STAT 263
Introduction to Statistics
Course Information
Instructor: Tyler Meadows (please call me Tyler) Syllabus
Location: Chernoff Auditorium (Sec. 1)
Etherington Auditorium (Sec. 2)
When:
Sec. 1: Tuesday 9:30-10:30
Thursday 8:30-9:30
Friday 10:30-11:30
Sec. 2: Monday 10:30-11:30
Wednesday 9:30-10:30
Friday 8:30-9:30
Feel free to go to either section
Course Information
What materials do I need for this course? Syllabus
- Textbook
- Collaborative Statistics by Barbara Illowsky & Susan
Dean (Free online at
[Link]
[Link] )
- Calculator
- Casio fx-991ES plus C or Casio fx-991EX
- ONLY Casio 991 series calculators are allowed
during exams
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Course Homepage
Course Information
How will you be graded? Syllabus
- Written Assignments (25%)
- 5 Assignments, about once every 2 weeks
- Submit through [Link]
- Midterm Tests (35%)
- 3 Tests in class (January 23rd, February 11th/12th,
March 13th)
- Bring a calculator & make your own formula sheet
- Final Exam (45%)
- In person during the final exam period
- Bring a calculator & make your own formula sheet
Assignments ([Link])
Tests
● 50 minutes in class
● Jan 23rd, Feb 11th/12th , & March 13th
● Make your own formula sheet (You get to decide what you think is important
to remember for the test)
● Bring a calculator (Casio fx991 ES Plus C or Casio fx991 EX)
Course Information
Where can I ask Questions? Discord Server Invite
- In class
- Office Hours (Jeffery Hall 216)
- Thursdays 10:00am – 12:00pm
- Wednesdays 10:30am – 12:00pm
- Queen’s Math Help Centre (Jeffery Hall 201)
- Email ([Link]@[Link])
- Class Discord Server (Scan QR code for invite)
Discord Server
Any other questions?
What is Statistics? (An example)
● Suppose you’re researching dog breeds because you want to get a puppy
● One factor that goes into the decision of what kind of puppy to get is size:
We want to know how big a puppy will get as an adult
All dogs of this breed
What is Statistics? (An example)
● We can’t measure the size of all dogs: (Why not?)
● Collect sizes about some (a sample) of the dogs
A sample of dogs of this breed
What is Statistics? (An example)
● Statistics involves:
○ How we collect the samples (Sampling)
○ How we present and describe the sample (Descriptive Statistics)
○ How we learn from the sample (Inferential Statistics)
● The whole process involves a bunch of uncertainty, and so we need to have
a good understanding of probability (the math behind uncertain things) to
describe what’s going on.