The following is a tentative syllabus for the course. For up to date information please look at the
| week | chapter | topic |
| 1 | Ch. 1+2 | Design of studies |
| Ch. 3+4 | Mean and SD | |
| Ch. 5 | Normal distribution | |
| 2 | Ch. 8 | Correlation |
| Ch. 9 | More Correlation | |
| Ch. 10 | Regression | |
| 3 | Ch. 11 | R.M.S. error |
| Ch. 12 | Regression line | |
| 4 | Ch. 13 | Multiplication rule |
| Ch. 14 | Addition rule | |
| Ch. 15 | Binomial formula | |
| 5 | Ch. 16 | Law of Large Numbers |
| Ch. 17 | Standard Error | |
| Ch. 18 | Probability Histogram | |
| 6 | Ch. 19 | Sampling methods |
| Ch. 20 | Sampling error | |
| Ch. 21 | Confidence intervals | |
| 7 | Ch. 23 | Averages |
| Ch. 26 | z-test | |
| 8 | Ch. 26.6 | t-test |
| Ch. 27 | Two-sample z-test | |
| Ch. 27 | Two-sample z-test | |
| 9 | Memorial Day | no class |
| Ch. 28 | Chi-squared | Ch. 28 | Chi-squared |
| 10 | Ch. 29 | Significance |
| Review | ||