STAT 332

Statistics 231 was taught in 24 one-hundred-and-ten-minute classes (2 per week for a 12-week term); one class was allocated to covering each the 18 chapter of the course notes, five were used for hands-on laboratories (with students working in pairs), and one for end-of-term review.

Stat 231 had a prerequisite of Stat 230, the companion introductory probability course, and a mathematical prerequisite of Math 137, a one-term course in differential and integral calculus.

For many years, Stat 231 was offered in all three terms -- Fall, Winter and Spring -- of each academic year.

The text for the course from about 1993 to 2005 was Stat 231 Course Notes by Wayne Oldford and Jock Mackay.

Course Outlines

Part 1.   AN INTRODUCTION TO DATA-BASED INVESTIGATING [8 sides]

Figure 1.1.     DATA-BASED INVESTIGATING:   Introductory Overview [2 sides]

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Part 2.   EQUIPROBABLE SELECTING FROM AN UNSTRATIFIED POPULATION [111 sides + 1 blank]

Title page [2 sides]	ti2.pdf	ti2.ps
Figure 2.1.     SURVEY SAMPLING:   An Introduction [4 sides]	fi2.1.pdf	fi2.1.ps
Figure 2.2a.   SURVEY SAMPLING:   Introductory Illustrations 1 [4 sides]	fi2.2a.pdf	fi2.2a.ps
Figure 2.2b.   SURVEY SAMPLING:   Introductory Case Study 1 [6 sides]	fi2.2b.pdf	fi2.2b.ps
Figure 2.2c.   SURVEY SAMPLING:   Introductory Case Study 2 [6 sides]	fi2.2c.pdf	fi2.2c.ps
Figure 2.2d.   SURVEY SAMPLING:   Introductory Illustrations 2 [4 sides]	fi2.2d.pdf	fi2.2d.ps
Figure 2.2e.   SURVEY SAMPLING:   Introductory Illustrations 3 [4 sides]	fi2.2e.pdf	fi2.2e.ps
Figure 2.2f.   SURVEY SAMPLING:   Introductory Illustrations 4 [6 sides]	fi2.2f.pdf	fi2.2f.ps
Figure 2.3.     UNSTRATIFIED POPULATIONS:   Estimating an Average or a Total [14 sides]	fi2.3.pdf	fi2.3.ps	fi2.3h.pdf	fi2.3h.ps
Figure 2.4.     PERCENTILES FOR THE t DISTRIBUTION [2 sides]	fi2.4.pdf	fi2.4.ps
Figure 2.5.     EQUIPROBABLE SELECTING:   Diagrammatic Illustrations [10 sides]	fi2.5.pdf	fi2.5.ps
Figure 2.6a.   SURVEY SAMPLING:   Opinion Polling -- An Introduction [2 sides]	fi2.6a.pdf	fi2.6a.ps
Figure 2.6b.   SURVEY SAMPLING:   Opinion Polling -- An Introduction [2 sides]	fi2.6b.pdf	fi2.6b.ps
Figure 2.7.     SURVEY SAMPLING:   One Assessment of Polling [4 sides]	fi2.7.pdf	fi2.7.ps
Figure 2.8a.   SURVEY SAMPLING:   Poll Answers as Misinformation [2 sides]	fi2.8a.pdf	fi2.8a.ps
Figure 2.8b.   SURVEY SAMPLING:   Poll Answers as Misinformation [2 sides]	fi2.8b.pdf	fi2.8b.ps
Figure 2.8c.   SURVEY SAMPLING:   Poll Answers as Misinformation [2 sides]	fi2.8c.pdf	fi2.8c.ps
Figure 2.9a.   SURVEY SAMPLING:   Polling and Television Ratings [2 sides]	fi2.9a.pdf	fi2.9a.ps
Figure 2.9b.   SURVEY SAMPLING:   TV's fuzzy picture [2 sides]	fi2.9b.pdf	fi2.9b.ps
Figure 2.10.   UNSTRATIFIED POPULATIONS:   Estimating a Proportion or a Frequency [8 sides]	fi2.10.pdf	fi2.10.ps	fi2.10h.pdf	fi2.10h.ps
Figure 2.11.   PROBABILITIES FOR THE STANDARD NORMAL DISTRIBUTION [N(0,1)] [2 sides]	fi2.11.pdf	fi2.11.ps
Figure 2.12.   UNSTRATIFIED POPULATIONS:   Estimating the Difference of Two Proportions [6 sides]	fi2.12.pdf	fi2.12.ps	fi2.12.pdf	fi2.12.ps
Figure 2.13.   UNSTRATIFIED POPULATIONS:   Calculating (approximately) a Sample Size [7 sides + blank]	fi2.13.pdf	fi2.13.ps	fi2.13.pdf	fi2.13.ps
Figure 2.14.   SURVEY SAMPLING:   Illustrative Newspaper Articles [8 sides]	fi2.14.pdf	fi2.14.ps

Part 3.   AN INTRODUCTION TO SAMPLE SURVEY DESIGN/EXECUTION [43 sides + 3 blanks]

Title page [2 sides]	ti3.pdf	ti3.ps
Figure 3.1a.   SAMPLE SURVEY DESIGN/EXECUTION:   Introductory Illustrations [2 sides]	fi3.1a.pdf	fi3.1a.ps
Figure 3.1b.   SAMPLE SURVEY DESIGN/EXECUTION:   Introductory Illustrations [2 sides]>	fi3.1b.pdf	fi3.1b.ps
Figure 3.2.     SAMPLE SURVEY DESIGN/EXECUTION:   Non-Sample Errors in Sample Surveys [5 sides + blank]	fi3.2.pdf	fi3.2.ps
Figure 3.3.     SAMPLE SURVEY DESIGN/EXECUTION:   Selecting from Imperfect Frames [4 sides]
Figure 3.4a.   SAMPLE SURVEY DESIGN/EXECUTION:   An Introduction to Non-Response [2 sides]	fi3.4a.pdf	fi3.4a.ps
Figure 3.4b.   SAMPLE SURVEY DESIGN/EXECUTION:   The Literary Digest Poll [2 sides]	fi3.4b.pdf	fi3.4b.ps
Figure 3.4c.   SAMPLE SURVEY DESIGN/EXECUTION:   Managing Non-Responset [3 sides + blank]	fi3.4c.pdf	fi3.4c.ps
Figure 3.5a.   SAMPLE SURVEY DESIGN/EXECUTION:   Measuring with Questionnnaires [4 sides]	fi3.5a.pdf	fi3.5a.ps
Figure 3.5b.   SAMPLE SURVEY DESIGN/EXECUTION:   The Quebec Referendum Question [2 sides]	fi3.5b.pdf	fi3.5b.ps
Figure 3.5c.   SAMPLE SURVEY DESIGN/EXECUTION:   Measuring Public Opinion [4 sides]	fi3.5c.pdf	fi3.5c.ps
Figure 3.5d.   SAMPLE SURVEY DESIGN/EXECUTION:   Blusiness Survey Questionnnaires [2 sides]	fi3.5d.pdf	fi3.5d.ps
Figure 3.5e.   SAMPLE SURVEY DESIGN/EXECUTION:   A Questionnnaire Measuring Instrument [2 sides]	fi3.5e.pdf	fi3.5e.ps
Figure 3.5f.   SAMPLE SURVEY DESIGN/EXECUTION:   Proxy Response [2 sides]	fi3.5f.pdf	fi3.55.ps
Figure 3.6.     SAMPLE SURVEY DESIGN/EXECUTION:   Sampling and Estimation (video) [1 side + blank]
Figure 3.7.     PLANNED DATA COLLERCTING:   Experiments and Sample Surveys (video) [2 sides]	fi3.7.pdf	fi3.7.ps
Figure 3.8.     PLANNED DATA COLLERCTING:   Sampling and Sampling Distributions (video) [2 sides]	fi3.8.pdf	fi3.8.ps

Part 4.   EQUIPROBABLE SELECTING FROM A STRATIFIED POPULATION