For the 20250414 midterm: please click here to upload your file
IHP-EMI General education: Introductory Statistics
Time: Monday 1510-1800
A405 computer classroom (no food or no drink in the computer classroom. You may walk out to eat or drink any time)
The website of this course last time:
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(We do not need to come to class on time. Because previous course just finishes, and students need time to discuss with the professor)(We could start from 15:20)
36. 明夷 36.䷣ 明夷 and the first and forth yaos change (2025/02/17 did it with 50 sticks for this course)
初九，明夷于飛，垂其翼，君子于行，三日不食，有攸往，主人有言。
六四，入于左腹，獲明夷之心，于出門庭。
(Syllabus)
How to contact One Dollar?
1. LINE is the best way (I am always "hanging" on the internet)
2. Email me: iychiang1809@gmail.com
3. My office: B970. The ext. 7970
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Feb 24, I got inspired by the student! Thanks! (An easy to solve a problem that has bothered my for several days---this is the Taiwanese grammar. I mean, I am headache for the problem)
Since the equipment did not work (the device cannot select some computer monitors to show lecturer's screen. ). A student can use two computers:
1. One for wring your digital notes.
2. The other one: lease watch the live-stream of this course.
a. On YouTube, please search: I-Yuan Chiang statistics
b. Or
(1) search for I-Yuan Chiang's homepage
(2) check the website of our course or click the link of the playlist or live-stream to YouTube.
Digitize your notes
Students can buy some tools and use them during the class (or you may use the computer(s) in the A405)
1. Writing tablet
2. Keyboard and mouse for your cell phone (it would be better if you bring your laptop)
a. Bluetooth: about $400 --easy to use. Charging while using. But might not stable
b. Wireless ($500 - 1000) with an OTG connector ($50)--stable!
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Attendance: According to the KNU policy, faculty members should take roll calls every week. Thus, I will do it every week.
One Dollar's teaching policy
1. Only encouragement, no punishment, no enforcement.
2. Respect how much effort student want to make for this course, and help them.
Grading
policy
(I will determine the details in the beginning of the semester)
(Students do not need to select groups. One Dollar will)
Group A: (required) want to pass this class (up to 80):
1. At least 2/3 attendance (10%)
2. Two open-book exams (70%) (no mater the scores are high or low, you must take these two exams)
a. Midterm: Week09 on 4/19 (April 19)
b. Final: Week17 on 6/09 (June 09)
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*Students who accomplish "all works" in Group B will have higher probability to get One Dollar's letter of recommendation (if you need)
Group B: (optional ) Students who want to pursue higher scores (the other 20%)
1. Fulfill the requirements if the Group A
2. Class assignment or notes on public website or homepage (digital notes)(20%) (please report your student number and website (click here, from 20250519 ).
And here is the students' notes from last year.
Students can use their homepage/website (if they already have that)
3. Creative works, such as publish academic poster(s) or book(s)
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About the exams:
Students
are allowed to use all kinds of materials and/or tools during the exam,
including books, notes, scientific calculator(s), computer(s), and cell
phone(s).
But, students cannot communicate/discuss (either online or on-site) with other students or people during the exams.
I will try (but no guaranty) to prepare mock exams prior to the exams. Or you can check old exams and explanations to the questions on my YouTube channel
BUT, I DO NOT ENCOURAGE students using AI to solve exam questions. Students should learn skill and establish logic thinking to solve problems (as One Dollar expects. Not texts or numbers on the test paper. It makes no sense).
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Aims of this course
Statistics
is a fundamental and powerful tool for business, social science,
biology, and other fields. This course will cover some topics,
including data descriptions, function plotting, data plotting, types
of distribution, estimates, hypothesis tests, and regression. This
course helps students learn basic concepts and practical plotting
skills in statistics for higher courses.
Textbooks,
materials, and resources
Visual
Statistics Use R!
(Alexey Shipunov, 2021) (open textbook)
Statistics Using Technology
(2nd
edition, Kathryn Kozak, 2021) (open textbook)
Introductory
Statistics
(David Lane, 2023. 602 pages) (open textbook)
Dr.
Chiang edits sample questions for the practice session
Software/Apps
for statistical analysis and plotting
*Google
spreadsheet (free to use)
*LibreOffice
Calc (free to use)
*R
(free to use)
*Python
and Matplotlib (free to use)
*Cell
phone APPs
Scientific
calculator or APPs/computer
Students
are encouraged to have a scientific calculator/cell phone
APPs/computer for the practice session.
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Some useful open textbooks and materials
An Open Guide to Data Structures and Algorithms
Social Data Analysis--541 pages. 2023
Prealgebra via Python Programming: First Steps to Perform Large Scale Computational Tasks in the Sciences and Engineerings
An Intuitive, Interactive, Introduction to Biostatistics 2023
Data Analysis in the Psychological Sciences: A Practical, Applied, Multimedia Approach 2023
Basic Engineering Data Collection and Analysis 2001
Big Data for Epidemiology: Applied Data Analysis Using National Health Surveys 2022
Statistics for Research Students 2022 (109 pages. No good for undergraduate students. This book is like a reminder to graduate students)
Introduction to Applied Statistics for Psychology Students 2022
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(統計概論，全英文授課) YouTube play list of this course
Please join our course groups/請加入課程群組
In the groups, the use of English is encouraged, but not be limited.
1. Line group (private)
2. LinkedIn (public): International Honors Program at Kainan University: I-Yuan Chiang's course group (I encourage students to register a LinkedIn account)
About I-Yuan Chiang/One Dollar
