This webpage includes links to online sources relevant to the Probability and Statistics class.

• Davidson and Gardner's syllabus for Spring 2009.
• Class notes for MATH 1530 based on The Basic Practice of Statistics, 1st Edition. These notes are no longer used, but available if you would like to access them. A link to notes based on the 4th edition is below.
• Class notes for MATH 1530 based on The Basic Practice of Statistics, 4th Edition.
• MATH 1530 Resource Page.
• Sample finals for MATH 1530.
• Study Guide for the Spring 2009 departmental final.
• ETSU Department of Math.
• Bob Gardner's webpage. Also available: Dr. Bob's office hours.
• ETSU Math Lab. Located in 308 Warf-Pickle Hall, the Math Lab is available for free tutoring.
• University Tutoring Service tutor referral post. This sight allows you to contact potential tutors for one-on-one fee-based tutoring.

• Login for the "Basic Practice of Statistics" Applets.
• A copy of the "blue card" is provided by BPS: Tables and Formulas for Moore.

Part I: Exploring Data.

• Chapter 1. Picturing Distributions with Graphs.
• Chapter 2. Describing Distributions with Numbers.
• Chapter 3. The Normal Distribution.
• Chapter 4. Scatterplots and Correlation.
  • An applet on matching correlations with scatterplots (a guessing exercise).
  • An applet with which you can watch how the correlation changes as you place points on a graph. You can use this applet to see how outliers affect correlation.
• Chapter 5. Regression.
• Chapter 6. Two-Way Tables.
  • Statistician Edward Hugh Simpson's originally explaining "Simpson's Paradox" is "The Interpretation of Interaction in Contingency Tables, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Ser. B 13(2), (1951), 238-241. Simpson's original paper is posted online at: http://www-stat.wharton.upenn.edu/~hwainer/Readings/Simpson_The%20Interpretation%20of%20Interaction%20in%20Contingency%20Tables.pdf

Part II: From Exploration to Inference.

• Chapter 8. Producing Data: Sampling.
  • A random number generator is online at www.random.org.
• Chapter 9. Producing Data: Experiments.
• Chapter 10. Introducing Probability.
• Chapter 11. Sampling Distributions.
• Chapter 12. General Rules of Probability.
• Chapter 13. Binomial Distributions.
• Chapter 14. Confidence Intervals: The Basics.
• Chapter 15. Tests of Significance: The Basics.
• Chapter 16. Inference in Practice.

Part III: Inference about Variables.

• Chapter 18. Inference about a Population Mean.
• Chapter 20. Inference about a Population Proportion.
  • An Applet discussing p-values which involves tossing a coin is available here. An article describing this Applet from the Journal of Statistics Education (Volume 16, Number 3, 2008) is available online: Two Applets for Teaching Hypothesis Testing by Kady Schneiter, Utah State University.

Part IV: Inference about Relationships.

• Chapter 23. Two Categorical Variables: The Chi-Square Test.
  • An Applet discussing Chi-square which involves rolling dice available here. An article describing this Applet from the Journal of Statistics Education (Volume 16, Number 3, 2008) is available online: Two Applets for Teaching Hypothesis Testing by Kady Schneiter, Utah State University.

• Gardner and Davidson's Three Stooges and Statistics website.
• Davidson's Three Stooges History PowerPoint Presentation.
• An article by Bob Cox which appeared in the April 6 Johnson City Press mentions this class: Three Stooges Make Personal Appearance at City's Storied Tennessee Theatre in 1947.

Return to Bob Gardner's home page
Last updated: April 19, 2009.