why the media's "Statistical Dead Heat" is misleading

Read the following article by

Dr. Douglas A. Lonnstrom

 

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache%3Af4GwxzN1tlgJ%3Awww.stat.auckland.ac.nz%2F%7Eiase%2Fpublications%2F4%2F292.pdf+who+wins+statistical+dead+heats&hl=en&gl=us

 

We will be getting into this concept soon in class, but it is so applicable now that you really need to read it.

Ch 7

Start in with ch 7, read and do problems 1-10 odd and 6. We will finish this chapter in a week, having the quiz next Wed. The 24th.
We will do most of the odds, so if you want to go beyond the first assignment, do those.  Focus on THINK, checking conditions. Then TELL, describe scatter plots in terms of direction, form, strength, and unusual features.
important vocabulary: association, correlation, explanatory ( or predictor) and response variables.

Don't forget: MAKE A PICTURE!

Further problems:
11-21 odd, 18
23-33 odd, 24, 26, 34

Quiz on Wed 10/24