Objective
This course concentrates on the practice of statistics as a tool for learning about the real world. Upon completion of the course, you should be able to think critically about data, use graphical procedures and numerical summaries, to apply statistical inference procedures, and draw conclusions from such analyses.

Syllabus                

Homework example

1. Read the material that we will go over prior to class. Make your own notes and questions about what is not clear to you.
2. When topics are covered in class, either ideas you had questions about from reading the material will get cleared up, or it is then your responsibility to ask questions in class to clarify whatever you still don't understand.
3. After the lecture, go back and re-read the material just covered and see if it makes even more sense.
4. The odd problems in the text have the answers in the back. Do the problems then compare your answer to the ones in the text. Do not just try to work toward an answer that you've already looked up because that does not help you learn anything.
5. Rework the problems you missed on homeworks then check my web-site for the correct answers to see if you now understand the concept.
6. If you still have remaining questions then come to my office hours.
7. If you get stuck on a homework question then come to my office and I can point you in the right direction. If you come to my office with no idea at all how to start a problem then I'll advise you to get an idea and try something (i.e. you have to give me something to work with in order to help you).