 Normal Distributions

• Topic 16 Sampling Distributions I: Proportions

• Topic 18 Central Limit Theorem

• Topic 19 Confidence Intervals: Proportions

• Activity 21 Tests of Significance I: Proportions

  Optional: Topic 17, 20, 22 and 23: Sampling Distributions II, Central Limit Theorem, Confidence Intervals, and Tests of Significance II: Means