STA 113 2.0 Descriptive Statistics
Lecturer-in-charge
Dr Thiyanga S. Talagala
ttalagala@sjp.ac.lk
Policies and regulations
To access important information regarding the unit STA 113 2.0 Descriptive Statistics, please go to the course Learning Management System (LMS) page. Click here to go directly to the LMS. You must carefully read the “Course Information and Logistic” slide set for essential details. It is your responsibility to be aware of important details by thoroughly reviewing the “Course Information and Logistic” slides.
Google Classroom
I also opened a Google Classroom as a backup strategy in case the LMS failed. Kindly ensure that you join it. The password is available on LMS under announcements.
Course outline
Available on LMS
Weekly schedule
Here’s your roadmap for the semester!
Week 1: April 24, 2024
Slides 1.1: Course Information and Logistics
Slides 1.2: Definition of Statistics and Role of Statistics
Reading 1.1: American Statistical Association (ASA) Statement on The Role of Statistics in Data Science …
Exercise: Find history of statistics.
Week 2: May 15, 2024
Slides 2: Basic Terminologies and Concepts in Statistics
Task: Fill out the survey questionnaire available on the LMS.
Week 3: May 22, 2024
Slides 3: Data Collection
Week 4: May 29, 2024
Slides 4: Types and scales of measurement
Group assignment: 10%
Week 5: June 5, 2024
Slides 5: Analysing Categorical Data
Tutorial 1: Group assignment help desk: 3.15PM - 4.00PM
Week 6: June 10, 2024
Week 7: June 12, 2024
Slides 7: Frequency Distributions
Tutorial 2: Please visit Google Classroom to view the tasks for the tutorials on Wednesday, June 12, 2024 from 3.15PM to 4PM.
Week 8: June 19, 2024
Slides 8: Measures of Central Tendency
Note: Group assignment deadline is today.
Tutorial 3: Please visit Google Classroom to view the tasks for the tutorials on Wednesday, June 19, 2024 from 3.15PM to 4PM.
Week 9/10: June 26, 2024/ June 28, 2024
Tutorial 4: June 26, 2024 from 3.15PM to 4PM.
Task: Week 7 slides 28-29 questions.
Week 11: July 3, 2024
Slides 10: More work on summary measures
Tutorial 4: July 3, 2024 from 3.15PM to 4PM.
Please go to the Google Classroom to view the tasks.
Week 12: July 10, 2024
Slides 11: Covariance and Correlation
Slides 12: Time Series Visualisations
Help Desk (Assignment 2): July 10, 2024 from 3.15PM to 4PM.
Please go to the Google Classroom/LMS to view the assignment.
Week 13: July 17, 2024
Slides 13: Spearman’s rank correlation
Help Desk (Assignment 2): July 17, 2024 from 3.15PM to 4PM.
Week 14: July 24, 2024
Slides 14: Measures of Central Tendency and Variability: Grouped Data
Slide 15Misuses of Statistics