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Week-by-week

• Week 1

• Week 2

• Week 3

• Week 4

• Week 5

• Week 6

• Week 7

• Week 8

• Week 9

• Week 10

Week 8

This week we have another guest lecture.. We continue to look at hypothesis testing and issues concerning correlation and causation. We will also look at analysis of variance (ANOVA).

Assignments:

CGS = Cartoon Guide to Statistics by Larry Gonick and Woollcott Smith
USR = Understanding Scientific Reasoning by Ronald Giere (4th edition)
GC = Galileo's Commandment edited by Edmund Bolles

Before coming to class, you should have completed the following readings:

CGS: Chapter 11
USR: chapter 8
GC: Stephen J. Gould (pp. 71-79)
Handout: The Trouble with Testosterone: Will Boys Just Be Boys by Robert M. Sapolsky
Handout: Chapter 23 and Epilogue from The Double Helix by James Watson

In addition, you should have completed the following exercises:

USR:

• Exercise 8.4
• Exercise 8.8
• Exercise 8.16
• Another exercise of your choice

And finally, remember that the draft of your group paper is due this week.

Activities:

• Evolution lecture
• Guest lecture
• Seminar
• Workshop: Checklist -- What you need to know.
• More correlation, regression, and ANOVA

Looking ahead:

In week 9, we will return to using software to model situations, and we will discuss ethics in science. We will also be assessing your understanding of the concepts covered in this program. If you're wondering what we'll be assessing, look at the checklist!