1.1-1.2 Introduction to Statistics

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Deadlines
Drop-In Tutorial Times (Moodle) vote by Fri Jan 10 at 1:00
Assignment 0 - Getting to Know You (Moodle) due Fri Jan 10
Chapter 1&2 assignments (Moodle) due Mon Feb 3
Statistics Exam (Chapter 1&2) in class Mon Feb 3

Today - 1.1-1.2 Introduction to Statistics
Lecture notes on Moodle
For next lecture please read the following article on Moodle:
"Is global warming still happening if it's really, really cold outside?  A scientific explainer on climate change"
We will discuss these questions as a class, within the context of the Critical Evaluation skills we learn in:
- what makes the author's arguments believable or not?
- what "data" (i.e. numbers) are used to support the argument, and where do those numbers come from?
- what does this have to do with a statistics class?

Next Lecture - 1.2-1.4 Sampling Methods, Experimental Design & Ethics
Preread section 1.2-1.4 in the textbook
https://openstax.org/books/introductory-statistics/pages/1-2-data-sampling-and-variation-in-data-and-sampling