Statistics and Statistical Programming (Fall 2020)/w07 session plan

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10/27 Agenda

  • Pset 5 PCs
    • plotting error bars, and walking through some of the techniques Aaron used in the PC5 solution
    • review: calculating standard errors.
      • What if don't have raw data (EQ2)
      • Should I use special formulas from a textbook (such as the formula for SE of a proportion) or the default formula (sd / sqrt(n) )?
    • Other questions?
  • Pset 5 EQs
    • Base rate fallacy
*** Review the definition
*** How concerned should we be?
    • Other questions
  • Upcoming
** Project plans 
** Stats material this week
** Assessment coming. Discuss some details, goals of the activity, etc.
** No problem set is due on Nov. 3 (election day!)