STAT 350: Introduction to Statistics

Fall 2026 Course Schedule — Online (Asynchronous) Section

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Weekly schedule. Each row is one week: the week number and date, the topics for each listed day, and everything due that week.
Week Topics Due dates and exams
Week 1
Aug 24

Monday

Class Start

Ch 1Intro

Wednesday

Ch 1Intro
Ch 2Variables

Friday

Ch 2Graphing Variables
 
Week 2
Aug 31

Monday

Ch 3Numerical Summaries

Wednesday

Ch 3Numerical Summaries

Friday

Ch 4Basic Set Theory and Probability
Syllabus HomeworkStudent ProfileHomework 1Setup R/Rstudio

Due Tuesday 9/1/2026

Brightspace Quiz #1

Due Friday 9/4/2026

Week 3
Sep 7

Monday

Labor Day

Wednesday

Ch 4Conditional Probability, Tree Diagrams, Law of Total Probability

Friday

Ch 4Bayes Rule and Independence
Homework 2Computer Assignment 1

Due Tuesday 9/8/2026

Brightspace Quiz #2

Due Friday 9/11/2026

Week 4
Sep 14

Monday

Ch 5Random Variables and Discrete Probability Distributions

Wednesday

Ch 5Random Variables and Discrete Probability Distributions

Friday

Ch 5Named Discrete Distributions
Homework 3

Due Tuesday 9/15/2026

Brightspace Quiz #3

Due Friday 9/18/2026

Week 5
Sep 21

Monday

Ch 6Continuous Probability Distributions

Wednesday

Ch 6Continuous Probability Distributions

Friday

Ch 6Special Named Distributions
Homework 4

Due Tuesday 9/22/2026

Week 6
Sep 28

Monday

Ch 6Normal Distribution

Wednesday

Ch 6Normal Distribution

Friday

Ch 6Normal Distribution
Brightspace Quiz #4

Due Friday 10/2/2026

Week 7
Oct 5

Monday

Ch 7Sampling Distributions and Central Limit Theorem

Wednesday

Midterm 1

Friday

Class Cancelled

Homework 5

Due Tuesday 10/06/2026

Week 8
Oct 12

Monday and Tuesday

Fall Break

Wednesday

Ch 7Sampling Distributions and Central Limit Theorem

Friday

Ch 8Experimental Design
Brightspace Quiz #5

Due Friday 10/16/2026

Week 9
Oct 19

Monday

Ch 8Sampling

Wednesday

Ch 9Confidence Intervals & Bounds for a Single Population Mean (σ-known

Friday

Ch 9Confidence Intervals & Bounds for a Single Population Mean (σ-unknown
Homework 6 & 7

Due Tuesday 10/20/2026

Brightspace Quiz #6

Due Friday 10/23/2026

Week 10
Oct 26

Monday

Ch 10Hypothesis Testing Types of Error & Statistical Power

Wednesday

Ch 10Hypothesis Tests for a Single Population Mean (σ-known

Friday

Ch 10Hypothesis Tests for a Single Population Mean (σ-unknown
Homework 8

Due Tuesday 10/27/2026

Brightspace Quiz #7

Due Friday 10/30/2026

Week 11
Nov 2

Monday

Ch 11Inference for Two Independent Populations (σ-known

Wednesday

Ch 11Inference for Two Independent Populations (σ-unknown) Pooled and Unpooled Procedures

Friday

Ch 11Paired Procedures
Homework 9Computer Assignment 2

Due Tuesday 11/3/2026

Brightspace Quiz #8

Due Friday 11/6/2026

Week 12
Nov 9

Monday

Ch 12One-Way ANOVA

Wednesday

Ch 12One-Way ANOVA

Friday

Ch 12One-Way ANOVA
Homework 10Computer Assignment 3

Due Tuesday 11/11/2026

Week 13
Nov 16

Monday

Ch 12One-Way ANOVA

Tuesday

Midterm 2

Wednesday

Ch 13Simple Linear Regression

Friday

Ch 13Simple Linear Regression
Brightspace Quiz #9

Due 11/20/2026

Week 14
Nov 23

Monday

Class Cancelled

Wednesday and Friday

Thanksgiving Break

Homework 11Computer Assignment 4

Due Tuesday 11/24/2026

Week 15
Nov 30

Monday

Ch 13Simple Linear Regression

Wednesday

Ch 13Simple Linear Regression

Friday

Ch 13Simple Linear Regression
Homework 12Computer Assignment 5

Due Sunday 12/6/2026

Brightspace Quiz #10

Due Friday 12/4/2026

Week 16
Dec 7
Quiet Week

Monday

Open Office Hours

Wednesday

Open Office Hours

Friday

Open Office Hours

 
Week 17
Dec 14
Finals Week

Final Exam

Note: This schedule is subject to change. Check Brightspace announcements for updates.