For Spring 2018 we used the textbook: Stats: Data and Models by De Veaux, Velleman, and Bock.
For Fall 2018 we will be using the textbooks
- OpenIntro Statistics, 3rd edition.
This is a book that students can download for free, or order a cheap copy online for $25 or less. - S. Birns and B. Kjos-Hanssen: Statistics for calculus students. This is a free calculus-based supplement which is under development (under contract with Outreach College).
Technology: Google Sheets / Excel Online
The class takes place in the Webster 101 Collaborative Classroom.
Module ideas used in Spring 2018:
- Hedonic regression in Hawaii real estate
- Autograph tree seed capsules
- Education research with Barb Bruno
Ideas for Fall 2018:
- Google analytics
- Duckduckgo distance, Google distance, and the problem of Big Data
- Correlated Bernoullis
- Structure functions
- Growth curve models
- Identifying $p\in\{1/2,2/3,3/4\}$ from streaming (online) data
- Math GRE scores