| Week | Date | Topic | Comments, material |
| 1 | M Mar 26 | Introduction, acne drug example | Syllabus, Introduction, Acne drug article |
| T Mar 27 | Introduction, basic math | Questionnaire, Basic math exercises | |
| W Mar 28 | Controlled experiments | FPP Ch 1, Notes Ch 1 | |
| Th Mar 29 | Controlled experiments | FPP Ch 2, Ex set A: 2,3,4,5,9,11 | |
| F Mar 30 | Observational studies | FPP Ch 2, Notes Ch 2 | |
| 2 | M Apr 2 | Observational studies | FPP Ch 2 |
| T Apr 3 | Observational Studies | FPP Ch 2, A:9,10,11,12,13 | |
| W Apr 4 | Sampling | FPP Ch 19, Notes Ch 19,
The Iraqi war - counting the casualties (The Economist, Nov 04) | |
| Th Apr 5 | Sampling (Homework 1 due) | FPP Ch 19, A:1,2,5,6,9,12 | |
| F Apr 6 | Histograms | FPP Ch 3, Notes Ch 3 | |
| 3 | M Apr 9 | Histograms, average, SD | FPP Ch 3+4, Notes Ch 4 |
| T Apr 10 | Histograms | FPP Ch 3, A:4, B:1, C:4, D:1 | |
| W Apr 11 | Average and standard deviation | FPP Ch 4 | |
| Th Apr 12 | Quiz 1 (Homework 2 due) | FPP Ch 4, B:1-5, D:3-5,7-9 | |
| F Apr 13 | Normal approximation | FPP Ch 5, Notes Ch 5 | |
| 4 | M Apr 16 | Normal approximation | FPP Ch 5 |
| T Apr 17 | Normal approximation | FPP Ch 5, A:1, B:1,3, C:1,2, D:2,3, E:1,2 | |
| W Apr 18 | Correlation | FPP Ch 8, Notes Ch 8 | |
| Th Apr 19 | Correlation (Homework 3 due) | FPP Ch 8, A:5, B:1,2,6, C:1,2,3, D:1a | |
| F Apr 20 | More about correlation | FPP Ch 9, Notes Ch 9 Correlation plots | |
| 5 | M Apr 23 | More about correlation | FPP Ch 9 Osteoporosis article (Forbes, Oct 06) |
| T Apr 24 | More about correlation | FPP Ch 9, A:2,3,4,5,8, B:1,2, C:1,2, D:1, E:3,4 | |
| W Apr 25 | Video + midterm review | Hans Rosling's talk at TED 2007 | |
| Th Apr 26 | Midterm preparation (Homework 4 due) | Special review exercises p 105-108: 1,2,8,12,13 | |
| F Apr 27 | Midterm exam | ||
| 6 | M Apr 30 | Regression | FPP Ch 10, Notes Ch 10 |
| T May 1 | Regression | FPP Ch 10, A:1b,2, B:1,2,3, C:1b,2,3 | |
| W May 2 | RMS error | FPP Ch 11, Notes Ch 11 | |
| Th May 3 | RMS error (Homework 5 due) | FPP Ch 10: D:1,2, E:1,3, FPP Ch 11: A:3-7, B:1,2 | |
| F May 4 | RMS error | FPP Ch 11 | |
| 7 | M Apr 7 | Law of averages | FPP Ch 16, Notes Ch 16 Histograms of 1000 coin tossing experiments |
| T May 8 | RMS error | FPP Ch 11: C:1, D:2,3,5,6, E:1,2 | |
| W May 9 | Expected value and standard error | FPP Ch 17, Notes Ch 17 | |
| Th May 10 | Quiz 2 (Homework 6 due) | FPP Ch 16: A:1,2,5, B:1,2,4 | |
| F May 11 | Expected value and standard error | FPP Ch 17 | |
| 8 | M May 14 | Central limit theorem | FPP Ch 18, Notes Ch 18 |
| T May 15 | Expected value and standard error | FPP Ch 16: C:2, FPP Ch 17: A:3, B:1,6, C:2,3, E:3 | |
| W May 16 | Chance errors in sampling | FPP Ch 20, Notes Ch 20 | |
| Th May 17 | Central limit theorem (Homework 7 due) | FPP Ch 18: A:1,4,5, B:1,2,3, C:6,8 | |
| F May 18 | Chance errors in sampling | FPP Ch 20 | |
| 9 | M Apr 21 | Accuracy of percentages | FPP Ch 21, Notes Ch 21 |
| T May 22 | Chance errors in sampling | FPP Ch 20: A:1,5, B:2,3, FPP Ch 21: A:2, B:2 | |
| W May 23 | Accuracy of averages | FPP Ch 23, Notes Ch 23 | |
| Th May 24 | Quiz 3 (Homework 8 due) | FPP Ch 21: C:5, D:1, E:1 | |
| F May 25 | Accuracy of averages | FPP Ch 23 | |
| 10 | M May 28 | Holiday | |
| T May 29 | Accuracy of averages | Ch 23: A:3, B:4,5, D:1,2,3 | |
| W May 30 | Tests of significance | FPP Ch 26, Notes Ch 26 | |
| Th May 31 | (Homework 9 due) | FPP Ch 26, D: 1,2,4,5, E:7 | |
| F Jun 1 | Tests of significance | FPP Ch 26 | |
| 11 | T Jun 5 | Final exam |