Section outline

  • Lecture: Sampling distribution and confidence intervals
    This lecture will discuss the concept of sampling, of sampling distributions, and the central limit theorem. We will use the central limit theorem to derive confidence intervals for means and proportions.

    Faculty:  Judith Hahn

    Location:  Mission Hall 1400

    • Session Slides:

    • Lecture 4 (updated) File
    • Central limit theorem demo URL

    • Session Audio/Video Recording (Access restricted to registered students):

    • Required Reading:  To be completed before class:

      Marcello Pagano and Kimberlee Gauvreau: Principles of Biostatistics, 2nd edition Chapter 8, 9, and 14 (pages 324-329)

    • Optional Reading:

    • The Importance of Being Uncertain File