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

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!)