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Course Schedule |
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| 1 | Aug 31 | Module 1: Study Design & Exploratory Data Analysis |
What is Statistics? | Activity 1: The Statistical Investigation Cycle Activity 2: Asking Good Statistical Questions |
| 2 | Sep 2 | Study Design | Activity 3: Random Sampling & Common Forms of Bias Activity 4: Types of Studies |
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| 3 | Sep 7 | Equity Conversations & Data Visualizations | Activity 5: Preparing to have Courageous Conversations about Equity Activity 6: Modern Multivariate Data Visualizations |
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| 4 | Sep 9 | Multivariate Exploratory Data Analysis with CODAP | Activity 7: Finding a Story in the Data (I) Activity 8: Finding a Story in the Data (II) |
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| 5 | Sep 14 | Teaching Statistics for Social Justice | Activity 9: Advocating for Change with Existing Data Sets Activity 10: Student Projects & Social Justice |
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| 6 | Sep 16 | Interpreting Graphs | Activity 11: Students' Graph Comprehension Activity 12: Displaying Aggregated Data |
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| 7 | Sep 21 | Interpreting and Responding to Student Thinking | Activity 13: Student Thinking ABOUT Univariate Categorical Graphs Activity 14: Responding to Student Thinking |
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| 8 | Sep 23 | Characteristics of Distributions | Activity 15: Measures of Center & Variability Activity 16: Wrapping up Shape, Center, and Variability |
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| 9 | Sep 28 | Module 2: Statistical Inference |
Simulation-Based Informal Hypothesis Test: Comparing 2 groups (means) | Activity 1: Is there a Difference? Activity 2: Do the Shuffle |
| 10 | Sep 30 | Random Assignment Simulations with Technology, Paired Studies, and TN STAR study | Activity 3: Technology for Simulations Activity 4: Study Design, and Effect of Class Size on Students |
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| 11 | Oct 5 | Formal Hypothesis Tests | Activity 5: HCCC Framework Activity 6: Additional Considerations when doing Statistical Inference |
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| 12 | Oct 7 | Confidence Intervals | Activity 7: Candy! Activity 8: Confidence Intervals | |
| 13 | Oct 12 | Teaching with Simulations | Activity 9: Using Simulations in the Classroom Activity 10: Student Difficulties when Using Simulations |
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| 14 | Oct 14 | One-sample HT for mean (formula-based) | Activity 11: Central Limit Theorem Activity 12: Teacher Perceptions |
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| 15 | Oct 19 | Formula-Based HT for a Difference of Means | Activity 13: Formula-Based Hypothesis Testing for a Difference of Means Activity 14: Student Conceptions and Multiple Testing |
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| 16 | Oct 21 | Wrap-Up and Projects! | Activity 15: Learning Progressions for Inference Activity 16: Projects! |
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| 17 | Oct 26 | Module 3: Statistical Association |
Introduction to Quantitative Association | Activity 1: Introduction |
| 18 | Oct 28 | Informal Fit Methods, and Correlation Coefficient | Activity 2: Signal and Noise Activity 3: Correlation Coefficient |
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| 19 | Nov 2 | Formal Trendlines and Interpreting Slope without Causation | Activity 4: Formal Line of Best Fit, Residual Plots Activity 5: Lurking Variables, Interpreting Slope, and Extrapolation |
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| 20 | Nov 4 | Coefficient of Determination and Nonlinear Modeling | Activity 6: R2 and Software Output Activity 7: Model Selection |
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| 21 | Nov 9 | Transformations and Inference | Activity 8: Transformations Activity 9: Inference |
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| 22 | Nov 11 | Introduction to Categorical Association | Activity 10: Introduction to Categorical Association Activity 11: Joint & Marginal Frequencies; Tables with No Association |
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| 23 | Nov 16 | INDIVIDUAL MEETINGS - FINAL PROJECT | SCHEDULE TBA | |
| 24 | Nov 18 | Difficulties in Interpreting Two-Way Tables and Graphs | Activity 12: Analyzing Student Thinking Activity 13: Other Graphs for Two-Way Tables |
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| 25 | Nov 23 | NO CLASS - THANKSGIVING | ||
| 26 | Nov 25 | NO CLASS - THANKSGIVING | ||
| 27 | Nov 30 | Association, Causation, and Evidence | Activity 14: Association vs. Causation Activity 15: Chi-Square Analysis Thoughts |
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| 28 | Dec 2 | Simulation-Based Hypothesis Testing and Curriculum Differences | Activity 16: Simulation for Inference Activity 17: Curriculum Standards |
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| 29 | Dec 7 | PROJECT WORK PERIODS | ||
| 30 | Dec 9 | PROJECT WORK PERIODS |